Died in prison
Theodore Sypnier
Theodore Sypnier, who was 101 years old, was held in a New York state prison and was described as the oldest inmate in the state's prison system. Corrections officials said he died of natural causes. His health began to fail the week before he died, and he had been moved from Groveland Correctional Facility in western New York to the regional medical unit of a prison in the Hudson Valley.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. Corrections officials said he died of natural causes after his health began to fail the week before his death.
Reported by: corrections officials. The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.