Thomas Blanton
Thomas Edwin Blanton Jr., 82, died on June 26, 2020, at William Donaldson Correctional Facility in Jefferson County, Alabama. Correctional staff were alerted around 5 a.m. that he was having an apparent medical event and moved him to the infirmary, where his condition declined and he went into cardiac arrest. He was pronounced dead after efforts to sustain his life failed. The Jefferson County Coroner's Office listed the cause as cardiac arrest after an apparent medical event, and Governor Kay Ivey said he died of natural causes.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. The governor's office and the Jefferson County Coroner's Office attributed the death to natural causes, specifically cardiac arrest after an apparent medical event.
Reported by: Governor's office; Jefferson County Coroner's Office (medical examiner or coroner); William Donaldson Correctional Facility (the agency that held him).