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Thomas Lenart

75 years old · died September 23, 2022 · California State Prison, Corcoran, Kings County, California

Thomas Lenart, 75, was held at California State Prison, Corcoran, where he had been since 2020. According to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, he died on September 23, 2022, at an outside hospital. The department said he died of natural causes. The Kern County Coroner will make the official determination of the cause of death.

Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness

Reported by: California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (the agency that held him); prison officials. The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.

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