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53 years old · died March 12, 2021 · Cook County Jail, Cook County, Illinois

A man, 53, died on March 12, 2021, at Cook County Jail, in the custody of the Cook County Sheriff's Office. The death was reported to the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority, which does not publish the names of the people who died. The Cook County Sheriff's Office reported the manner of death as natural causes. Its report says: “Hypertensive cardiovascular disease. Chronic narcotism is a significant contributing condition.”

Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. Cook County Sheriff's Office recorded the manner of death as natural.

Reported by: Cook County Sheriff's Office (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.

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