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71 years old · died December 10, 2020 · State Correctional Institution at Waymart, Wayne County, Pennsylvania

A 71-year-old man held at SCI-Waymart, a state prison in Wayne County, Pennsylvania, died on December 10, 2020, during ambulance transport to a local hospital. The state prison said his death was one of its first attributed to COVID-19. The prison's announcement is the source of that cause of death.

Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. The prison announced the death as COVID-19, a natural illness.

Reported by: Pennsylvania Department of Corrections (SCI-Waymart) (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.

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