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William Lumpkin

74 years old · died August 17, 2021 · Telfair State Prison, Telfair County, Georgia

William Lumpkin, a former Augusta lawyer, died on August 17, 2021 while in the custody of the Georgia Department of Corrections. Department spokeswoman Joan Heath said he died of natural causes. UCLA Law Behind Bars records place his death at Telfair State Prison in Helena, Georgia, when he was 74.

Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness

Reported by: Joan Heath, spokeswoman with the Georgia Department of Corrections (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.

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