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Died in prison

Willie Barnum

died July 30, 2025 · Suwannee Correctional Institution Annex, Florida

Willie Barnum died on July 30, 2025, while held at Suwannee Correctional Institution Annex, a state prison in Florida. The Florida Department of Corrections, in its mortality listing, classified the manner of death as natural. The Department's record gives no cause of death and no further account of how he died.

Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness

Reported by: Florida 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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