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Willie Bell

68 years old · died April 22, 2020 · Autry State Prison, Mitchell County, Georgia

Willie Bell, 68, was held at Autry State Prison in Pelham, Georgia. He was hospitalized in Thomasville and died there on April 22, 2020, of COVID-19, according to the Georgia Department of Corrections, which announced his death in a news release. The department's account of his illness is the only cause given in the sources.

Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. The Georgia Department of Corrections said he died of COVID-19 after being hospitalized in Thomasville.

Reported by: 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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