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Wilmer Gay

82 years old · died June 10, 2024 · Somerset County, Pennsylvania

Wilmer Gay, 82, died on June 10, 2024, in a state prison in Somerset County, in the custody of the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections. The death was reported to the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency, which lists the manner of death as natural causes.

Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. Pennsylvania Department of Corrections recorded the manner of death as natural.

Reported by: Pennsylvania 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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