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Wilson Roosevelt Conner

47 years old · died July 17, 2020 · Saint Clair Correctional Facility, St. Clair County, Alabama

Wilson Roosevelt Conner was 47 years old and lived with end-stage renal disease and other serious health conditions while held at St. Clair Correctional Facility in Springville, Alabama. He was tested for COVID-19 on July 13, 2020, and sent to a local hospital, where he tested positive two days later. He died there on July 17. The Alabama Department of Corrections said he died of COVID-19 along with his underlying conditions.

Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness

Reported by: Alabama 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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