List of prison deaths
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This is a list of notable people who have died in prison. In alphabetical order, this list does not include inmates who were executed as punishment of their crimes.
| Name | Date of death | Cause of death | Known for | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abu Abbas | 2004 | Natural causes | Militant | |
| Andreas Baader, Gudrun Ensslin, Ulrike Meinhof, Holger Meins, and Jan Raspe | 1974 to 1977 | Suicide | Members of the Red Army Faction | |
| Susan Atkins | 2009 | Natural causes | Member of the Manson family | |
| Leslie Bailey | 1993 | Murdered by other prisoners | British pedophile and multiple murderer | |
| Steve Biko | 1977 | Bludgeoned to death by South African police[1] | South African anti-apartheid activist | |
| Walter Breen | 1993 | Cancer | American child molester | |
| Jeffrey Dahmer | 1994 | Beaten to death by a fellow inmate[2] | American serial killer | |
| Garry David | Died from wounds caused by self-mutilation | |||
| Byron De La Beckwith | 2001 | Heart attack[3] | American assassin | |
| Anthony Van Egmond | 1838 | Dutch war veteran and an early settler in the Huron Tract | ||
| Yuri Galanskov | 1972 | Death from an operation by a former doctor (another inmate) with no surgical qualifications | Russian poet, historian, and human rights activist, imprisoned for his writings | |
| John Gotti | 2001 | Throat cancer | American mafia boss | |
| John Geoghan | 2003 | Homicide | Catholic priest and child molester | |
| John Wayne Glover | 2005 | Suicide (hanging)[4] | Sydney Granny Murderer | |
| Ryan Gracie | 2007 | Brazilian mixed martial artist | ||
| Emil Hácha | 1945 | President of Czechoslovakia, later of the Protectorate Bohemia and Moravia | ||
| Hermann Göring | 1946 | Suicide | Nazi | |
| Colin Hatch | 2011 | Suspected Homicide | Notorious murderer and child molester | |
| Rudolf Hess | 1987 | Suicide | Nazi | |
| Myra Hindley | 2002 | heart attack | British serial killer | |
| Ronald Kray | 1995 | British gangster and murderer, twin brother of Reginald Kray | ||
| David Lane | 2007 | Epilepsy | American white nationalist | |
| Richard Loeb | 1936 | Murdered by fellow inmate[5] | American murderer | |
| Andrew Martinez | 2006 | suicide | Nude activist | |
| Slobodan Milošević | 2006 | Serbian and Yugoslav president | ||
| Bobby Sands | 1981 | Hunger strike | Irish republican | Died along with 9 other Republicans on hunger strike. See 1981 Irish Hunger Strike |
| Harold Shipman | 2004 | Suicide | British doctor who killed many of his patients | |
| Nikolai Vavilov | 1943 | Malnutrition | Russian botanist and geneticist who was imprisoned for his struggle against pseudoscience | |
| Raoul Wallenberg | 1947 or later | Extrajudicial punishment in Soviet Lefortovo prison | Humanitarian worker, rescued Jews during the Holocaust | |
| Fred West | 1995 | Suicide by hanging[6] | Multiple murders | |
| Graham Young | 1990 | Heart attack | Poisoner | Died in Parkhurst prison. Heart attack official cause but there has been speculation that other prisoners may have been responsible.[citation needed] |
[edit] References
- ^ Pillay, Verashni (2007-09-12). "Keeping Steve Biko alive". News24. http://www.news24.com/News24/South_Africa/News/0,,2-7-1442_2181296,00.html. Retrieved 2009-01-31.
- ^ Serial killer's property set to go on the auction block." CNN.com. May 8, 1996.
- ^ Stout, David (2001-01-23). "Byron De La Beckwith Dies; Killer of Medgar Evers Was 80". New York Times. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B02EED9103CF930A15752C0A9679C8B63. Retrieved 2009-01-31.
- ^ Sidney Morning Herald: Granny killer found dead in cell.
- ^ The Leopold and Loeb Trial:A Brief Account by Douglas O. Linder. 1997. Retrieved 11 April 2007.
- ^ Steven Morris (2007-09-20). "Serial Murder and the Psychology of a Sexual Sadist: Frederick West". New Criminologist. http://www.newcriminologist.com/article.asp?cid=102&nid=18. Retrieved 2009-01-18.
