List of prison deaths
This is a list of notable people who have died in prison , whether in prison or in hospital while still serving a prison sentence. This list does not include inmates who were executed as punishment for their crimes .
Pre-11th century
11th to 15th century
Name
Date of death
Nationality
Cause of death
Known for
Comments
Abd al-Rahim ibn Ilyas
1021
Fatimid Caliphate
Suicide
Heir-apparent of the caliph al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah
According to the official account, he committed suicide by thrusting a fruit knife into his belly, but coeval rumours insisted that he was assassinated.
Ibn Barrajan
1141
Almoravid dynasty
Unknown
Arab Sufi figure of Al-Andalus
Joscelin II, Count of Edessa
1159
County of Edessa (detained by the Zengid State )
Unknown
Last ruling count of Edessa
Daoud ibn al-Adid
1207/08
Ayyubid dynasty
Unknown
25th imam of Hafizi Isma'ilism
Peter II of Courtenay
1219
Latin Empire
Unknown
Latin Emperor
Sulayman ibn Daoud
1248
Ayyubid dynasty
Unknown
26th and last imam of Hafizi Isma'ilism
Guy de Montfort, Count of Nola
1291
England (detained by Aragon )
Unknown
Son of Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester
Sayf al-Din Salar
October 1310
Mamluk Sultanate
Starvation
Viceroy of the Mamluk sultan al-Nasir Muhammad
Margaret of Villehardouin
February/March 1315
Barony of Akova
Unknown
Baroness of two thirds of Akova
Pietro d'Abano
1315
Abano Bagni (detained by the Papal States )
Unknown
Philosopher , astrologer
Ibn Taymiyya
1328-09-26
Mamluk Sultanate
Unknown illness
Sunni Muslim ʿālim , muhaddith , judge, proto-Salafist theologian, ascetic, and iconoclastic theologian
Kęstutis
August 1382
Grand Duchy of Lithuania
Unknown, presumably strangled
Grand Duke of Lithuania , father of Vytautas , uncle of Jogaila
Jogaila claimed that his death was suicide by hanging. Most coeval sources conjecture that Kęstutis was strangled on Jogaila's orders.
Nicolò Guarco
c. 1385
Republic of Genoa
Unknown
7th doge of the Republic of Genoa
Dionysius, Metropolitan of Kiev
1385-10-15
Principality of Moscow
Unknown
Russian Orthodox metropolitan
Guido III da Polenta
1389
Ravenna
Unknown
Lord of Ravenna, member of the Da Polenta family
Imprisoned by his sons.
Thomas of Woodstock, Duke of Gloucester
1397-09-08/09
England
Murder
Youngest child of King Edward III of England
Eleanor, Duchess of Gloucester
1452-07-07
England
Unknown
English noblewoman, second wife of Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester
Sentenced to life imprisonment for treasonable necromancy . Her imprisonment and forced divorce was likely politically motivated.[ 1]
Pak Paengnyeon
1456-06-07
Joseon
Torture
Scholar-official, one of the six martyred ministers , uncle of Queen Janggyeong
All the males in his family were executed and females were enslaved.
Henry VI of England
1471-05-21
England
Probably murder
Last King of England of the House of Plantagenet and disputed King of France
16th century
17th century
18th century
19th century
Name
Date of death
Nationality
Cause of death
Known for
Comments
Darya Nikolayevna Saltykova
1801-12-09
Russian Empire
Natural causes
Noblewoman from the Saltykov family , serial killer
Toussaint Louverture
1804-04-07
Haiti (detained by France )
Natural causes
Leader of the Haitian Revolution who was imprisoned for launching a rebellion against France
Erminio Criscione
1807-12-07
Republic of Haiti
Suicide or killed by Alexandre Pétion
Haitian Independence hero
Pedro Carujo
1836-01-31
Venezuela
Battle wounds
Military officer, one of the leaders in the Revolution of the Reforms
Solomon Dodashvili
1836-08-20
Russian Empire
Tuberculosis
Georgian philosopher, journalist, historian, grammarian, belletrist and enlightener
Anthony Van Egmond
1838-01-05
Netherlands (detained by Upper Canada )
Pneumonia, malnutrition and exposure
Dutch war veteran and an early settler in the Huron Tract
Osceola
1838-01-30
Seminole (detained by the United States )
Peritonsillar abscess caused by tonsillitis
Leader of the Seminole
Wilhelm Küchelbecker
1846-08-23
Russian Empire
Tuberculosis
Romantic poet, Decembrist revolutionary
Mullá ʻAlíy-i-Bastámí
1846
Qajar Iran (detained by the Ottoman Empire )
Unknown
2nd Letter of the Living in the Bábí movement
Rrapo Hekali
December 1847
Ottoman Empire
Unknown
Albanian revolutionary
Ion Negulici
1851-04-05
Wallachia
Tuberculosis
Painter, participant in the Wallachian Revolution of 1848
Chui A-poo
1851
British Hong Kong
Suicide by hanging
Pirate
One of the two most notorious South China Sea pirates of the era
Matilde Malenchini
1858-09-08
Grand Duchy of Tuscany
Unknown
Academic painter
Accused of pushing one of her maids out of a window when the maid was caught stealing.
Dimitar Miladinov
January 1862
Ottoman Empire
Typhus
Bulgarian poet, folklorist, and activist
Konstantin Miladinov
January 1862
Ottoman Empire
Typhus
Bulgarian poet, folklorist, and activist
James Henry Gooding
1864-07-19
United States (detained by the Confederate States )
Unknown
Corporal in the 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment
Lorenzo Denning
1865-02-08
United States (detained by the Confederate States )
Unknown
Soldier, awarded with the Medal of Honor
Walerian Łukasiński
1868-01-27
Russian Empire
Natural causes
Polish officer and political activist, symbol of the Polish struggle for independence
Stanislav Dospevski
1878-01-06
Ottoman Empire
Unknown
Bulgarian painter, nephew of Zahari Zograf
Sándor Rózsa
1878-11-22
Austria-Hungary
Tuberculosis
Outlaw, best-known Hungarian highwayman
Grigory Goldenberg
July 1880
Russian Empire
Suicide
Revolutionary, member of Narodnaya Volya
Hesya Helfman
1882-02-01
Russian Empire
Peritonitis
Belarusian-Jewish revolutionary , member of Narodnaya Volya
Nikolai Kletochnikov
1883-07-13
Russian Empire
Hunger strike
Revolutionary, joined the police to act as a source of inside information
Alexander Dmitrievich Mikhailov
1884-03-30
Russian Empire
Unknown
Revolutionary, one of the founders of Zemlya i Volya and Narodnaya Volya
Alexander Dolgushin
1885-06-30
Russian Empire
Tuberculosis
Populist
Maria Kutitonskaya
1887-05-04
Russian Empire
Tuberculosis
Ukrainian Narodnik revolutionary, attempted to assassinate the military governor Luka Illyashevich
Aizik Aronchik
1888-04-02
Russian Empire
Unknown
Russian revolutionary, attempted to assassinate Tsar Alexander II
Maria Kalyuzhnaya
1889-11-07
Russian Empire
Suicide by poisoning
Ukrainian Narodnik revolutionary
Nadia Smyrnytska
1889-11-07
Russian Empire
Suicide by poisoning
Ukrainian Narodnik revolutionary
Nadezhda Sigida
1889-11-08
Russian Empire
Suicide by poisoning
Revolutionary
Maria Kovalevska
1889-11-19
Russian Empire
Suicide by poisoning
Ukrainian Narodnik revolutionary
Mariia Vetrova
1897-02-24
Russian Empire
Self-immolation
Ukrainian teacher and revolutionary
Dervish Cara
Late 19th century
Ottoman Empire
Unknown
Albanian revolutionary leader
1900-1939
Name
Date of death
Nationality
Cause of death
Known for
Comments
Gaetano Bresci
1901-05-22
Italy
Suicide by hanging
Anarchist , assassinated King Umberto I of Italy
Nikola Aslanov
1905-09-24
Ottoman Empire
Unknown
Bulgarian revolutionary, worker of the IMARO
Marko Boshnakov
1908-02-15
Ottoman Empire
Unknown
Bulgarian anarchist , member of the Gemidziite
Milan Arsov
1908-06-08
Ottoman Empire
Unknown
Bulgarian anarchist , member of the Gemidziite
Muhammad al-Kattani
1909-05-04
Morocco
Died after being mutilated and beaten
Sufi faqih
Giovanni Passannante
1910-02-14
Italy
Unknown
Anarchist , attempted to assassinate King Umberto I of Italy
Luigi Lucheni
1910-10-19
Italy (detained by Switzerland )
Suicide by hanging
Anarchist , assassinated Empress Elisabeth of Austria
Igor Sazonov
1910-12-10
Russian Empire
Suicide by poisoning or self-immolation
Revolutionary, member of the SR Combat Organization
Hristo Batandzhiev
1913-07-18
Greece
Murder
Macedonian Bulgarian revolutionary, one of the founders of the Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization
Dmytro Yaremko
1916-10-03
Russian Empire
Unknown
Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Lviv and titular bishop of Ostroh
Nikolay Radkevich
Autumn 1916
Russian Empire
Killed by fellow inmates
Serial killer
Gennaro Rubino
1918-03-14
Italy (detained by Belgium )
Unknown
Anarchist, tried to assassinate King Leopold II of Belgium
Frans Koskinen
1918-04-26
Finland
Unknown
Journalist and politician
Imprisoned for having sided with the Reds during the Finnish Civil War .
Gavrilo Princip
1918-04-28
Austria-Hungary
Malnutrition and skeletal tuberculosis
Serbian assassin
Assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand , beginning World War I
Efraim Kronqvist
1918-05-22
Finland
Unknown
House painter and politician
Imprisoned for having sided with the Reds during the Finnish Civil War.
Albin Valjakka
1918-06-29
Finland
Unknown
Journalist and politician
Imprisoned for having sided with the Reds during the Finnish Civil War.
Julius Nurminen
1918-07-24
Finland
Unknown
Journalist and politician
Imprisoned for having sided with the Reds during the Finnish Civil War.
Pavel Spiridonovich Medvedev
1919-03-12
Soviet Union
Typhus
Bolshevik revolutionary, participant in the execution of the Romanov family
Jussi Kujala
1919-07-01
Finland
Suicide
Journalist and former member of the Parliament of Finland
Gaki Sherocho
1919
Kingdom of Kaffa (detained by Ethiopia )
Unknown
Last King of Kaffa
Aleksandr Vladimirovich Razvozov
1920-06-14
Soviet Union
Infection after an appendectomy
Rear admiral , first commander of the Soviet Baltic Fleet
Ivan Kalmykov
September 1920
Soviet Union (detained by China )
Shot during an escape attempt
Ataman of the Ussuri Cossacks
Michael Fitzgerald
1920-10-17
United Kingdom
Hunger strike
Officer Commanding of the Irish Republican Army
Terence MacSwiney
1920-10-25
United Kingdom
Hunger strike
Irish playwright, author and politician, Lord Mayor of Cork
Joe Murphy
1920-10-25
United Kingdom
Hunger strike
Officer in the Irish Republican Army
Joseph Whitty
1923-08-02
Irish Free State
Hunger strike
Volunteer in the Irish Republican Army
Denny Barry
1923-08-02
Irish Free State
Hunger strike
Irish Republican
Yrjö Mäkelin
1923-09-18
Finland
Suicide
Socialist, journalist and former member of parliament
Andy O'Sullivan
1923-11-22
Irish Free State
Hunger strike
Intelligence Officer and regional leader in the Irish Republican Army
Krishna Lal Adhikari
1923-12-09
Nepal
Tuberculosis
Author of the now lost work Makaiko Kheti
Leung Ying
1928-10-22
China (detained by the United States )
Suicide by hanging
Mass murderer
The worst case of mass murder in California history at the time
Dagmar Overbye
1929-05-06
Denmark
Unknown
Serial killer
Uļi Kīnkamäg
1932-06-01
Latvia
Unknown
Livonian nationalist, "King of Livs"
Ajvaagiin Danzan
1932
Mongolia
Unknown
Chairman of the MPRP
Richard Loeb
1936-01-28
United States
Murdered by fellow inmate[ 2]
American murderer
Zmicier Zhylunovich
1937-04-11
Soviet Union
Suicide
Belarusian Poet, journalist and political leader
Arrested during the Great Purge as an "enemy of the Belarusian people "
Antonio Gramsci
1937-04-27
Italy
combination of arteriosclerosis , pulmonary tuberculosis , high blood pressure , angina , gout and acute gastric disorders
Marxist philosopher , linguist , journalist, writer, and politician
Arrested by the OVRA
1940s
Name
Date of death
Nationality
Cause of death
Known for
Comments
Albert Richter
1940-01-02
Germany
Unknown
Cyclist and World amateur sprint champion
His death was successively ruled as a skii accident, being beaten by rival smugglers, suicide by hanging, suicide by shooting and having fallen at the Eastern Front . Richter was presumably killed by the Gestapo .
Tony D'Arcy
1940-04-16
Ireland
Hunger strike
Senior leader in the Irish Republican Army
Jack McNeela
1940-04-19
Ireland
Hunger strike
Officer Commanding of all IRA forces in England
Walter Kraemer
1941-11-16
Germany
Murder
Politician of the KPD and member of the resistance against Nazism
Became known as the "Doctor of Buchenwald" for medically helping other prisoners.
Daniil Kharms
1942-02-02
Soviet Union
Starvation
Avant-gardist and absurdist poet, writer and dramatist
Arrested as a member of "a group of anti-Soviet children's writers". He was later exonerated in 1960.
Heinz Hitler
1942-02-21
Germany (detained by the Soviet Union )
Unknown
Half-nephew of Adolf Hitler and half-brother of William Stuart-Houston
Died at the age of 21 in the Butyrka prison in Moscow .
Prince Amedeo, Duke of Aosta
1942-03-03
Italy (detained by the United Kingdom )
Tuberculosis , malaria
Duke of Aosta , Viceroy of Italian East Africa
Miguel Hernández
1942-03-28
Spain
Tuberculosis
Poet and playwright
Ernst Heilborn
1942-05-16
Germany
Unknown
Writer, critic and journalist
Francesco Fantin
1942-11-16
Italy (detained by Australia )
Injuries caused by the attack of another inmate
Anti-fascist activist
Detained in Loveday Camp 14 because he was mistaken for a fascist.
Jan Ankerman
1942-12-27
Netherlands (detained by Japan )
Unknown
Field hockey player, won the Silver medal at the 1928 Summer Olympics
Nikolai Vavilov
1943-01-26
Soviet Union
Malnutrition
Russian botanist and geneticist who was imprisoned for his attempts to oppose pseudoscience
Yakov Dzhugashvili
1943-04-14
Soviet Union (detained by Germany )
Unknown
Eldest son of Joseph Stalin
Died at Sachsenhausen concentration camp , Stalin refused a prisoner exchange between him and Heinz Hitler .
Ru van der Haar
1943-05-15
Netherlands (detained by Japan )
Unknown
Field hockey player, won the Bronze medal at the 1936 Summer Olympics
Henri Baaij
1943-05-31
Netherlands (detained by Japan )
Unknown
Footballer
Hans Fokker
1943-07-02
Netherlands (detained by Japan )
Tropical disease
Sailor , participant in the 1928 Summer Olympics
Vito Cascio Ferro
1943-09-20
Italy
Natural causes or bombing of his prison
Mafioso of the Sicilian Mafia
Albert Love
1943-11-08
United Kingdom (detained by Japan )
Unknown
Welsh boxer , competed for England in the 1930 British Empire Games
Umberto di Giorgio
1943-11-30
Italy (detained by Germany )
Heart attack
Lieutenant general , in charge of the territorial defense of Rome
Kasturba Gandhi
1944-02-22
India
Natural causes
Indian political activist and the wife of Mahatma Gandhi
Imprisoned in a detention camp in Pune for protesting and participating in the Quit India Movement .
Armellini Chiappi
1944-11-04
Italy (detained by Germany )
Illness
Lieutenant general , in charge of the territorial defense of Florence
Ralph Shields
1944-11-21
United Kingdom (detained by Japan )
Malnutrition , beriberi
Footballer
Rodolfo Torresan
1944-11-22
Italy (detained by Germany )
Illness
Major general , served in four wars
Johannes van der Vegte
1945-03-15
Netherlands (detained by Japan )
Unknown
Rower , participant in the 1920 Summer Olympics
Ettore Deltetto
1945-04-18
Italy
Gastrointestinal perforation
Major general
Was sentenced to 20 years for "abandonment of command" on 24 December 1944. The sentenced was overturned two years later.
Viktors Eglītis
1945-04-20
Soviet Union
Unknown
Leading figure in the Latvian decadent movement and an introducer of modernist poetics
Accused of being a fascist collaborator during the Soviet era.[ 3]
August Kop
1945-04-30
Netherlands (detained by Japan )
Unknown
Field hockey player, won the Silver medal at the 1928 Summer Olympics
Frederik Lamp
1945-05-27
Netherlands (detained by Japan )
Unknown
Sprinter , participant in the 1924 Summer Olympics
Emil Hácha
1945-06-27
Czechoslovakia
Unknown
3rd President of Czechoslovakia , later of the Protectorate Bohemia and Moravia
Robert A. Jaffray
1945-07-29
Canada (detained by Japan )
Malnutrition , illness
Evangelical Missionary in China and Indonesia
Robert Ley
1945-10-25
Germany (detained by the Allied Powers )
Suicide by hanging
Nazi war criminal
Damase Pierre-Louis
1945
Haiti
Unknown
Historian, author, diplomat
Tito Agosti
1946-01-27
Italy (detained by the Allied Powers )
Suicide
Major general, served in four wars
Seán McCaughey
1946-05-11
Ireland
Hunger strike
Officer Commanding of the IRA Northern Command
Hermann Göring
1946-10-15
Germany (detained by the Allied Powers )
Suicide by poison
Nazi war criminal
Ioannis Rallis
1946-10-26
Greece
Natural causes
Prime Minister of Greece during the Axis occupation
Victor Lustig
1947-03-11
Czechoslovakia
Pneumonia
Con artist , sold the Eiffel Tower
Giovanni Battista Caneva
1947-02-12
Italy
Injuries caused by his detainees
federal secretary of the Republican Fascist Party , head of the province of Reggio Emilia
Walter Nicolai
1947-05-04
Germany (detained by the Soviet Union )
Heart attack
Head of Abteilung III b in World War I
Frits Clausen
1947-12-05
Denmark
Heart attack
Leader of the DNSAP
Raoul Wallenberg
1947 or later
Sweden (believed to have been detained by the Soviet Union )
Unknown (debated)
Diplomat, rescued Jews during the Holocaust
Extrajudicial punishment in Soviet Lefortovo prison
Georgios Tsolakoglou
1948-05-22
Greece
Leukemia
Prime Minister of Greece during the Axis occupation
1950s
1960s
1970s
Name
Date of death
Nationality
Cause of Death
Known for
Comments
Josef Bachmann
1970-02-24
West Germany
Suicide
Attempt to assassinate APO student leader Rudi Dutschke
Mahmud al-Muntasir
1970-09-28
Libya
Unknown
1st Prime Minister of Libya
Leopold Takawira
1970
Southern Rhodesia
Neglect of his diabetes by the prison authorities
Vice-president of the Zimbabwe African National Union
George Jackson
1971-08-21
United States
Shot to death during an escape attempt
Co-founder of the Black Guerrilla Family and one of the Soledad Brothers
Mack Ray Edwards
1971-10-30
United States
Suicide by hanging
Child molester and serial killer
Franco Serantini
1972-05-07
Italy
Coma
Anarchist
Pedro Luis Boitel
1972-05-25
Cuba
Hunger strike
Poet and dissident
Lee Roy Martin
1972-05-31
United States
Stabbed by fellow inmate
Serial killer
Yuri Galanskov
1972-11-04
Soviet Union
Death from an operation by a former doctor (another inmate) without surgical qualifications
Russian poet, historian, and human rights activist, imprisoned for his writings
Yoro Diakité
1973-06-13
Mali
Unknown
Prime Minister of Mali , Head of the Provisional Government, first Vice President of Mali
Albert DeSalvo
1973-11-25
United States
Murder
The Boston Strangler
Michael Gaughan
1974-06-03
Ireland (detained by the United Kingdom )
Hunger strike
Member of the Official Irish Republican Army
Holger Meins
1974-11-09
West Germany
Hunger strike
Member of the Red Army Faction
Charles Schmid
1975-03-30
United States
Stabbed by two fellow inmates
Serial killer
Siegfried Hausner
1975-05-05
West Germany
Severe burns untreated in custody
Member of the Red Army Faction
Katharina Hammerschmidt
1975-06-29
West Germany
Untreated cancer
Member of the Red Army Faction
Vladimir Herzog
1975-10-25
Yugoslavia
Brazil
Suicide by hanging
Journalist, university professor and playwright
According to opposition, he was murdered by the DOI-CODI officers
Frank Stagg
1976-02-12
Ireland (detained by the United Kingdom )
Hunger strike
Volunteer in the Provisional Irish Republican Army
Ulrike Meinhof
1976-05-09
West Germany
Suicide by hanging
Founding member of the Red Army Faction
Alioune Dramé
1977-03-01
Guinea
Unknown
Economist and politician, ambassador to Ivory Coast
Claudio Camaso
1977-09-16
Italy
Suicide by hanging
Actor, brother of Gian Maria Volonté
Imprisoned for the murder of Vincenzo Mazza.
Steve Biko
1977-10-18
South Africa
Bludgeoned to death by South African police[ 5]
South African anti-Apartheid activist
Forty-sixth political detainee to die during interrogation since the government introduced laws permitting imprisonment without trial in 1963.
Andreas Baader
1977-10-18
West Germany
Suicide by shooting
Leader of the Red Army Faction
Gudrun Ensslin
1977-10-18
West Germany
Suicide by hanging
Founding member of the Red Army Faction
Jan-Carl Raspe
1977-10-18
West Germany
Suicide by shooting
Member of the Red Army Faction
Ingrid Schubert
1977-11-12
West Germany
Suicide by hanging
Member of the Red Army Faction
Joseph Kotalla
1979-07-31
Germany (detained by the Netherlands )
Natural causes
SS soldier, head of the administration of Kamp Amersfoort concentration camp
Haregot Abbai
1979
Ethiopia
Murder
Businessman, politician
1980s
1990s
Name
Date of death
Nationality
Cause of death
Known for
Comments
Michael Tan Teow
1990-05-08
Singapore
Suicide by pill overdose
Convicted murderer and former actor
Died in a solitary confinement cell at Changi Prison 's death row section. Found guilty in 1985 of murdering a landlady and her two children, and sentenced to hang. His accomplice Lim Beng Hai, also on death row, was put to death five months later on 5 October 1990
Graham Young
1990-08-01
United Kingdom
Heart attack
Poisoner
Died in Parkhurst prison. Heart attack is the official cause of death, but there has been speculation that other prisoners may have been responsible.[citation needed ]
Klaus Barbie
1991-09-25
Germany (detained by France )
Leukemia
Nazi war criminal
Richard Speck
1991-12-05
United States
Heart attack
American mass murderer
Robert Berdella
1992-10-08
United States
Heart attack
Serial killer
Orton Chirwa
1992-10-20
Malawi
Unknown
Lawyer and political leader
Robert Biehler
1993-01-10
United States
Cancer
Serial killer
Jeffrey Feltner
1993-03-17
United States
AIDS
Serial killer
Kurt-Werner Wichmann
1993-04-25
Germany
Suicide by hanging
Serial killer
He hanged himself only 10 days after his arrest. The Netflix miniseries Dig Deeper: The Disappearance of Birgit Meier concentrates on his case.
Walter Breen
1993-04-27
United States
Cancer
American child molester
Garry David
1993-07-11
Australia
Died from wounds caused by self-mutilation
Robbery and attempted murder
Liow Han Heng
1993-08-10
Singapore
Heart attack
Convicted murderer and former goldsmith shop worker
Died in a solitary confinement cell at Changi Prison 's death row section. Found guilty in 1992 of kidnapping and murdering his former employer, and sentenced to hang. His accomplice Ibrahim Masod, also on death row, was put to death 11 months later on 29 July 1994
Joe "Pegleg" Morgan
1993-11-08
Mexico (detained by the United States )
Liver cancer
Mexican Mafia leader
Luciano Leggio
1993-11-15
Italy
Heart attack
Mafioso, head of the Corleonesi
Succeeded by Salvatore Riina
Jack Unterweger
1994-06-29
Austria
Suicide
Serial killer with estimated 12-15 victims[ 6] [ 7] [ 8]
Michele Zaza
1994-07-18
Italy
Heart attack
Mafioso, head of the Camorra clan
Succeeded by his nephew Ciro Mazzarella .
Daniel Camargo Barbosa
1994-11-13
Colombia (detained by Ecuador )
Stabbed to death by Geovanny Noguera, a nephew of one of his victims[ 9]
Serial killer and rapist
Jeffrey Dahmer
1994-11-28
United States
Beaten to death by fellow inmate Christopher Scarver [ 10]
American serial killer and cannibal
Jesse Anderson
1994-11-30
United States
Beaten to death by fellow inmate Christopher Scarver [ 10]
American murderer
Fred West
1995-01-01
United Kingdom
Suicide by hanging[ 11]
Multiple murders; was on remand awaiting trial
Michael Lupo
1995-02-12
Italy (detained by the United Kingdom )
AIDS
Serial killer
Edwin Kaprat
1995-04-19
United States
Stabbed by two inmates
Serial killer
Sadibou Hydara
1995-06-06
Gambia
Murder
Military and political leader
Kenneth Michael Trentadue
1995-08-21
United States
Suicide by hanging
Arrested during the investigation of the Oklahoma City bombing
Trentadue's family maintains that he was murdered by members of the FBI
Ronald Kray
1995-09-07
United Kingdom
Heart attack
British gangster and murderer, twin brother of Reginald Kray
Robert Wayne Danielson
1995-09-07
United States
Suicide by hanging
Serial killer
Gerard John Schaefer
1995-12-03
United States
Stabbed to death
American murderer
Alfons Noviks
1996-03-12
Latvia
Unknown
Politician
Charged with a life sentence for signing orders for the Soviet deportations from Latvia
Ottis Toole
1996-09-15
United States
Cirrhosis
Serial killer
Giuseppe Giacomo Gambino
1996-11-30
Italy
Suicide
Mafioso, deputy of Totò Riina
James Earl Ray
1998-04-23
United States
Hepatitis C
Convicted for assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.
Moshood Abiola
1998-07-07
Nigeria
Heart attack
Honorary supreme military commander of the Oyo Empire
His death is disputed, with some believing he was poisoned or beaten to death.
Kaya
1999-02-21
Mauritius
Unknown
Musician, creator of Seggae
Arrested for smoking marijuana during one of his concerts
Aleksandr Komin
1999-06-15
Russia
Suicide by cutting
Enslaver , serial killer
Kept six people as prisoners in a 9-meter-deep bunker under his garage and killed four of them.
Saeed Emami
1999-06-19
Iran
Suicide
Deputy minister of intelligence under Ali Fallahian
His death was officially ruled as a suicide, although this is disputed by Iranian dissidents who believe he was murdered in order to prevent him leaking sensitive information.[ 12]
Georgios Papadopoulos
1999-06-27
Greece
ALS , bladder cancer
Military dictator of the Greek junta
Frank Valdes
1999-07-17
United States
Beaten to death by correctional officers
Murderer
Salvatore Greco
1999
Italy
Cancer
Mafioso, brother of Michele Greco
2000s
Name
Date of death
Nationality
Cause of death
Known for
Comments
Harry Riccobene
2000-06-19
Italy
United States
Sepsis
Mobster of the Philadelphia crime family
Oleg Kuznetsov
2000-08-04
Russia
Heart failure
Serial killer, rapist
Killed 10 girls and women between 1991 and 1992.
Ruslan Alikhadzhiyev
2000
Russia
Torture or heart attack
Parliamentary speaker of Chechenia
Disappeared in 2000, his death was reported as a prison death by Chechenpress and AFP ; the FSB denied that
Byron De La Beckwith
2001-01-21
United States
Heart attack [ 13]
American white supremacist
Klansman from Greenwood, Mississippi who assassinated civil rights leader Medgar Evers on June 12, 1963.
Henry Lee Lucas
2001-03-12
United States
Heart failure
"The Confession Killer"
Shankar Suppiahmaniam
2001-08-10
Singapore
Murdered by his fellow cellmate Kanesan Ratnam , who was later sentenced to death for murdering him
Charged with raping and abducting two young girls, and also his murder
Scheduled to stand trial on 13 August 2001, but died three days before the trial was to begin
Thomas Schleicher
2001-11-02
Austria
Suicide
Judoka and participant of the 1996 Summer Olympics
Convicted for drug trafficking
Evison Matafale
2001-11-27
Malawi
Pneumonia
Reggae musician
Iván Urdinola Grajales
2002-02-02
Colombia
Heart attack
leader of the Norte del Valle Cartel , "El enano"
John Gotti
2002-06-10
United States
Throat cancer
American mafia boss
Turpal-Ali Atgeriyev
2002-08-18
Russia
Official version: inner bleedings caused by leukemia
National security minister of Chechnya
His relatives claimed he was tortured to death.[ 14]
Myra Hindley
2002-11-15
United Kingdom
Died in hospital after heart attack in prison
British serial killer
Habibullah
2002-12-04
Afghanistan (detained by the United States )
Pulmonary embolism due to blunt force injury to the legs[ 15]
Mullah , brother of a Taliban leader
His death was initially attributed to "natural causes" by the military. The autopsy later classified Habibullah's death as homicide .[ 16]
Dilawar
2002-12-10
Afghanistan (detained by the United States )
"Blunt-force injuries to lower extremities complicating coronary artery disease " caused from torture
Farmer and taxi driver
The documentary film Taxi to the Dark Side (2007) focuses on his death.
Salman Raduyev
2002-12-14
Russia
Official version: "Serious and protracted diseases"
Chechen military commander, responsible for the Kizlyar hostage taking raid
His family and others claim that he was murdered by the authorities in prison.
Fesshaye Yohannes
2002-2007
Eritrea
Unknown
Journalist
John Geoghan
2003-08-23
United States
Murdered by fellow inmate Joseph Druce
Catholic priest and child molester
Hassan Evan Naseem
2003-09-19
Maldives
Beaten to death by the NSS personnel during a riot
His death lead to the 2003 Maldives civil unrest
Md. Yakub Ali
2003-10-17
Bangladesh
Unknown[ 17]
Bangladesh Nationalist Party activist
Jahangir Hossain
Bangladesh
Unknown[ 17]
Bangladesh Nationalist Party activist
Manadel al-Jamadi
2003-11-04
Iraq (detained by the United States )
Died from torture during a CIA interrogation
Suspect in a bomb attack , also known as "The Iceman", "Mr. Frosty" and "Bernie"
His death was a trigger of the 2003-2004 Abu Ghraib torture and prisoner abuse scandal
Abed Hamed Mowhoush
2003-11-26
Iraq (detained by the United States )
Died from torture during a CIA interrogation
Air vice-marshal of the Iraqi Air Force
His death was initially attributed to "natural causes" by the CIA. After the Abu Ghraib torture and prisoner abuse scandal erupted, the Pentagon acknowledged that the cause of death was "asphyxia due to smothering and chest compression", and that his body showed "evidence of blunt force trauma to the chest and legs".[ 18]
Harold Shipman
2004-01-13
United Kingdom
Suicide by hanging
British doctor who killed many of his patients
Abu Abbas
2004-03-08
Palestine (detained by the United States in Iraq )
Natural causes
Terrorist
Gaetano Badalamenti
2004-04-29
Italy (detained by the United States )
Heart failure
Mafioso, head of the Sicilian Mafia Commission , leader in the "Pizza Connection "
Clayton Fountain
2004-07-12
United States
Natural causes
Member of the Aryan Brotherhood
Victor Kaliadin
2004-09-16
Russia
Heart attack
CEO of the company Elers Electron
John Wayne Glover
2005-09-09
Australia
Suicide by hanging[ 19]
Sydney Granny Murderer
Vincent Gigante
2005-12-19
United States
Oxygen deprivation
American Mafia boss
Boss of Genovese crime family
Stuart Alexander
2005-12-27
United States
Pulmonary embolism
Businessman and murderer
Also known as "The Sausage King" because he was recognized and renowned for making linguiça sausage .
Slobodan Milošević
2006-03-11
Serbia and Montenegro
Heart attack
Serbian and Yugoslav president
Domenico Libri
2006-05-01
Italy
Unknown
Member of the 'Ndrangheta
Andrew Martinez
2006-05-18
United States
Suicide
Nude activist
Samuel Bowers
2006-05-18
United States
Cardiopulmonary arrest
American white supremacist
Co-founded the White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan and convicted of bombing death of civil rights leader Vernon Dahmer .
Ogulsapar Muradova
August/September 2006
Turkmenistan
Official version: Natural causes
Human rights activist, journalist
The official cause of death is disputed by her children.[ 20]
Ron Porambo
2006-10-22
United States
Choking on an orange
Journalist who covered the 1967 Newark riots
Charged with 30 years for felony murder , conspiracy to commit robbery, two counts of armed robbery, burglary, and possession of a firearm for an unlawful purpose.
Samuel Hinga Norman
2007-02-22
Sierra Leone
Natural causes
Founder and leader of the Civil Defence Forces
Charles Harrelson
2007-03-15
United States
Heart attack
Hitman , convicted of murdering U.S. Federal judge John H. Wood Jr.
Father of actor Woody Harrelson .
David Lane
2007-03-28
United States
Epilepsy
American white nationalist
Stanley Rice
2007-11-03
United States
Natural causes
Serial killer, sex offender
Sergei Ryakhovsky
2007-11-12
Russia
Tuberculosis
Serial killer
John Straffen
2007-11-19
United Kingdom
Natural causes
British serial killer
Longest-serving prisoner in British legal history, was in prison for 55 years until his death
Ryan Gracie
2007-12-15
Brazil
Died as a result of brain injury
Brazilian mixed martial artist
Michele Greco
2008-02-13
Italy
Lung cancer
Mafioso, head of the Sicilian Mafia Commission
Germano Nati
2008-03-17
Eritrea
Bladder and kidney infections[ 21]
Politician of the EPLF
Vlado Taneski
2008-06-23
Republic of Macedonia
Suicide by drowning in a plastic bucket of water
Serial killer
Dinko Šakić
2008-07-20
Croatia
Heart problems
Commander of the Jasenovac concentration camp
Johnny "J"
2008-10-03
Mexico / United States
Suicide
Songwriter , music producer and rapper
Charged with driving while intoxicated
Arthur Shawcross
2008-11-10
United States
Cardiac arrest
Serial killer
Son Jong-nam
2008-12-07
North Korea
Unknown (probably torture)
North Korean defector and Christian missionary
Antonie Dixon
2009-02-04
New Zealand
Suicide
New Zealand thief and murderer
Omid Reza Mir Sayafi
2009-03-18
Iran
Unknown
Blogger and journalist
Arrested for allegedly insulting religious leaders and engaging in propaganda against the Islamic Republic of Iran.
Maxim Bazylev
2009-03-27
Russia
Suicide by cutting the veins on his forearms and neck
Russian nationalist , last leader of the NSO
Toi Aukuso Cain
2009-04-18
Samoa
Liver cancer
Politician
Arrested for the murder of Luagalau Leva'ula Kamu
Ibn al-Shaykh al-Libi
2009-05-10
Libya
Torture
Leader of the Khalden training camp
His death was officially ruled as suicide by hanging.
Fathi Eljahmi
2009-05-21
Libya
Unknown
Politic dissident
Christopher Lunz
2009-09-22
United States
Suicide
Serial killer
Susan Atkins
2009-09-24
United States
Brain tumor
Member of the Manson family
John Evander Couey
2009-09-30
United States
Cancer
Sex offender convicted of murdering Jessica Lunsford
Sergei Magnitsky
2009-11-16
Russia
Closed cerebral cranial injury
Russian tax accountant who specialized in anti-corruption activities
Magnitsky alleged there had been large-scale theft from the Russian state, sanctioned and carried out by Russian officials. He was arrested and eventually died in prison. The documentary The Magnitsky Act – Behind the Scenes concentrates on his case.
2010s
Name
Date of death
Nationality
Cause of death
Known for
Comments
Orlando Zapata
2010-02-23
Cuba
Hunger strike
Political activist
Carlo Cicuttini
2010-02-24
Italy
Lung cancer
Neofascist terrorist
Germain Cyrille Ngota Ngota
2010-04-22
Cameroon
HIV
Editor for the Cameroun Express
Charged with falsifying a government document, the first journalist to die in the line of duty in Cameroon since 1992
Sipho Jele
2010-05-04
Swaziland
Suicide by hanging
Member of the banned party People's United Democratic Movement
Wallace Souza
2010-07-27
Brazil
Heart attack due to Budd–Chiari syndrome
Television presenter and politician
Philip Markoff
2010-08-15
United States
Suicide
American murderer
Known as the "Craigslist killer"
Dimitrios Ioannidis
2010-08-16
Greece
Respiratory problems
Military dictator of the Greek junta
Terry Peder Rasmussen
2010-12-28
United States
lung cancer , chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and pneumonia
Serial killer with six known victims.[ 22] on December 28, 2010.[ 23] [ 24]
Edwin Valero
2010-04-19
Venezuela
Suicide
Professional boxer
Carl Williams
2010-04-19
Australia
Bludgeoned to death
Australian crime boss
Murdered by fellow inmate while serving sentence
Fawza Falih
2010
Saudi Arabia
Official version: Choking on her food
Condemned to death for practicing witchcraft
Akrom Yoʻldoshev
2010/11
Uzbekistan
Tuberculosis
Founder of Akromiya
Colin Hatch
February 2011
United Kingdom
Suspected homicide
Notorious murderer and child molester
Dorothea Puente
2011-03-27
United States
Natural causes
Serial killer
Lee Bradley Brown
2011-04-12
United Kingdom (detained by the United Arab Emirates )
Unknown
Tourist, his cause of death is still disputed
Edarem
2012-01-08
United States
Lung cancer
American Internet personality
Colin Ireland
2012-02-21
United Kingdom
Died as a result of hip injury.[ 25]
British serial killer of gay men
Miguel Abia Biteo Boricó
2012-12-06
Equatorial Guinea
Cardiac arrest
Former Prime Minister of Equatorial Guinea
Richard Ramirez
2013-06-07
United States
Cancer
American serial killer
Tjostolv Moland
2013-08-18
Norway (detained by the Democratic Republic of the Congo )
Suicide
Sentenced to death for murder, and espionage for Norway
Died in Congolese custody[ 26]
Anatoly Onoprienko
2013-08-27
Ukraine
Heart attack
Serial killer and mass murderer
Ariel Castro
2013-09-03
United States
Suicide or accidental strangulation
Kidnapped and raped three American women for over a decade.
Heinrich Boere
2013-12-01
Germany
Natural causes
Nazi war criminal
John Anthony Walker
2014-08-28
United States
Unknown
United States Navy Chief Warrant Officer convicted of spying for the Soviet Union from 1968 to 1985
Anushervon Rakhmanov
2015-04-02
Tajikistan
Russia
Suicide by hanging
Suspected serial killer
Sandra Bland
2015-07-13
United States
Suicide (allegedly)
American motorist
Arrested for traffic violation on July 10 by State Trooper Brian Encinia. Encinia was indicted for perjury for making false statements about the circumstances of Bland's arrest. Waller County jail failed to follow required policies and procedures.
Manuel Contreras
2015-08-07
Chile
Unspecified kidney problems[ 27]
Army officer, former head of the National Intelligence Directorate
He was serving 59 unappealable sentences totaling 529 years in prison at the time of his death.[ 28]
Marcelo Moren Brito
2015-09-11
Chile
Multiple organ failure[ 29]
Retired Army colonel and former agent of the Dirección de Inteligencia Nacional
He was sentenced to more than 300 years in prison.[ 29]
Sarah Reed
2016-01-11
United Kingdom
Suicide/accidental death
On remand awaiting possible trial pending psychiatric reports
Charged with GBH with intent
Lawrence Phillips
2016-01-13
United States
Suicide
American football player
Phillips was facing the death penalty in the alleged murder of his former cellmate in April 2015.
Jacques Bihozagara
2016-03-30
Rwanda (detained by Burundi )
Unknown (probably assassination )
Rwandan ambassador to France and Belgium
Arrested on suspicion of espionage, died only minutes after arriving at the prison infirmary.[ 30] [ 31]
Vladimir Dolgopolov
2016-06-12
Russia
Stroke
Soccer player, won a Master of Sports of the USSR award
Was found guilty of negligent homicide and sentenced to 10 years of imprisonment in January 2016[ 32] [ 33]
Bernardo Provenzano
2016-07-13
Italy
Bladder cancer
Mafioso, chief of the Corleonesi
Lou Pearlman
2016-08-19
United States
Cardiac arrest
Manager of Backstreet Boys and *NSYNC
Gennadiy Tsypkalov
2016-09-24
Ukraine
Unknown (official version: Suicide)
politician of the Luhansk People's Republic
Omar Abdel-Rahman
2017-02-18
Egypt
(detained by the United States )
Coronary arterial disease
Terrorist
Lawrence Horn
February 2017
United States
Unknown
Musician, record producer
Arrested for hiring a hit man to murder his ex-wife, Mildred Horn, their disabled son Trevor, and nurse Janice Saunders.
Donald Harvey
2017-03-30
United States
Killed by fellow inmate
Serial killer
Aaron Hernandez
2017-04-19
United States
Suicide
Former tight-end for NFL team New England Patriots , later convicted of murdering Odin Lloyd
Found not guilty of the 2012 double homicide of Daniel de Abreu and Safiro Furtado just 5 days before he was found dead.
Yip Kai Foon
2017-04-19
Hong Kong
Lung cancer [ 34]
Hong Kong armed robber with AK-47
Ian Brady
2017-05-15
United Kingdom
Cancer
British serial killer
Manuel Noriega
2017-05-29
Panama
Issues after a brain hemorrhage
Military dictator of Panama 1983-1989
Liu Xiaobo
2017-07-13
China
Liver cancer
Prisoner of conscience
Nobel Peace Prize laureate (2010 )
Carlos Andrés García
2017-09-17
Venezuela
Debated
Politician, councilman at the time of dearth
García suffered a stroke in detention. Security officials reportedly refused to give medical attention to García, ignored the orders to transfer him to a health center and did not give him medicines sent by his relatives.[ 35] [ 36] [ 37] He was transferred to a hospital days afterwards.[ 38]
Salvatore Riina
2017-11-17
Italy
Unknown
Mafioso, chief of the Sicilian Mafia
Charles Manson
2017-11-19
United States
Natural causes
Leader of the Manson Family
Nelson Martínez
2017-12-12
Venezuela
Health complications[ 39]
Minister of Petroleum and President of Petróleos de Venezuela
Ernst-Dieter Beck
2018-04-29
Germany
Unknown
Serial killer
He was the first person accused of murder in German legal history, on whom a chromosome test was applied.[ 40]
Dennis Nilsen
2018-05-12
United Kingdom
Pulmonary embolism
British serial killer
Brian Lawler
2018-07-29
United States
Suicide by hanging[ 41]
Professional wrestler
Fernando Albán
2018-10-08
Venezuela
Body fell from a tenth-floor of the headquarters of the Bolivarian Intelligence Service (SEBIN).[ 42] Unofficially, Albán died before his fall and the autopsy revealed that water was found in his lungs.[ 43] [ 44]
Politician, councilman at the time of death
Initially ruled officially as a suicide, a version heavily disputed, authorities later admitted that Albán was killed during his detention.[ 45]
Whitey Bulger
2018-10-30
United States
Killed by prison inmates
American mobster
Andrew Urdiales
2018-11-02
United States
Suicide by hanging
Serial killer
Serhiy Tkach
2018-11-04
Ukraine
Heart failure
Serial killer
Carmine Persico
2019-03-07
United States
Natural causes
Boss of the Colombo crime family
Mohamed Morsi
2019-06-17
Egypt
Egyptian state television announced on 17 June 2019 that Mohamed Morsi had collapsed during a court hearing on espionage charges at Cairo's Tora prison complex, and later died suddenly, reportedly of a heart attack .[ 46] [ 47] [ 48] [ 49]
Former President of Egypt
Rafael Acosta Arévalo
2019-06-29
Venezuela
Widespread polytrauma , torture[ 50] [ 51] [ 52]
Military officer with the rank of corvette captain
Died shortly after attending to a court hearing, arriving in a wheelchair and with serious indications of torture.[ 53]
Dawid Kostecki
2019-08-02
Poland
Suicide by hanging
Light heavyweight boxer
Convicted for drug trafficking, car theft, running a prostitution escort ring, and income tax evasion.
Jeffrey Epstein
2019-08-10
United States
Suicide
American financier and convicted sex offender
Death of Jeffrey Epstein
Richard Huckle
2019-10-13
United Kingdom
Stabbed to death
British serial sex offender and paedophile
Anthony McKnight
2019-10-17
United States
Unknown[ 54]
Serial killer and rapist
Ivan Milat
2019-10-27
Australia
Natural causes
Serial killer
Lawrence Bittaker
2019-12-13
United States
Natural causes
Serial killer and rapist, one of the "Tool Box Killers "
Phillip Carl Jablonski
2019-12-27
United States
Unknown[ 55]
Serial killer
2020s
Name
Date of death
Nationality
Cause of death
Known for
Comments
Roy Norris
2020-02-24
United States
Natural causes
Serial killer and rapist, one of the "Tool Box Killers "
Lonnie David Franklin Jr.
2020-03-28
United States
Unknown
Serial killer, better known as the "Grim Sleeper"
Shady Habash
2020-05-01
Egypt
Alcohol poisoning
Filmmaker
Was imprisoned without trial for making a music video for the exiled Egyptian rock musician Ramy Essam , that mocked Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi .[ 56]
Carlos Ernesto Escobar Mejía
2020-05-06
El Salvador (detained by United States )
COVID-19
The first immigrant to die from COVID-19 in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
David Owen Brooks
2020-05-28
United States
COVID-19
Murderer
Eddie Mosley
2020-05-28
United States
COVID-19
Serial killer and rapist
Rocky Beamon
2020-06-10
United States
Suicide
Murderer
Mário Calixto Filho
2020-06-17
Brazil
COVID-19
Politician, journalist and businessman
Convicted of government procurement fraud[ 57]
Manuel Machado Alvarez
2020-07-03
Cuba (detained by United States )
COVID-19
Murderer
Scott Erskine
2020-07-03
United States
COVID-19
Serial killer and rapist
Mahendra Yadav
2020-07-05
India
COVID-19
Politician
Andrey Yezhov
2020-07-06
Russia
Suicide by hanging
Serial killer and rapist
Chua Ser Lien
2020-07-08
Singapore
Suicide
Former cleaning company director and convicted kidnapper
Sentenced to life imprisonment and three strokes of the cane in 2004. Suffered from bipolar disorder , which worsened during his final years before he died. Found eligible for parole in 2023
Nelson Meurer
2020-07-12
Brazil
COVID-19
Politician, mayor of Francisco Beltrão
Convicted on corruption and money laundering charges
Moussa Benhamadi
2020-07-17
Algeria
COVID-19
Politician and researcher
David Romero Ellner
2020-07-18
Honduras
COVID-19
Journalist and lawyer, Liberal party congressman and former mayor of Tegucigalpa
Was arrested during the 2019–2021 Algerian protests [ 58]
Jaybee Sebastian
2020-07-18
Philippines
COVID-19
Kidnapper and carjacker
Jorge Villavicencio
2020-07-20
Guatemala
COVID-19
Former Guatemalan Minister of Public Health and Social Assistance
Was arrested over corruption accusations.[ 59]
Azimzhan Askarov
2020-07-25
Kyrgyzstan
Pneumonia
Human rights activist, investigator of police brutality
Arrested and prosecuted on charges of creating mass disturbances, incitement of ethnic hatred , and complicity in murder.
Essam el-Erian
2020-08-13
Egypt
COVID-19
Vice Chairman of the Freedom and Justice Party
Arrested during the 2011 Egyptian revolution
Édouard Karemera
2020-08-31
Rwanda (detained by Senegal )
COVID-19
Politician convicted of genocide
Maxim Martsinkevich
2020-09-16
Russia
Official version: Suicide
Neo-Nazi activist and vlogger
Horst David
2020-11-08
Germany
Unknown
Serial killer
The investigation of his murder of the prostitute Fatima Grossart is considered a milestone in German criminal history because it was the first time that a crime that had occurred almost 20 years ago could be solved with the help of the automated fingerprint identification system .
Peter Sutcliffe
2020-11-13
United Kingdom
Complications from diabetes, hypertension and COVID-19 infection
Serial killer
Anthony Hardy
2020-11-25
United Kingdom
COVID-19
Serial killer, the "Camden Ripper"
Anthony Casso
2020-12-15
United States
COVID-19
Underboss of the Lucchese crime family
Donato Bilancia
2020-12-17
Italy
COVID-19
Serial killer
Romell Broom
2020-12-28
United States
COVID-19
Murder of Tryna Middleton.[ 60]
Sofia Zhukova
2020-12-29
Russia
COVID-19
Serial killer
Being 80 years old at the time of her last murder, she was the oldest serial killer in the history of Russia and the Soviet Union .
Salvador Franco
2021-01-03
Venezuela
Tuberculosis and malnourishment .[ 61]
Pemon political prisoner
Franco had COVID-19 and that for months suffered from gastrointestinal diseases related to the insalubrity of his penitentiary center, losing a large amount of weight in detention. There was a court order for his transfer to a health center, but it was ultimately ignored.[ 62] [ 63]
Phil Spector
2021-01-16
United States
Complications from COVID-19
American music producer
Was convicted of the 2003 murder of actress Lana Clarkson and was serving a 19 years to life prison sentence at the time of his death.
Nathaniel Burkett
2021-01-19
United States
COVID-19
Serial killer
Daniela Figueredo
2021-03-13
Venezuela
Gunshot
Young detainee
Shot in the face by a police officer and killed at the age of nineteen.[ 64] [ 65] Human rights activists declared that the incident occurred when the officer tried to sexually abuse her.[ 66]
Antonio Sanchez
2021-03-27
Philippines
Unknown
Politician, mayor of Calauan
Bernie Madoff
2021-04-14
United States
Chronic kidney disease[ 67] [ 68] [ 69] [ 70]
Fraudster
Vitold Ashurak
2021-05-21
Belarus
Official version: Cardiac arrest
Political and ecological activist
Sentenced to five years for his role in the 2020–2021 Belarusian protests , died four months after his imprisonment, the official cause of death is disputed
John McAfee
2021-06-23
United Kingdom
“Everything points to death by suicide,”[ 71] according to the Guardian, except a previous statement: 'If I suicide myself, I didn't.' [ 72]
Founded the software company McAfee Associates in 1987.
Nyan Win
2021-07-20
Myanmar
COVID-19
Member-elect of Pyithu Hluttaw and Aung San Suu Kyi 's personal attorney
Yevgen Sotnikov
2021-08-06
Ukraine
Murder
Judoka
Imprisoned for killing an 18-year old.[ 73]
Robert Martin Gumbura
2021-08-07
Zimbabwe
COVID-19
Pastor
Was convicted with four counts of rape and possession of illegal pornographic material and sentenced to 40 years in prison.[ 74] [ 75]
Hugo Salas Wenzel
2021-08-11
Chile
Unknown
General of the Chilean Army
Was sentenced to life for human rights violations in the 1980s.[ 76]
Hissène Habré
2021-08-24
Chad
COVID-19
5th president and dictator of Chad
Abimael Guzmán
2021-09-11
Peru
Suicide by starvation[ 77]
Maoist guerrilla leader and terrorist
Raúl Baduel
2021-10-12
Venezuela
Official version: cardiorespiratory arrest caused by COVID-19
Venezuelan general and former defense minister
The official cause of death is disputed by his family
Gilbert Dragon
2021-11-17
Haiti
COVID-19
Police chief and commander in the National Revolutionary Front for the Liberation and Reconstruction of Haiti
Hamdi Hassan
2021-11-25
Egypt
Unknown[ 78]
Member of the House of Representatives of Egypt and the Muslim Brotherhood
Stephen Bouquet
2022-01-05
United Kingdom
COVID-19
Killed nine cats
Robert Durst
2022-01-10
United States
COVID-19
Murderer
Stephen Kovacs
2022-01-12
United States
Suicide by hanging
Saber fencer and fencing coach
Charged with multiple counts of sexual assault , endangering the welfare of a child and false swearing .
Hugo Torres Jiménez
2022-02-11
Nicaragua
Natural causes
Sandinista guerrilla , brigadier general in the Nicaraguan Armed Forces
Soumeylou Boubèye Maïga
2022-03-21
Mali
Unknown
Former Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Mali
Dmitry Kolker
2022-07-02
Russia
Unknown
Physicist, head of the Laboratory of Quantum Optical Technologies of Novosibirsk State University
Arrested on suspicion of state treason in June 2022.[ 79]
Robert Hanssen
2023-06-05
United States
Colon cancer [ 80]
FBI agent
Charged with selling U.S. intelligence documents to the Soviet Union and Russia over 22 years.
Ted Kaczynski
2023-06-10
United States
Suicide by hanging
Eco-terrorist , the "Unabomber"
Ales Pushkin
2023-07-11
Belarus
Unknown
Artist and painter, awarded with the Belarusian Democratic Republic 100th Jubilee Medal
Gennady Lopyrev
2023-08-16
Russia
Official version: Leukemia
Former lieutenant-general in the FSO and overseer of various construction projects, including Putin's palace at Gelendzhik
Imprisoned in the IK-3 prison in 2017 for taking bribes , the official cause of death is disputed[ 81]
Anthony Sully
2023-09-08
United States
Natural causes
Serial killer and police officer
Doug Clark
2023-10-11
United States
Natural causes
Serial killer
Alejandro Muyshondt
2024-02-07
El Salvador
Official version: Pulmonary edema
Politician
The official version is disputed and his family believes that he died from torture.[ 82]
Alexei Navalny
2024-02-16
Russia
Official version: Blood clot detachment
Russian opposition politician
Death of Alexei Navalny
Ihar Lednik
2024-02-20
Belarus
Issues after an operation of the gastrointestinal tract
Belarusian opposition activist
Sentenced to three years for the "defamation" of Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko ,[ 83] in prison he was routinely abused by the jailers[ 84]
Victor Farrant
2024-05-03
United Kingdom
Unknown
Murderer and rapist
See also
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