People Who Died in Prison

Name these famous people who died while incarcerated in jail or prison.
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Death
Cause
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Person
1803
Natural causes
Haitian general and leader of the Haitian Revolution
Toussaint Louverture
1821
Natural causes
French general and statesman exiled to Saint Helena
Napoleon Bonaparte
1946
Suicide
Nazi leader and Supreme Commander of the Air Force
Hermann Göring
1967
Natural causes
Killer of Lee Harvey Oswald
Jack Ruby
1970
Natural causes
First president of Indonesia
Sukarno
1977
Killed
South African anti-apartheid activist
Steve Biko
1981
Starvation
IRA militant
Bobby Sands
1987
Suicide
Hitler's deputy
Rudolf Hess
1994
Killed by inmate
Cannibal serial killer
Jeffrey Dahmer
2002
Natural causes
New York Mafia boss
John Gotti
2006
Natural causes
Former Yugoslav president charged with war crimes
Slobodan Milošević
2013
Natural causes
“Night Stalker” serial killer
Richard Ramirez
2017
Natural causes
Cult leader serving life for the Tate-LaBianca murders
Charles Manson
2017
Natural causes
Chinese democracy activist convicted for “subversion”
Liu Xiaobo
2017
Suicide
NFL player for the Patriots serving life for murder
Aaron Hernandez
2018
Killed by inmates
Boston mob boss serving life for multiple murders
Whitey Bulger
2021
Natural causes
Ponzi scheme operator serving 150-year sentence
Bernie Madoff
2021
Natural causes
"Wall of Sound" music producer who murdered
Phil Spector
2023
Suicide
The Unabomber
Ted Kaczynski
2025
Killed by inmates
Disgraced lostprophets singer
Ian Watkins
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