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Northern Nevada prisoner dies in Carson City

A Northern Nevada prisoner died Tuesday, the Nevada Corrections Department said.

Samuel Blake, 74, died at a medical facility inside the Northern Nevada Correctional Center in Carson City. He was serving a life sentence for first-degree murder and had been incarcerated since 1980.

The Carson City Sheriff’s Office coroner will conduct an autopsy on Blake.

Contact Blake Apgar at bapgar@reviewjournal.com or 702-387-5298. Follow @blakeapgar on Twitter.

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