How many people died while they were at Alcatraz?
The following 42 former inmates of U.S. Penitentiary, Alcatraz, CA died there or in surrounding waters. Fair warning - this list may not be comprehensive.1. Allen, Claude Earl "Jack" (211-AZ) on January 17, 19362. Anglin, Clarence (1485-AZ) on June 11, 1962 (presumed drown during an escape attempt)3. Anglin, John William (1476-AZ) on June 11, 1962 (presumed drown during an escape attempt)4. Anderson, Nathaniel Boss (930-AZ) on April 9, 1952 (chronic encephalitis, non-specific)5. Barkdoll, Lloyd H. (423-AZ) on March 7, 1950 (coronary thrombosis)6. Barker, Arthur R. "Doc" (268-AZ) on January 13, 1939 (during an escape attempt)7. Barsock, Joseph (884-AZ) on May 28, 1951 (stabbed by Freddie Lee Thomas, 893-AZ)8. Bates, Albert Lawrence "George" (137-AZ) on July 4, 1948 (myocardial degeneration with cardiac decompensation due to coronary thrombosis)9. Boarman, James Arnold (571-AZ) on April 13, 1943 (presumed drown during an escape attempt)10. Bowers, Joseph "Dutch" (210-AZ) on April 27, 1936 (during an escape attempt)11. Branch, Claude Clyde Colbert (624-AZ) on November 16, 1945 (assaulted by Ralph Waldo Greene, 640-AZ)12. Brown, Fred [Paul H.] (361-AZ) on January 21, 1938 (myelogenous leukemia)13. Burgett, Aaron Walter (991-AZ) on September 29, 1958 (during an escape attempt)14. Carroll, John Patrick [or Preston] (209-AZ) on April 6, 1936 (pneumonia following gall bladder surgery)15. Cole, Theodore (258-AZ) on December 16, 1937 (presumed drown during an escape attempt)16. Coy, Bernard Paul "Barney" (415-AZ) on May 4, 1946 (during the May 2-4, 1946 riot / escape attempt)17. Cretzer, Joseph Paul "Dutch" (548-AZ) on May 4, 1946 (during the May 2-4, 1946 riot / escape attempt)18. Donald, Phoenix O. (295-AZ) on June 29, 194419. Dugan, Thomas John (256-AZ) on April 30, 1946 (chronic myocarditis due to rheumatic valvular disease and aortic regurgitation)20. Gauvin, Edward Horace (1134-AZ) on June 6, 1957 (stab wound of heart and left lung; inflicted by Ronald Eugene Simcox, 1131-AZ)21. Graham, Frank Ernest (683-AZ) on March 18, 1948 (primary carcinoma of thyroid gland with mediastinal and cervical metastatis)22. Hall, Jack Walter "Blackie" (1214-AZ) on March 13, 1957 (suicide)23. Herring, Maurice Merle (491-AZ) on July 15, 1942 (stabbed by Cecil John Snow, 222-AZ)24. Hill, Charles Ray "Chick" (1065-AZ) on May 4, 1958 (suicide - methyl alcohol poisoning)25. Hubbard, Marvin Franklin (645-AZ) on May 4, 1946 (during the May 2-4, 1946 riot / escape attempt)26. Limerick, Thomas Robert (263-AZ) on May 23, 193827. Lyles, Archibald (1321-AZ) on February 11, 1962 (acute coronary thrombosis due to coronary atherosclerosis)28. McCain, Rufus Roy (267-AZ) on December 3, 1940 (killed by Henri Theodore Young, 244-AZ)29. McMiller, Benjamin Harrison (652-AZ) on March 20, 1946 (stabbed by James Grove, 158-AZ)30. Mollett, Walter David [Bernard] (1333-AZ) on February 12, 1959 (concussion of the brain; killed by Jack Wright Twining, 1362-AZ)31. Moore, Sidney (895-AZ) on December 4, 1955 (shock due to hemorrhage and tension pneumothorax due to multiple stab wounds; stabbed by James Albert Bullock, 819-AZ)32. Morris, Frank Lee (1441-AZ) on June 11, 1962 (presumed drown during an escape attempt)33. Neason, Paul (790-AZ) on January 2, 1949 (acute anterior poliomyelitis with spinal and bulbar involvement and polioencephalitis with respiratory paralysis)34. Penksa, Gazie Alexander (774-AZ) on January 5, 1951 (suicide - lacerations)35. Roe, Ralph (260-AZ) on December 16, 1937 (presumed drown during an escape attempt)36. Romano, Michael Anthony (907-AZ) on June 23, 1960 (congestive heart failure; arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease)37. Smiddy, Ennis Fay (243-AZ) on October 25, 1941 (gastric hemorrhage due to cirrhosis of the liver (non-alcoholic), probably resulting from previous malaria and syphilis)38. Stewart, Jackson Luther (396-AZ) on November 3, 1943 (hypostatic pneumonia due to operation of a perforated duodenal ulcer)39. Sullivan, Harold B. (198-AZ) on January 7, 1942 (pulmonary tuberculosis)40. Swann, Jr., Harold (1289-AZ) on February 17, 1958 (suicide - hanging)41. Tollett, Henry Clay "Seminole" (933-AZ) on June 14, 1951 (gunshot wound at admission; shot at Redding, CA)42. Wutke, Edward (47-AZ) on November 13, 1937 (suicide)
