Mass Murderer George Banks, Spared From Death Penalty, Dies in Prison 43 Years After Rampage

Convicted killer George Banks, center, is led through the Luzerne County, Pa. courthouse, on the way to his sentencing on Nov. 22, 1985. Clark Van Orden/The Times Leader via AP

HARRISBURG, Pa.—George Banks, one of the most notorious mass murderers in the United States, has died.

Banks, 83, died Sunday afternoon at Phoenix state prison in Pennsylvania, the state Department of Corrections said. Banks died of complications from renal neoplasm, or kidney cancer, said Montgomery County Coroner Dr. Janine Darby.