Tennessee Death Row Inmate Dies of Cancer Months Before Execution

Death row inmate Charles Wright died May 17, less than five months before his scheduled execution. Tennessee Department of Corrections

A Tennessee death row inmate died of cancer just months before his scheduled execution in October 2019, it was reported.

Charles Walton Wright had pleaded with the state to let him die after he was diagnosed with terminal cancer. He died on May 17 at the Riverbend Maximum Security Institution in Nashville, reported The Tennessean newspaper, citing his lawyer, Kelley Henry.