A man convicted along with three others in the racially motivated killing spree that terrorised San Francisco in the 1970s died in a prison cell while on hospice care, officials announced on Thursday.Jessie Lee Cooks, 76, was found dead on Wednesday in his bed at the California Medical Facility, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation said. The cause of death will be determined by the Solano County Coroner, officials said.Cooks was sentenced in San Francisco County on March 29, 1976, to serve life with the possibility of parole for first-degree murder, kidnapping and first-degree robbery.
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