Figure in Attica prison uprising dies in Canada
BUFFALO, N.Y. -- The only inmate convicted of murder following the 1971 Attica prison uprising has died in Canada, where he had made a name as a civil rights and peace activist.
The body of John Boncore, 61, was found March 13 in his home on the Adams Lake Indian Reserve in British Columbia, Barb McLintock of the Coroners Service of British Columbia said Monday.
He reportedly had fallen earlier nearby, she said, but the cause of death has yet to be released because the investigation is ongoing. "There is nothing to suggest foul play," she said.
Boncore, a Mohawk Indian who was born in Buffalo, was known as John B. Hill at Attica when inmates took control of the maximum-security prison in rural western New York. Thirty-two inmates and 11 civilian employees died during the five-day siege, including 10 hostages and 29 inmates who died when state troopers stormed the prison's D Yard on Sept. 13, 1971.
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