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Man whose escape from Kansas prison was featured in book, TV movie dies behind bars
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FILE - Lansing Correctional Facility inmate John Manard holds a Jack Russell/Boston terrier mix puppy that was living in his cell block, on Jan. 23, 2006, in Lansing, Kan. - photo by Monty Davis/The Kansas City Star via AP
MISSION, Kan. (AP) — An inmate whose escape from a Kansas prison hidden in a dog crate became the subject of a book and TV movie has died behind bars. John Manard, who was 45, died Sunday at the La Palma Correctional Facility, a private prison in Eloy, Arizona, according to the Kansas Department of Corrections. His cause of death is pending the result of an autopsy, department spokesperson Jennifer King said.