CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — The Wyoming Department of Corrections says a 77-year-old inmate serving life in prison has died after a lengthy illness.

Vern Loren Bell died Saturday at the Wyoming Medium Correctional Institution in Torrington. He was sentenced Nov. 23, 1983, on a charge of involuntary manslaughter.

An autopsy has been ordered.

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