Rich Owens (June 19, 1880[1] – February 26, 1948) was Oklahoma's executioner from 1918 to 1947 at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary.
[2] He was responsible for 65 executions, and killed 10 others in his lifetime.
[3] Owens was also the boss of a prison work crew.
[4] He died of liver cancer on February 26, 1948, after falling ill in September 1947.
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