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John B. Nixon
American murderer (1928–2005)
John B. Nixon
John B. Nixon Sr. (April 1, 1928 – December 14, 2005) was an American convicted murderer. He was convicted of the January 22, 1985 murder-for-hire of Virginia Tucker in Rankin County, Mississippi. Born in Midnight in Humphreys County, Mississippi, he was executed in 2005 by the State of Mississippi. At 77 years old, Nixon, who was a World War II veteran, was the oldest person executed since 1976 and, according to the Espy Files compiled by M. Watt Espy, the oldest person executed in the United States since Joe Lee in Virginia at the age of 83 on April 21, 1916. Nixon's record was surpassed by Walter Moody, who was executed on April 19, 2018, at the age of 83.
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