Biography
Fred Billingslea was held at San Quentin, where he died in his cell on February 25, 1970, according to Bill Brent’s account.
The Black Panther prints Bill Brent’s account of Fred Billingslea’s death in a San Quentin cell on February 25, 1970. Brent alleges that tear gas and a beating precipitated the death of the asthmatic prisoner. This is an attributed prison-abuse account, not an adjudicated cause of death. His initial detention and completed total are unknown. The Black Panther, September22,1975, volumeXIVnumber1, original PDF page 8. Source: https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/pubs/black-panther/14%20no%201%201-28%20sep%2022%201975.pdf#page=8
