John Doe No. 24
John Doe No. 24 (born , died November 28, 1993) was the name given to a deaf and later blind man in Jacksonville, Illinois who was put in a mental institution in 1945 as a teenager. He spent 30 years at the Lincoln Developmental Center, and was transferred several times, eventually to a senior center in Peoria. He died in 1993 at the estimated age of 64. His life is covered by the biography "God Knows His Name: The True Story of John Doe No. 24" by journalist David Bakke. Musician Mary Chapin Carpenter wrote a song about him, titled 'John Doe No. 24'.
Q577853
Jacksonville, Illinois
LOC
Q56283827
Lincoln Developmental Center
ORG
Q233129
Peoria
LOC
Q270765
Mary Chapin Carpenter
PER
Q88075315
John Doe No. 24
PER
Q88075315
John Doe No. 24
PER
Q88075315
John Doe No. 24
PER
1993-11-28T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
November 28, 1993
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64
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24
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24
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date of death