<font style="font-size:1.2em">A former death row inmate who served 30 years in a Louisiana prison for a murder he didn't commit has died of cancer aged 65. </font></p><p class="mol-para-with-font"><font style="font-size:1.2em">Father-of-four Glenn Ford was exonerated in March 2014 of robbing and killing a watchmaker in Shreveport in a 1983 murder which he spent over 30 years behind bars for. </font></p><p class="mol-para-with-font"><font style="font-size:1.2em">He was released from prison after the state said it uncovered evidence proving he wasn't at the crime scene.</font></p><p class="mol-para-with-font"><font style="font-size:1.2em"><span class="mol-style-bold">Scroll down for video </span></font></p><div class="artSplitter mol-img-group"> <div class="mol-img"> <div style="cursor: pointer;" class="image-wrap"><img id="i-9fdc448e8fd73bd5" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2015/06/30/01/2A19137000000578-3143943-image-a-8_1435622821920.jpg" alt="Glenn Ford pictured in April 2015 during an interview on abc. The prosecutor who sentenced him, Marty Stroud, was filmed meeting him at his Louisiana home and shook his hand" class="blkBorder img-share" height="417" width="634"><div class="share-pictures-overlay" id="share-pictures-1">
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</div> <p class="imageCaption">Glenn Ford pictured in April 2015 during an interview on abc. The prosecutor who sentenced him, Marty Stroud, was filmed meeting him at his Louisiana home and shook his hand</p></div><p class="mol-para-with-font"><font style="font-size: 1.2em">In a release his supporters on <a style="font-weight: bold;" target="_blank" class="" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.crowdrise.com/glenfordsfundraiser/fundraiser/glensteam">Crowd Rise</a> wrote: 'At 2:11 this morning, Monday June 29th 2015, Glenn slipped away very quietly and peacefully. </font></p><p class="mol-para-with-font"><font style="font-size: 1.2em">'He was held and surrounded by people who cared about him, and was listening to a song he loved. </font></p><p class="mol-para-with-font"><font style="font-size: 1.2em">'Thank you for your generous outpouring of support. If you feel moved to make a donation, please visit www.r-a-e.org/home to donate to Resurrection After Exoneration, the organization that provided housing and so much more for Glenn since he was released.'</font></p><p class="mol-para-with-font"><font style="font-size:1.2em">Alison McCrary, a civil rights attorney who volunteered at Resurrection After Exoneration, told <a style="font-weight: bold;" target="_blank" class="" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/former-death-row-inmate-dies-cancer-new-orleans-n383956">NBC News</a> that Ford hadn't been diagnosed at Angola, the state prison where he was incarcerated, with the various cancers that killed him, including lung, brain and bone cancer. </font></p><p class="mol-para-with-font"><font style="font-size:1.2em">After he left prison, he learned he had Stage 3 lung cancer, which then progressed to Stage 4.</font></p><p class="mol-para-with-font"><font style="font-size:1.2em">His medical costs which amounted to about $2,000 a week were paid by private donations, she said.</font></p><div class="artSplitter mol-img-group"> <div class="mol-img"> <div style="cursor: pointer;" class="image-wrap"><img id="i-493c4555929260fe" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2015/06/30/01/2A19135D00000578-3143943-image-a-9_1435622827592.jpg" alt="A free man: Ford is pictured walking out of Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola in March 2014 after 30 years behind bars" class="blkBorder img-share" height="466" width="634"><div class="share-pictures-overlay" id="share-pictures-2">
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</div> <p class="imageCaption">A free man: Ford is pictured walking out of Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola in March 2014 after 30 years behind bars</p></div><p class="mol-para-with-font"><font style="font-size: 1.2em">Ford hadn't been able to speak for roughly the last week, and he was in 'excruciating pain' when he died, McCrary said.</font></p><p id="ext-gen142" class="mol-para-with-font"><font style="font-size:1.2em">But she added: 'There's also a peacefulness about Glenn. He had no hatred in his heart. He was really looking forward to the afterlife.' </font>
