A Florida medical examiner says John Henry Barrett died recently of a gunshot wound -- that he suffered in 1958.
The Palm Beach County medical examiner determined that 77-year-old Barrett died in May of an infection and complications related to the gunshot wound and ruled his death a homicide, the Palm Beach Post reports.
At age 19, Barrett was shot in the neck by a friend during a fight. The shooting damaged his spinal cord and left him partially paralyzed, requiring him to walk with a cane.
The friend, who was not identified in the medical examiner's report, served time in prison, but the report does not specify how long that sentence was.
Barrett worked for three decades as a pastor and was a former executive director of the Pahokee Housing Authority.