IOWA CITY –The Iowa Department of Corrections reports 59-year old Larry Gene Nugent, who had been serving a 5-year maximum sentence out of Woodbury County for the crime of Operating Vehicle While Intoxicated, was pronounced dead due to natural causes at 11:30 p.m. Saturday, July 6, 2019. He died at the University of Iowa Hospital and Clinic due to chronic illness. Nugent His sentence began on September 5, 2018.