James Pavatt: key obituary facts
Is James Pavatt dead? Yes. James Pavatt died on November 12, 2026, at age 73.
Cause of death: James Pavatt's cause of death was reported as Lethal injection.
What was James Pavatt known for?
James Pavatt was a 2001 murder of an advertising executive in Oklahoma City.
James Pavatt, an American convicted murderer, died aged 73 on November 12, 2026, after being executed by lethal injection.
Born James Dwight Bowling, he was known as James Dwight Pavatt and was convicted in the murder-for-hire killing of Robert Dale “Rob” Andrew, a 39-year-old advertising executive, in Oklahoma City on November 20, 2001. Pavatt and Brenda Evers Andrew, born Brenda Rose Evers, devised the plot while Brenda and Rob were in divorce proceedings.
Brenda was having an affair with Pavatt, who helped process an $800,000 life-insurance policy on Rob; the killing was intended to obtain the insurance money. After the murder, Pavatt and Brenda Andrew fled to Mexico, where they were arrested and charged. They were tried separately, found guilty between 2003 and 2004, and sentenced to death for Andrew’s killing. Brenda Andrew remains on death row.