MENDOTA- Carol L. Swope, 72, of Mendota passed away Aug. 27, 2017 in Alden Debes Rehabilitation and Health Care Center in Rockford....
Two days before the crash that killed him at 26, Redding had recorded the vocals for aching ballad (Sittinâ On) The Dock of the Bay. Four miles outside Madison, Wisconsin, December 10, 1967, hampered by low cloud cover and cold weather, the eight-seater private plane carrying 26-year-old soul star Otis Redding hit trouble.
Billy Mays dies after banging head on aeroplane. Billy Mays, a US television marketer, has died after banging his head during an aeroplane landing. Tampa police say Mays, known for his promotion of products such as Orange Glo and OxiClean, was pronounced dead Sunday morning after being found by his wife, Deborah Mays, at home. It was not immediately clear how he died.