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.
It was not immediately clear how he died. He said he was hit on the head when a flight he was on made a rough landing on Saturday. Mrs Mays told investigators he did not feel well before he went to bed about 10 pm that night. There were no signs of a break-in, and investigators do not suspect foul play.