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.
UPDATE: Beale Air Force Base has confirmed one of the pilots in the crash has died after a U-2 plane crashed near the Sutter Buttes on Tuesday. A second pilot was injured. That pilotâs condition is unknown. UPDATE: A U-2 Dragon Lady spy plane has crashed in Sutter County. The crash happened shortly after takeoff at around 9 a.m. on Tuesday morning. The Air Force and Beale Air Force Base have both confirmed the crash and that two pilots ejected.