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A_Woman_from_MI

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Wed Dec 30, 2020, 03:27 PM Dec 2020

Dearborn Heights Mayor Dan Paletko dies from COVID-19 complications

Dearborn Heights Mayor Dan Paletko died late Tuesday from complications associated with COVID-19.

The city issued the announcement after midnight on Facebook and Twitter, calling the death sudden.

Further information was not immediately available.

Paletko, who was 70 years old according to state legislator records, was a longtime politician and had a year left in his term as mayor.

https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/wayne/2020/12/30/dan-paletko-dies-dearborn-heights-mayor/4084188001/?for-guid=e6bbeee8-1903-e811-b65f-90b11c343abd&utm_source=freep-Daily%20Briefing&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily_briefing&utm_term=hero

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Dearborn Heights Mayor Dan Paletko dies from COVID-19 complications (Original Post) A_Woman_from_MI Dec 2020 OP
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