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By FOX 2 Staff
The longtime mayor of Dearborn Heights, Daniel Paletko, has died from COVID-19, the city announced overnight.
An announcement online said Paletko died suddenly late Tuesday from complications associated with COVID-19. He was 70 years old.
Longtime Dearborn Heights mayor Daniel Paletko dies from COVID-19 complications
Longtime Dearborn Heights mayor Daniel Paletko dies from COVID-19 complications
Paletko was appointed mayor in 2004 and then reelected in 2005, 2009, 2013 and 2017. He had previously served on the city council for the city.
Politics was actually his second career, as he worked for Ford Motor Company as a financial manager.
by Nancy Derringer It slipped into the house while the doors were unlocked, while we partied through St. Patrick’s Day weekend, hugged one another hello and goodbye, leaned our heads close to hear what each other were saying in noisy bars and restaurants. We sang in choirs, danced cheek to cheek, threw back our heads and laughed, and all the while, the thief was at work. What it stole from us were people. Family, friends, acquaintances, colleagues, strangers, who one by one fell to the mysterious, frightening new plague. What we first called coronavirus, and later Covid-19, hit Detroit early and hard. By the time August arrived, and a drive-through memorial was staged on Belle Isle, the faces on the poster boards circled the perimeter drive. Most of them were Black.
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The life and work of a great man will be honored today at a private funeral.
Long time Wayne County Sheriff Benny Napoleon will be laid to rest today, but you can watch the service on the live stream.
Link below.
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The celebration of life is taking place at the legendary Greater Grace Temple.
It is closed to the public. There were two visitations open to the public earlier this week.
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Dearborn Heights Mayor Dan Paletko dies suddenly from COVID-19 complications
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The city confirmed his death in a Facebook post shared early Wednesday morning.
The City of Dearborn Heights is saddened to announce the sudden death late Tuesday of Mayor Dan Paletko from complications associated with COVID-19. More information will be posted as it becomes available.Posted by Dearborn Heights City Hall on Tuesday, December 29, 2020
Further information regarding Paletko’s passing has yet to be made available. Paletko had not made his diagnosis with the virus public prior to his death.
As news of Paletko’s death spread, government officials from all over Michigan have shared their thoughts on his life and what he meant to them.