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Pilot dies two weeks after plane crash

By AP/KWMU

St. Louis – A memorial service will be held this weekend for an Illinois pilot who died after a plane crash in the St. Louis suburb of Festus.

Family members of Anthony Watts of Carterville, Ill. say he died Wednesday at Saint Louis University Hospital.

The 46-year-old was found unconscious by rescuers on October 8 after his crash in a Piper 28.

The nurse anesthetist flew to his on-call work at several hospitals. Watts' family says his body will be cremated, but a memorial service will be held Saturday at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in West Frankfort.

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