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In this Saturday Aug. 29, 2015 photo, Illinois Veterans Home resident Godfrey Rezba, left, visits with family members out front of Elmore Infirmary in Quincy, Ill. The death toll from a Legionnaires' disease outbreak at the western Illinois veterans home climbed to seven Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2015, with the state's public health director suggesting more fatalities are likely. Officials with the Illinois Department of Veterans Affairs and the state Department of Public Health said that each of the victims at the 129-year-old facility had underlying medical conditions, with an average age of 86. (Michael Kipley/The Quincy Herald-Whig via AP)
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