A Southwest Side woman died partially of cold exposure, becoming the latest Cook County resident to die in connection to a week of frigid weather.

       Reyna Duarte, 58, was pronounced dead at 8:50 a.m. Friday at Advocate Christ medical center in Oak Lawn, according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

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       According to Chicago police, the woman suffered a medical emergency while outside her West Lawn neighborhood home in the 3800 block of West 64th Street around 7 a.m. that morning and was taken to the hospital. It was unclear how long Duarte was outside before she was found, but the official air temperature was about 10 degrees Fahrenheit at the time of her medical episode.