As submitted by Kathy Markham McCoy in 2004: Darrell died on September 26, 1988 at the age of 28 (he was born in 1960). The obit isn't online anymore (the archives don't go back that far). Darrell died from complications of AIDS, though his family preferred to say his "official" cause of death was cancer (he had developed Kaposi's Sarcoma and was undergoing chemotherapy for it). Several of his friends assisted me in creating a quilt block for him to add to the national Names Project, the "AIDS Quilt" you may be familiar with. I had lost touch with Darrell for several years, but bumped into a mutual friend who informed me Darrell was ill. I thank God that I was able to be with him for a few months before he passed. Back in those days, AIDS was still a horribly feared disease...I remember the first time I walked into his hospital room at Genesis East & gave him a hug, he cried. He said that not many people wanted to touch him, they were afraid they might catch it. He maintained a fantastic sense of humor to the end, with his nickname for me being "Giraffe" b/c of my height, and his being "Pengy" since he said he walked like a penguin. Darrell was cremated with his mother retaining his ashes. He had a beautiful memorial service with laughter through the tears. I still think of him often, especially on his birthday (July 29th) and the anniversary of his passing. Note: his obituary has since been found with the online services of Newspapers dot com.