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Darik Pearson, Connecticut Cover Band Singer, Dies at 54
Darik Pearson died at 54 on Oct.
13 after living with stage 4 prostate cancer.
He was the lead singer of Connecticut cover band Darik and the Funbags, a role he held for nearly 30 years.
Pearson was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2020, and it later spread to his cranium.
He said the spread had left him with no remaining treatment options.
In a post on Oct.
6, he said he was entering hospice care and thanked his family, friends and doctors.
He wrote that he was grateful for the life he built; his wife later announced his death on Facebook.
Darik Pearson, lead singer of Connecticut cover band Darik and the Funbags for nearly 30 years, died at 54.
Pearson died on Oct. 13, after living with stage 4 prostate cancer diagnosed in 2020.
In a post on Oct. 6, he said he was entering hospice care.
He said the cancer had spread to his cranium and ended his treatment options.
- Who
- Darik Pearson, lead singer of Darik and the Funbags.
- What
- He died at 54.
- When
- Oct. 13; the year is not stated in the article text.
- Where
- Not stated.
- Why
- He had stage 4 prostate cancer, which had spread to his cranium.
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Pearson was diagnosed with stage 4 prostate cancer.
Pearson wrote that he was entering hospice care.
Pearson died at 54.
- Age
- 54
- Band
- Darik and the Funbags
- Time with band
- Nearly 30 years
- Diagnosis
- Stage 4 prostate cancer in 2020
- Final post
- Oct. 6
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I am so grateful for the life I built