Darrell Antony Sweet (16 May
1947, Bournemouth
, Dorset
, England
- 30 April
1999, New
Albany
, Indiana
, United States
) was a drummer for the
Scottish
hard rock band,
Nazareth. He was a co-founder
of Nazareth, which was formed in 1968.
Sweet died
of a heart attack in 1999, as
the band prepared to set out on the second leg of its U.S. tour in support of
their latest album, Boogaloo. The band had arrived
at Indiana's New
Albany Amphitheater when the 51-year-old Sweet began to
feel ill. Within minutes he had gone into
cardiac arrest. He was taken to Floyd
Memorial Hospital in New Albany, where doctors pronounced him
dead.
Sweet is survived by his wife, Marion, and their son and daughter.
He was replaced in the band by
Pete
Agnew's son,
Lee Agnew.
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