A sad loss of a great singer. His un-timley death was reported by - Rita Griffin. It appeared in the Michigan Chronicle dated March 7th 1970. “A bullet fired by an off-duty policeman ended the life of singer Darrell Banks, who made history among his peers in the entertainment field several years ago when scoring a million seller hit with “Open the door“. Banks, 35 , was shot and fatally wounded last week by patrolman Aaron Bullock who was attempting to intercede in an alleged assault by the singer on Marjorie Bozeman.
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