Gospel singer David ‘Kukudoo’ McDermott has died, his family confirmed through the singer’s social media pages on Friday. The performer had reportedly been battling non-Hodgkin lymphoma, a type of blood cancer.
He was 56 years old
May 6, 2026
“It is with a heavy heart that we, the family of David ‘Kukudoo’ McDermott, have to tell the public that he passed this morning…at this time we ask for grace and respect in our time of grief,” the post stated.
The singer was diagnosed with the disease in late February of this year.
May 7, 2026
“Blood samples were sent to Florida to determine what was the best course of action to treat him but we never got back the results in time. David was too weak to do chemotherapy…he just ran out of time,” a distraught Nicholas Marks, the singer’s manager since 2018
McDermott is survived by three children.
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