Minister and Gospel singer Daryl Coley has died, he was 60 and died in hospice care.
Known for songs like “He’s Preparing Me,” “When Sunday Comes”and “Beyond the Vail,” Coley was born in Berkley, California. He rose through the ranks to be a top figure in Gospel. His voice has been acknowledged as one of the most satisfyingly soulful in contemporary gospel. His albums stay in the Billboard gospel chart seemingly forever while he has a sideboard of awards proclaiming his stature as one of America’s gospel luminaries and one of gospel’s most popular male solo singer.
Coley also felt a call to the ministry and founded the Love Fellowship Tabernacle in Los Angeles.
It was a few years ago when the singer started to get ill.