Gospel singer David ‘Kukudoo’ McDermott has died, his family confirmed via the singer’s social media pages on Friday. The performer, a huge favourite on the gospel scene, had reportedly been battling non-Hodgkin lymphoma, a type of blood cancer.

“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.