FANS of a Scottish rock star who died of a heart attack while touring in the US have built a memorial in his honour.
Darrell Sweet, drummer with the band Nazareth, collapsed and died as he was about to go on stage at a stadium in Indiana in April 1999. US-based fans of the group, which originated in Dunfermline, set up an internet website in his memory and, after being contacted by his sister in Scotland, decided to put up a plaque at the spot where he died.
Last week, his sister, Melanie Cameron, and his mother, Margaret Casey, visited the stadium at New Albany where the plaque was unveiled. ''It is in a beautiful spot overlooking the Ohio River with a lovely view. It was very moving to go to the place where Darrell died but it was lovely for me and my mum to see such a fitting memorial,'' said Mrs Cameron.
After she found the Nazareth website with hundreds of on-line messages of sympathy, she sent her own and ''got a lot of personal replies back ... one chap said he had passed the spot where Darrell died and he thought it would be nice to remember him some way. That is how it all started.''
The plaque bears his name, carved picture, and the message ''Thank you for the music, May your rocks always roll'', which had become his catchphrase.
Sweet lived in Kirkcaldy with his wife Marion, son Michael and daughter Maxine.
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