It is with heavy heart that I tell you that Chad Darnell passed away today. It happened suddenly. He didn't feel any pain. He went quietly. Memorial services will be planned both in Los Angeles and Atlanta.
We're still not certain what happened.
We're not sure exactly when he passed away.
The last thing he did before going to get coffee was to go by and visit his friend Mandy Sherman at Universal Studios. It was the first time he had been back on the lot since CROSSING JORDAN was canceled.
He came home from coffee and writing at Java Detour and opened the mail. There were three letters from the bank aboutthe pay off on his car. He called and inquired about the contradicting letters.
The customer service person from India stopped him half way through his story and asked for his address and telephone number.
And Chad started screaming, "Really?! Really?! You think someone is going to go through my mail and called because you sent them three different letters about final payments?! Really!? Is that the new scam people got going!? HELPFUL con artists? You getting a lot of those!?"
It was at that point the Indian agent (with an accent so thick, Chad had to ask him to repeat the statement three seperates times) told him, "according to our records, we show the account holder as deceased."
Chad got very quiet and then exploded with, "WELL I'M NOT DEAD! CLEARLY!"
The Indian agent said, "I'm very sorry about that."
"You're very sorry I'm not dead!?"
He then went away for 30 minutes and when he came back, he was no more helpful than he was when he left. Chad screamed something about, "if I'm dead, then why are you sending me bills!?"
We are looking for someone to sing "You'll Never Walk Alone" at the service.
