Yes, he has died.... and it turns out he was gay.
The Atlantic City Weekly article mentions his male partner:
https://atlanticcityweekly.com/arts_...b9652f12a.html
This is only notable because Darryl never mentioned his partner in any of his columns, and you'd think that would have come up after all this time. I'm guessing he felt compelled to hide this, as many men from that generation did for so long.
I'm guessing he ended Seven Stars Insider because he was sick. Seems too coincidental that he died so shortly after ending it.
Anyway, while I had my differences with the guy at times, he still brought a lot of useful info to Caesars upper-tier players. RIP