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The late "Bo" Taylor (left) with Terrance Stone

Among those mourning Monday's death of Darren "Bo" Taylor is Terrance Stone of Young Visionaries Youth Ministries in San Bernardino.
"Man, that was a good dude," Stone told me this afternoon. "He was my mentor. He was the one I called for advice whenever I needed it."
Taylor gained fame as a former Los Angeles gang member turned interventionist. He crusaded against gang violence, working the streets, hosting a radio show and helping to organize, with USC's Pete Carroll, UNITY One, which focuses on intervention and prevention.
He died of cancer.
"I remember when I was still in gang, and he had this intervention thing going, and it helped convince me to turn things around," Stone said.
Today, Young Visionaries is among the most respected gang intervention efforts in the San Bernardino area. When Stone and his group held the first Mynisha's Circle awards ceremony at Cal State San Bernardino in May 2007, Taylor made sure he attended. He also paid Stone's tuition at Cal State LA.
"His personal honesty, his opinion, meant so much to me and others."