When Skye Buchanan was younger, her dad used to sing her Bob Marley's "Three Little Birds."

"Rise up this mornin', smiled with the risin' sun, three little birds, pitch by my doorstep"

Recently, it was 12-year-old Skye who sang the breezy, feel-good anthem to her father, Conrad Buchanan, known professionally as DJ Griff Gotti, as he quarantined in their Fort Myers home.

Skye sang to lift her dad's spirit. She sang to let him know he was not alone.

"Don't worry about a thing 'cause every little thing is going to be all right."

The local DJ began feeling sick March 14. He received a prescription from his primary care doctor for a COVID test. On March 19, after four days of trying to get tested but being turned away, he was finally able to get tested for the novel coronavirus at the drive-thru testing site at Lee Convenient Care's Page Field location. On March 21, he was given a positive test result for COVID-19. The next day, he went to Gulf Coast Medical Center.

Four days later, on Thursday, he became the virus's fourth victim in Lee County, and more notably, its youngest.

Conrad Buchanan was 39.

He leaves behind his wife, Nicole Buchanan, and their daughter, Skye. He also has a son named Ethan, plus hundreds of friends and family members who have flocked to his Facebook page in an outpouring of grief. They have raised almost $30,000 to help pay his medical bills and help the mother and daughter financially through a GoFundMe page.

On Friday afternoon, Larry Antonucci, president and CEO of Lee Health, announced a fifth victim has died of COVID-19. Three others in Lee County have died: a 67-year-old man, and a man and woman, both 77. By Friday morning, 35 people had died statewide, while 2,900 others tested positive as the virus continues to grow exponentially across the state and the U.S.

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For Conrad, it started with body aches and a low fever, said his wife of three years, Nicole. The two met more than 14 years ago in Charlotte County after he moved from Brooklyn.

Nicole, who has a nursing background, said she had him tested for the flu soon after he got sick. It came back negative.

That's when she knew it was something worse.

"None of the testing sites wanted to take him," Nicole said. "He was only 39."

She fought all of last week for a test, but it wasn't until March 14 they finally gave him one.

Two days later, Conrad, who was known by most as Griff, had his results.

He took to Facebook.

"I implore all of you to be vigilante with your health ... We all can be affected," Conrad posted, along with a selfie, on his Facebook page.

At the time, Conrad was at home. He begged people to stay indoors and to take the warnings seriously.

"I am doing everything that I can to get my health back on track," he wrote.

But on Sunday, his condition deteriorated.

"I could tell it was kind of turning into pneumonia," she said, noting his labored breathing.

She made him go to the hospital.

"He was so scared," Nicole said. "Watching somebody go through this ... it's just ... He was healthy. He was fine."

Nicole and Skye were scheduled to be tested on Friday.

'Social butterfly'

Conrad worked all week leading up to his sickness.

"He was around so many people and so many people aren't taking this seriously," Nicole said.

"There's no way to be able to reach out to everyone. With him being a DJ, he is such a social butterfly."

That's why he posted on Facebook, Nicole said, to let people know he had the virus, to warn them to monitor their health closely and stay home.

Prior to getting sick, Nicole said her husband had a string of performances in front of hundreds of people:

March 9: Bodega, a late-night speakeasy in Miami

March 10: Lani Kai, Fort Myers Beach

March 11, 12: Celsius Night Club, downtown Fort Myers

March 13: The Firestone, downtown Fort Myers

Kip Notholm, a long-time friend of the Buchanans who owns Celsius, has been in isolation since learning Conrad had the virus. He said he has had the club deep-cleaned and is planning to have a company disinfect it even more thoroughly.

Notholm said Conrad "brought amazing energy" to the dance floor.

"He helped a lot of young DJs on their path to play big clubs," Notholm said. "He was selfless in that manner."

At the Lani Kai, Conrad performed a late-night set to a crowd of spring breakers in the resort's Club Ohana, according to Lani Kai spokeswoman Melissa Schneider. She said the set took place from about 10 p.m. to 1 a.m. March 10 and 11, and that Conrad stood on the club's raised platform which is enclosed by plexiglass.

On March 13, Lani Kai sent out a press release noting its spring break season was still going strong on its property. Coronavirus is known to incubate for two to 14 days before a patient shows symptoms. Experts believe carriers can be contagious without showing symptoms.

"We are happy to report that all of our staff including our resident house DJs — all of whom have put in countless hours of their time and energy actually interacting with thousands of guests and patrons this month prior to closing down most of our operations — have remained safe and healthy, as well as our hotel guests all from that time period, and our staff tirelessly deep-cleans and sanitizes all aspects of the property," Schneider said in an email Friday.

Schneider described the Lani Kai staff as tight-knit. She said they were aware of Conrad's illness and death, adding that the "virus hits close to our SWFL home."

'He's my soulmate'

Nicole said her family was supposed to go on a cruise together, but now the 37-year-old and her daughter Skye are quarantining at home with pets, unable to have the comfort of family and friends as they grieve.

As a show of support, her co-workers planted a sign in front of her home, visible through a window imparting messages of love and support.

Skye, a sixth-grader at Cypress Lake Middle School, has been strong, her mother said.

It was Skye's idea to have a virtual candlelight memorial for her father.

Skye is emotionally expressive, a lot like Conrad.

"She got that from him," Nicole said. "She's been strong this whole time, for me, I think."

Skye said she will remember her dad as someone who taught her so much about music that she has trouble choosing a favorite song.

She loved going into his DJ room in the back of the house to watch him work.

"We would listen together," Skye said. "He loved everything, but I feel like mostly he liked reggae music."

"We would dance to his music sometimes too," she said.

Conrad took Skye to daddy-daughter dances, which took some coaxing on her part. Though he didn't mind playing his DJ sets in front of a crowd, Conrad was always embarrassed to dance publicly, according to his daughter.

The father-daughter duo also loved watching TV together. Conrad passed on his passion for DC Comics to her. The pair watched the "Arrowverse" TV shows on the CW. Skye said her favorite superhero is the Flash.

“He brightened up anyone’s tough day,” Skye said.

Nicole said she plans to celebrate Conrad's life once this is all over.

“He would never want a funeral," she said. "I want to do something really amazing and unique for him."

She feels solace in the fact Skye is exactly like her dad.

“She looks just like him,” Nicole said. “She’s got his blood running through her veins.”

Right now, the future feels insurmountable.

“He’s my soulmate,” she said. “I am not sure how we are going to get through this.”

She pleads that the public follow the experts’ advice and stay home, as she and Skye have been. They’ve been listening to Conrad’s mixes and his reggae. They played 'Three Little Birds' at his virtual memorial.

“Singin' sweet songs, of melodies pure and true, sayin' this is my message to you”

“We can stop this from happening,” she said. “Enjoy your time with your family in there, because you can end up where we are.

“I wouldn’t wish this on my worst enemy."

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