Darius Campbell Danesh’s girlfriend shares truth behind singer’s cause of death

Darius Campbell Danesh’s girlfriend has shared what she says was the singer’s cause of death.

The Scottish Pop Idol star was declared useless aged 41 after being discovered unresponsive in a resort in Minnesota in August 2022, with reviews on the time saying he died from “inhalation of chloroethane”.

Danesh’s post-mortem paperwork famous “poisonous results of chloroethane” in addition to “suffocation” as having led to his death, which was dominated an accident.

Nonetheless, the singer’s girlfriend, Lauren Cheek, has mentioned he had an undetected coronary heart difficulty.

She mentioned his coronary heart had swelled to twice its regular measurement, telling The Sun: “Darius was dwelling with this coronary heart situation that he didn’t know he had.”

Cheek mentioned: “His mum instructed me they solely came upon after they did the post-mortem. His coronary heart was twice the dimensions it was presupposed to be, which was becoming, as a result of that’s genuinely how he was – he had a lot love.”

She added: “That’s what killed him – the substance blended together with his coronary heart and he couldn’t take it.”

The post-mortem additionally discovered that the “Colourblind” singer was dwelling with a damaged neck following a automobile crash he had together with his actor pal Gerard Butler in 2010.

Based on Cheek, Danesh “refused to get assist or complain about it” and used chloroethane “as a result of he was in a lot ache and he didn’t wish to take capsules, not even aspirin”.

She mentioned: “I don’t suppose it ever absolutely healed after which he rebroke it as a result of he bought hit by a automobile in London a yr or two earlier than he died when he was using a motorbike.”

The Solar claims that Danesh was in Minnesota visiting Butler, who paid tribute to the singer on the time of his death, calling him “a real brother in arms”.

A supply mentioned {that a} member of Butler’s workforce discovered Danesh’s physique, and there was “about three days earlier than his family members had been knowledgeable”. They mentioned: “There are loads of issues that don’t make sense and may have been dealt with otherwise.”

Danesh first earned followers for his theatrical cowl of Britney Spears’s “Child One Extra Time” on the 2001 expertise present Popstars.

In 2002, Danesh got here third on Pop Idol behind Will Younger and Gareth Gates. His memorable moments on the present included his renditions of Tom Jones’s hit “It’s Not Uncommon” and Atomic Kitten’s “Entire Once more”. The ultimate was watched by greater than 13 million viewers.

Having turned down a file deal from choose Simon Cowell, Danesh nonetheless reached primary within the UK later that yr together with his observe “Colourblind”. His album Dive In reached the highest 10.

Cheek is releasing a brand new podcast, Grieving Again to Life, on 19 August, which might have been Danesh’s forty third birthday.