Darius Danesh fans 'devastated' as ex wife pays tribute on anniversary and reveals she still misses him
Darius Campbell Danesh's ex-wife has left fans teary-eyed after she paid tribute to the late Scots singer on the third anniversary of his death this week. The former Pop Idol contestant, from Glasgow, passed away aged 41 in August 2022 after inhaling chloroethane - also known as ethyl chloride - at his Minnesota apartment.
Three years on from his tragic death, Canadian actress Natasha Henstridge, who filed for divorce from Danesh 2013 after just over two years of marriage, has confessed she still misses him dearly. Taking to Instagram, the 50-year-old shared a series of snaps of her and the late singer together, including one adorable photo of her perched on Darius' back while they posed in front of the Eiffel Tower.
Another sweet snap showed Darius gently stroking and touching heads with a horse. The post, which was uploaded on August 11, said: "Love and light always. Miss you today…. Sending love to the Danesh's and everyone whose life he touched."
Fans rushed to the comment section to send their love and support. One wrote: "Met this delightful man twice. He seemed such a gentleman. Thinking of you lovely lady."
A second commented: "I was only ever a fan of his. Never met him. His passing was devastating. Sending love and light your way xx"
Someone else penned: "I still can't quite believe that he's gone", alongside a broken heart emoji.
A fourth replied: "I think about this guy every so often. Clearly a very gentle soul. RIP."
Yet another fan commented on Darius' kind nature as they recalled how he helped them out in a time of a need.
They wrote: "He was a beautiful person, he helped me one night when I got separated from my friends in the printsworks in Manchester.
"He got My a warm drink from where he was performing and payed for my taxi home, he was a true gentleman, there was no I'm a big star he was a down to earth genuine lovely person, I have never forgot that that day."
According to the Colour Blind hitmaker's girlfriend, Darius had been "living with a broken neck" and an undiagnosed heart condition when he died.
Lauren Cheek explained that an autopsy showed that his heart was "twice the size" it should have been and that she believes he used the recreational anaesthetic to alleviate the pain.
She told The Sun on Sunday newspaper: "Darius was living with this heart condition that he didn't know he had. So many things could have taken him, but this one thing did, and he died in his sleep.
"His mum told me they only found out after they did the autopsy. His heart was twice the size it was supposed to be, which was fitting, because that is genuinely how he was - he had so much love.
"The autopsy also found he was living with a broken neck, but he refused to get help or complain about it. I think he used (chloroethane) because he was in so much pain and he didn't want to take pills, not even aspirin. That's what killed him — the substance mixed with his heart and he couldn't take it."
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