Will Younger has paid tribute to fellow Pop Idol star Darius Campbell Danesh following his demise aged 41 in a heartfelt assertion.
Sharing a throwback image of them collectively on Instagram, the singer – who grew to become the primary ever winner of the competitors in 2002 – wrote: ‘For the previous few days my ideas have been with Darius’s household and can proceed to be so.
‘I discovered this image some time in the past taken throughout Pop Idol. If there was ever an instance of not giving up in your goals then Darius is prime of the pile. Pushed, brave and delicate.
‘My love goes to his household right now x.’
Campbell Danesh competed alongside Younger within the inaugural season of Pop Idol, ending in third place behind runner-up Gareth Gates.
Following the information of the musician’s demise, Gates shared a tribute earlier this week, saying he felt ‘heartbroken’ by his loss.
‘I can’t fairly consider the information of my pricey good friend Darius passing. I’m heartbroken,’ he wrote on Instagram.
‘Darius took me underneath his wing throughout our time in Pop Idol, like a giant brother; at all times looking for me and for that I thanks my good friend.
‘I'll miss our chats. He was one of the crucial stunning, clever and delicate souls I used to be fortunate sufficient to know, a soul that lit up each room.
‘Good bye my good friend. Without end in my coronary heart x.’
On Thursday August 11, Campbell Danesh was discovered unresponsive in his condo in Minnesota, US.
In an announcement launched by his household, they shared that he was pronounced lifeless that afternoon y the native health workers’ workplace.
‘The native police division have confirmed that there have been no indicators of intent or suspicious circumstances. The reason for his sudden demise is unknown at this stage whereas medical examinations proceed,’ they wrote.
‘We ask that you just kindly respect our needs for privateness right now while we come to phrases with the tragic lack of our son and brother.’
Just a few weeks earlier than the West Finish performer’s demise, he was noticed going for a stroll on the seaside together with his good friend, Hollywood actor Gerard Butler, in what’s believed to have been the last-known photograph taken of him.
In a brand new submit shared on social media, Butler paid tribute to Campbell Danesh, calling him his ‘brother in arms’.
‘He was at all times armed with a smile, a booming voice, and a genuinely heat embrace that few might resist-nor would they wish to!!!’ the PS I Love You star wrote.
He added: ‘However, most significantly, he had the center of a lion. It was larger and brighter than the solar and an vitality so contagious he might mild up a room in seconds.’
Campbell Danesh’s ex-wife Natasha Henstridge, who he was married to from 2011 to 2013, additionally honoured him in a tribute.
‘There aren't any phrases Darius… solely Love Love Love. Without end Janam,’ she wrote.
It’s been claimed that previous to his demise, Campbell Danesh was in talks to look in a Pop Idol reunion particular to mark the present’s twentieth anniversary.
A supply mentioned that he was ‘actually excited’ by the thought of participating, which was supposedly because of be filmed ‘across the finish of September’.
‘It was going to be an hour-and-a-half-long particular hosted by Ant and Dec and filled with nostalgia for the thousands and thousands of Pop Idol followers,’ they instructed The Solar.
‘I spoke to Darius lately and he was in good spirits – he was his traditional completely satisfied self.’
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