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Susan Knox

Ex Pop Idol star Darius's family says car crash led to drug use and sudden death

The family of former Pop Idol star Darius Campbell Danesh have said that he was “suffering from chronic neck pain following a car accident in 2010”, as they thanked everyone for their “love and kindness” following his death.

The singer and actor was found dead in his US apartment, in Rochester, Minnesota, last month at the age of 41.

He died from “inhalation of chloroethane”, the Southern Minnesota Regional Medical Examiner’s Office has confirmed, with his death ruled an accident by the medical examiner.

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