Glaswegian singer and Pop Idol star Darius Danesh has died aged 41 years old, his family have announced today.
The Scottish singer, who found fame on Pop Idol in 2001-2002 when he came runner-up to winner Will Young, was found in his US apartment in Minnesota on Monday, August 11. His cause of death still remains unknown.
A statement from the family said: "It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Darius Campbell Danesh. Darius was found unresponsive in bed in his apartment room in Rochester, Minnesota, on August 11 and was pronounced dead in the afternoon by the local medical examiners' office.
