Loose Women viewers were quick to positively shares messages about Gareth Gates as he made a rare TV appearance on the ITV lunchtime show. The singer, who shot to fame in 2002 while appearing on Pop Idol, spoke about the recent shock loss of Darius Campbell Danesh who appeared on the same series.
While Gareth finished runner-up in the show, Darius finished in third place to eventual winner Will Young. In August Darius was found dead in his US apartment, in Rochester, Minnesota, at the age of 41. The singer and actor 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.
His family later 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.
