Former Pop Idol star Darius Campbell Danesh died from “inhalation of chloroethane” and suffocation, according to the Southern Minnesota Regional Medical Examiner’s Office.
The singer and actor was found dead in his US apartment in Rochester, Minnesota, last month at the age of 41
Chloroethane, commonly known as ethyl chloride, is used in petrol additives, plastics, dyes, pharmaceuticals, topical anaesthetics, and as an industrial refrigerant. Ethyl chloride became popular as an inhalant street drug in the 1980s.
