The heartbroken girlfriend of former Pop Idol star Darius Campbell Danesh has released a moving tribute in his honour where she described him as her 'soulmate'.
Lauren Cheek, a US businesswoman, posted a series of touching pictures of the pair together, including a sweet holiday snap of the couple outside Edinburgh Castle.
Captioning her posts, she wrote: “My best friend, my love, my soulmate – and now my angel.
“Nothing can put into words the pain and shock I’m feeling without you. It still just doesn’t feel real. I love you forever & ever.”
The singer and actor was found dead in his US apartment, in Rochester, Minnesota, in August at the age of 41. In September, a medical examiner ruled that his death was caused by 'inhalation of chloroethane'.
Autopsy documents obtained by the PA news agency listed “toxic effects of chloroethane” as well as “suffocation” as having contributed to his death.
The death was ruled an accident by the medical examiner.
Prior to Lauren's tribute, their relationship had never been made public and it's unclear how long they were dating. A close pal of Darius, Chris Cochran, who spoke daily to the star, said Darius had felt the same way about Lauren.
Chris, 60, told the Mirror: “He was enjoying a relationship with an old friend that he started dating again. He wasn’t depressed. He was happy. Everything was going well.”
In a message to Chris in July, he described Lauren as “the angel in my life… my love, the woman I listen to and trust”.
Before his relationship with Lauren, the singer was married to Canadian actress and model Natasha Henstridge, 48, from 2011 to 2018.
He also dated models Jacqui Ainsley, 40, now Guy Ritchie’s wife, and Claire Johnson, 53, the ex of Phones4U billionaire John Caudwell, 70.
At the time of his death, Chris had been coaching breath work to Darius to cope with the chronic neck pain he suffered because of a car crash in 2010.
Chris, one of the last people to speak to Darius, said: “I feel like he’s being misrepresented. He wasn’t a drug abuser. He was a wonderful human being who wanted to change the world.”
Chris added: “I lost a dear friend and the world lost a great man. He was greatly interested in my work and wanted to make a documentary about me. “
“I was teaching him about how to breathe and channel that energy.”
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