Darius Danesh’s secret girlfriend breaks silence on his tragic death as she pays tribute to ‘my soul mate, my angel’

DARIUS Campbell Danesh's secret girlfriend has paid tribute to her “soulmate”.

The former Pop Idol star was found dead aged 41 in his apartment in Minnesota on August 11.

Now his devastated girlfriend Lauren Cheek has told of her loss.

The pair had been secretly dating in the final months of his life.

Along with pictures of the pair 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.”

In a previous post Lauren, a business woman from America, spoke about dealing with grief.

She wrote: “Going through this grief has been one of the hardest things I have ever experienced. It has been the ultimate test of my faith with God.”

Adding: “I know that these dark days will only inspire me to keep lighting up others and living the fullest life with D’s spirit inside me.”

Darius described Lauren as “the angel in my life… my love, the woman I listen to and trust” in a message to a friend, reports The Mirror.

Darius, who found fame as he came third behind Will Young and Gareth Gates in Pop Idol 2002, lived in a swish block opposite the Mayo Clinic.

In August it was confirmed that the star died from "inhalation of chloroethane", the Southern Minnesota Regional Medical Examiner's Office said.

Autopsy documents shared with The U.S. Sun listed "toxic effects of chloroethane" as well as "suffocation" as having contributed to his death.

Chloroethane is easily available in pharmacies a pain relief spray. It also has a history of being inhaled as a recreational drug.

The death was ruled an accident, by the medical examiner.

Darius was found dead weeks before he was to star in a reunion show in Britain.

But his family revealed that he was suffering from chronic neck pain following a car accident in 2010.

Darius, whose marriage to Canadian actress Natasha Henstridge ended in 2018, spent the last 15 years of his life in the US.

Back in August The Sun revealed that Darius was visited by his Hollywood star pal Gerard Butler in the days before his death.

A-lister Gerard, who has starred in blockbusters including 300 and Olympus Has Fallen, was said to have called several times at Darius’s sixth-floor flat.

Photographs on social media also showed the pair walking barefoot together near Malibu Beach and at the Coachella rock festival last April.

The two are understood to have been introduced by Scotland fan and pop legend Rod Stewart.

They joined Rod at parties for famous Scots living in LA.