Darius Campbell Danesh was in an 'on-off' relationship with Claire Caudwell, the previous companion of phones4U founder John Caudwell, as she pays tribute following his passing.
The previous Pop Idol star was discovered lifeless in his Minnesota house final week aged 41, his household confirmed. Darius's shut buddies and followers internationally have spoken out and publicly mourned the star, and now his former flame has spoke of her heartbreak.
Claire, who was relationship the Colourblind chart-topper from round 2018, has paid tribute to her 'love' Darius a she grieves her 'treasured pal'. The previous magnificence queen was left ‘heartbroken’ by the information of his demise, and had no concept about him having any issues or private points.
“This publish is finished with the heaviest hearts proper now as I’ve heard the information at the moment as one in every of my most treasured buddies has instantly handed,” she penned alongside an image of the singer on Instagram. “I’m past shocked and saddened and my love and deepest condolences go to his great household. I’m certain my love, you’re singing to the angels. You have been my angel. Darius my love,” she posted alongside a flurry of affection coronary heart emojis.
Claire started relationship Scottish singer and theatre star round 2018, following on from his break up from his Canadian actress spouse Natasha Henstridge. Talking to MailOnline, she mentioned: "I'm utterly heartbroken and really feel like I've misplaced one in every of my dearest buddies. I cherished him dearly and my coronary heart goes out to his household, his great mother and father and brothers."
In accordance with the MailOnline, she first met him round 14 years earlier when he supported occasions for the Caudwell Kids charity, based by her former companion. Additionally it is well-known that Darius was buddies along with her then companion John, he as soon as famously visited his mom Beryl, singing songs at her bedside.
"We first met about 18-years-ago when he got here out of Pop Idol and he was doing the superstar circuit,” Claire informed the Mail.
“He got here to our Caudwell Kids charity ball as a visitor to help us again then. There have been a few different charitable issues we noticed him at over the following couple of years. I didn’t see him after that for 10 years or extra as a result of he moved to America when he married Natasha. He was doing properly there, and I by no means noticed him.
"Then about 4 or 5 years in the past, I used to be taking my mom to see the present Humorous Lady which he was touring in.
"He got here to my native theatre in Stoke-on-Trent. I noticed on TV, most likely Unfastened Girls, that he was within the present, and I used to be already taking my mom. I assumed, 'Oh, gosh', and it impressed me to contact him, to see if lets say 'hello' on the finish of the present or one thing like that.
"I did handle to contact him, and he was delighted to listen to from me, and mentioned, 'Why don’t we now have dinner earlier than the present?', so we did with my mum, my sister and a few buddies.
"We had an early dinner, after which he carried out, and he got here to see us once more after the present, bringing flowers for my mum which was pretty. He was touring, so I didn’t see him for a couple of month extra, however then we simply went out for dinner once more.
"I went to hitch him on a few the reveals after which he went to LA, so I didn’t see him for a short time longer, however then I went over to LA. It was a bit hit or miss, and on off, though at all times with a friendship."
Claire launched a string of non-public images to the publication exhibiting them having fun with time collectively, and even sharing a sizzling tub within the snow throughout a ski vacation in Vail, Colorado.
However she added: "Finally together with his profession, and me being at house with my son, it wasn’t excellent as a result of I couldn’t be leaping round going everywhere. Summer time was approaching, and clearly I hoped to spend a while with him, however he had commitments everywhere.
"He was doing a lot work, and I simply determined it was finest that we stayed buddies. There was no drama or fall out. It simply appeared to make sense, and we remained buddies.
"I needed to have a companion who might spend extra time with me. We will need to have spent about 18 months collectively on or off. So finally we stopped seeing one another in a romantic manner, however we remained unbelievable buddies."
Her relationship with Darius led to him forging a even nearer friendship along with her ex-partner Caudwell who described the singer after his demise as 'a vibrant younger man’ who was ‘amazingly sort and amazingly proficient’.
Darius even flew again to the UK in April to sing what Caudwell described as a ‘a spine-tingling’ rendition of Hallelujah on the funeral of his mom after she died aged 98.
Claire mentioned: "That was after we final hung out collectively. He came to visit particularly for the funeral of John’s mum, however he stayed at my house for just a few days." She insisted that he confirmed no signal of any private issues throughout his go to, saying: "He was good and spot on. He was simply the identical him - completely good."
The revelation comes after Darius’ hit music Colourblind reached the highest of the iTunes charts this week following his tragic demise. Followers have branded it a “freaky coincidence” that the Pop Idol star’s music would attain the highest spot as soon as once more twenty years later.
“#1 within the UK charts 20 years in the past at the moment and again at #1 within the iTunes Charts at the moment! So so unhappy,” tweeted one fan who shared the information. “Seeing Darius at primary on iTunes is making me weirdly emotional,” mentioned one other fan.
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