The details of ‘Pop Idol’ singer Darius Campbell Danesh's cause of death have been revealed
Chloroethane is also known as ethyl chloride, a colorless, flammable gas typically used in gasoline additives and plastics that is also sometimes used as a recreational inhalant drug. The ingestion of the gas led to respiratory arrest for the singer who first came to fame after finishing third on the first season of the UK’sseries, where he landed behind Will Young and Gareth Gates. The coroner’s office listed “toxic effects of chloroethane” and “suffocation” as contributing factors.
The singer’s family added that Danesh suffered from chronic neck pain as a result of a 2010 car accident, which he had discussed in interviews over the years. Danesh was the passenger in a Porsche when it hit a wall at 70 m.p.h. after hitting an oil patch during a holiday in Spain. He treated his injuries with daily physical therapy, but reportedly rejected any injections for the pain over fears they might damage his vocal cords.
The Scottish performer first burst onto the U.K.’s national spotlight on the short-lived 2001 reality series , where he made a splash with his inventive, octave-leaping cover of Britney Spears’ “…Baby One More Time.” At the time, judge Nigel Lythgoe labeled him a “show-off” for his theatrics, but Danesh pivoted after his elimination by auditioning for , Danesh made it all the way to the top three with eventual winner Young and runner-up Gates.
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