Thursday 18 August 2022 02:01 AM Darius's grieving family could face TWO-MONTH delay to find his cause of death ... trends now
The family of Scots Pop Idol contestant Darius Campbell Danesh could face an agonising two-month wait to find out the cause of his death.
The West End star was found unresponsive in a US apartment opposite the Mayo Clinic specialist treatment centre on August 11.
His death, at the age of 41, was announced by his family on Tuesday, but the cause remains unknown and it is unclear if he was being treated at the medical facility in Rochester, Minnesota.
Local police in Rochester said there were ‘no signs of intent or suspicious circumstances’ and are awaiting toxicology results which could take up to two months. Campbell Danesh, from Glasgow, was living at the Berkman apartments, a two-year-old building over seven floors.
Darius and Natasha Henstridge at a barbecue at The Project Beach House in Malibu, California, on August 9, 2008
The West End star was found unresponsive in a US apartment opposite the Mayo Clinic specialist treatment centre (pictured) on August 11. File image
The Berkman, seen last night, is billed as Rochester's 'premier address for elegant short term and long-term furnished suites'
It is described as Rochester’s ‘premier address for elegant short-term and long-term furnished suites and residential living’. The majority of those who live in the apartment block, which has around 270 long-term rentals and 75 short-term or nightly rentals, either work or are treated at the Mayo Clinic’s Saint Marys Campus.
The medical facility, which opened in 1889, has 70 operating rooms, ten intensive care units and 1,265 beds and specialises in cardiac treatment, transplants, psychiatry, neurosurgery and rehabilitation.
A police spokesman said: ‘The investigation into the cause of his death is still pending. There is no known threat to the public.’
A heartbreaking police dispatch call revealed the moment the star was found unresponsive in the apartment block.
Rochester Police Department said it responded to a 'deceased person call' at 11.53am on August 11 at The Berkman, and the Southern Minnesota Regional Medical Examiner's Office identified the person as Darius.
According to reports, a dispatch call was placed when a 'medical' team was requested for a 'possible deceased' person.
Another call was allegedly made minutes later from an operator saying: 'No need for them to respond. We'll be waiting for RPD [Rochester Police Department] to arrive on the scene. We'll secure the residence.'
Pop Idol star Darius Campbell Danesh, pictured in May 2018 at The Ivy Chelsea Garden Annual Summer Party in London
Among the last people to be pictured with Darius before his death was actor Gerard Butler (pictured right with his friend in Malibu, California on June 11), who had reportedly travelled to Rochester, Minnesota, in recent months
Darius was thought to have been just weeks away from a reunion tour with his former Pop Idol co-stars, with sources close to him claiming that he had been hugely 'excited' for the homecoming and UK comeback trip.
Stars of the show from across the world, including Queen singer and American Idol winner Adam Lambert, were due to be invited back with Thames TV filming at the Criterion Theatre in London's West End, reported The Sun.
Police have said there were 'no signs of intent or suspicious circumstances' as of yet while they await toxicology reports. Darius lived in the US and had been in a relationship with Canadian actress Natasha Henstridge.
The couple married in 2011 at the San Ysidro Ranch in Santa Barbara, California, but had since divorced. His former wife wrote in a statement yesterday: 'There are no words Darius… only Love Love Love. Forever Janam.'
A statement from Campbell Danesh’s family read: ‘It is with great sadness we announce the passing of Darius Campbell Danesh.
The singer and theatre actor with Natasha Henstridge at an Oscars viewing party in West Hollywood on February 27, 2011
