Darius Danesh had been suffering from a mystery heart condition when he died, says girlfriend
Darius Danesh had been "living with a broken neck" and an undiagnosed heart condition when he died. The former 'Pop Idol' contestant passed away at the age of 41 in August 2022 after inhaling chloroethane - also known as ethyl chloride - at his Minnesota apartment and now his grieving girlfriend Lauren Cheek, 30, has explained that an autopsy revealed that his heart was "twice the size" it should have been and that she believes he used the recreational anaesthetic to alleviate the pain caused by a broken neck he had been suffering from. She told The Sun on Sunday newspaper: "Darius was living ...