DARIUS Danesh has died at the age of 41, his family have announced.

The star became a household name after he shot to fame following his success on the UK's Pop Idol in 2001.

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The cause of his death isn't known. However, police say there are no suspicious circumstances.

The 41-year-old, grew up in the Bearsden neighbourhood of Glasgow with two younger brothers.

He then rose to attention on ITV talent show Popstars and he returned to TV one year later in Pop Idol – taking third place behind winner Will Young and runner up Gareth Gates.
In his personal life, Darius has been married once to Canadian actress and model Natasha Henstridge.

The pair married in 2011 and then divorced in 2018 after making the “mutual decision."

Darius met his former wife when he moved from Scotland to the US, and he became a step-dad to her two young sons at the time.

He previously told the Herald that it was a "turbulent" relationship, and Darius was devastated when they filed for divorce in 2013.

But it was a hard period for the young star - as his Scottish mum, Avril Campbell Danesh, who was a GP, was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2015.

After their split, Darius described it as a "grieving period," and said to the Scottish Herald: "You see, you don’t break up with one person, you break up with three. And in some ways, it’s like a death."