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Butler said Campbell Danesh had a heart ‘bigger and brighter than the sun and an energy so contagious he could light up a room in seconds’.

Gerard Butler has praised the 'infectious laugh' and 'heart of a lion' Darius Danesh Campbell had in an emotional post days after the former Pop Idol star was announced to have died at the age of 41

Darius and Gerard Butler were good mates and were spotted out a walk just weeks before the singer's death.

Pop Idol singer Darius is said to have used Gerard's partner's name Morgan Brown as a guise to check in to his hotel, before his tragic death

Dying just eight days before his 42nd birthday, Pop Idol star Darius Campbell Danesh lived life to the fullest in the weeks prior to his tragic passing

Darius Campbell Danesh was pictured with fellow Scot Gerard Butler shortly before he died.

From friendships with A-list actors Rebel Wilson and Gerard Butler, to producing films with Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe, the late Darius Campbell Danesh found not just love but critical success during his time in Hollywood

Pop Idol singer Darius Campbell-Danesh, who has died at the age of 41, tied the knot with ex-wife and Canadian actress Natasha Henstridge in 2011 after a blissful romance - but it sadly wasn't to last

The pair told how they were close friends of Bearsden-born Darius, who even attended their son's wedding back in 2002, while Colourblind was UK Number 1.

Former Pop Idol star Darius was found dead in his apartment in Minnesota on August 11, his family announced in a statement on Tuesday evening

The Hollywood star sent a touching video message to Zac Gunn from Motherwell, North Lanarkshire earlier this month. The four-year-old was diagnosed with pulmonary hypertension aged one.