Darius Danesh's ex-wife says she lights candle every day as she remembers star on anniversary
The singer died a year ago at the age of 41
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Darius Campbell Danesh’s ex-wife Natasha Henstridge has revealed she still lights a candle for the late star each day, a year after his death.
The former Pop Idol contestant died in August 2022 at the age of 41, and a medical examiner later confirmed that he passed away after inhaling chloroethane, which led to respiratory arrest.
Marking the anniversary, Hollywood actor Henstridge shared photos of the pair on Instagram along with a snap of a candle flickering in a heart-shaped holder.
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“I look at the first photo we ever took together and the last, all of the ones in between, 18 years of memories…” wrote the star, who was divorced from Danesh in 2018.
“My heart filled with thousands of the most incredible moments of my life.
“Everyday I light a candle, shed tears and still can’t wrap my head around it.
“Still cry WHY!!”
The Species star went on: “I could never imagine a world without you in it and here we are.
“I’m so grateful to you for shaping and allowing teaching forgiving and loving…
“You’ve left so much behind.”
Henstridge said the singer “forever changed” everyone he met in some way, and talked about his “heart” and “warmth”.
“You made people feel seen and heard, loved and understood,” she said.
“You took on their feelings, their cares like they were your own with your big fearless lion heart.
“Made them feel your magic.
“You loved so intensely, so passionately.
“You lived so fully in your 41 years.”
The actor, 48, said that “the veil is thin” and that the late star was “everywhere now, all of the time”.
“You’re forever missed, until we meet again,” she ended the emotional post.
Danesh was found dead at his home in the US on 11 August last year.
Read more: Pop Idol star Darius Danesh has died aged 41
His family later said in a statement: “The results of medical examinations have confirmed that Darius's death was an accident caused by chloroethane, which is used to treat pain and that tragically lead to respiratory arrest.
"Darius was suffering from chronic neck pain following a car accident in 2010.”
He and Henstridge started dating in 2004 and tied the knot in 2011, but split in 2013. Their divorce was not finalised until 2018.
Watch: Simon Cowell responds to Darius Campbell Danesh's death
