Darius Campbell-Danesh was a Scottish singer, songwriter, musician, actor, and film producer who died on August 16, 2022.
Campbell was found unresponsive in his apartment in Rochester, Minnesota on 11 August 2022 and was pronounced dead later that day.
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He rose to prominence after appearing on the British talent show Popstars in 2001. A year later, he was chosen to compete in the finals of the TV talent show Pop Idol.
Campbell won the ITV talent show Popstar to Operastar in January and February 2010, in which eight pop stars were trained to perform world-famous opera arias. He was mentored by world-renowned tenor Rolando Villazón, with whom he later recorded a duet on the song “The Impossible Dream.”
Campbell made an appearance as himself in an episode of the Channel 4 soap Hollyoaks in 2003, singing “Girl in the Moon” at a graduation ball. In 2009, he appeared as Gennaro Fazio, an Italian magazine editor, on the BBC show Hotel Babylon.
Campbell was a Prince’s Trust Ambassador, assisting underprivileged youth. He created a guitar to benefit Guitar Aid. In addition to other cancer charities, he worked with and supported the Lymphoma Association and Cancer Research UK.