Will Young remembers ‘courageous and gentle’ Darius

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Please try again later {{ /verifyErrors }} Will Young has paid tribute to “driven, courageous and gentle” Darius Campbell Danesh on what would have been the Pop Idol star’s 42nd birthday. Young, 43, who starred alongside Campbell Danesh on Pop Idol, remembered his friend in a heartfelt tribute on Instagram, writing: “For the past few days my thoughts have been with Darius’s family and will continue to be so. My love goes to his family at this time x” Brit Award-winner Young won the inaugural series of Pop Idol in 2002 on which Campbell Danesh also competed. Former Pop Idol judges Simon Cowell, Pete Waterman and the runner-up from the first series, Gareth Gates, also paid tribute to Campbell Danesh following the news.