Pete Waterman has paid tribute to his 'brilliant' friend Darius Danesh following his death at the age of 41. It was confirmed on Tuesday that Darius had passed away on August 11 after being found unresponsive in his US apartment room.
Appearing on Talk TV on Tuesday evening, Pete spoke to Jeremy Kyle about the last time he saw Darius - who competed on Pop Idol in 2002.
When Jeremy asked whether or not they kept in touch, Pete replied: "Yes, I spoke to him, I had tea with him two days before lockdown on the Wednesday before and we went to tea. "I met him… he was full of ideas.
He wanted to get back into the music industry, wanted me to go over and look after him and mentor him through his meetings. He was doing a film in Hollywood. "Pete continued: "But you know what?
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