There is an opiod crisis in the US. People take them for ailments, etc, and sometimes get addicted, sometimes don't, but that isn't all-important. What happens is the opiod loses its effectiveness, and to manage the pain, real or through addiction, the user has to increase the dosage incrementally. At some point, the dosage becomes lethal.

There is an opiod crisis in the US. People take them for ailments, etc, and sometimes get addicted, sometimes don't, but that isn't all-important. What happens is the opiod loses its effectiveness, and to manage the pain, real or through addiction, the user has to increase the dosage incrementally. At some point, the dosage becomes lethal.

On hine sight I would of rather not known the result of the toxology report. I hope it wasn't because of addiction or intentional and I hope it was just a tragic accident but I guess we will never know for sure. No offense is meant to his family in this post.

Edited May 30, 20232 yr by Polly

It's actually a good thing to know, I think, as it shows it wasn't intentional, and he really was going to make a comeback album.

So unbelievably sad :(

It's actually a good thing to know, I think, as it shows it wasn't intentional, and he really was going to make a comeback album.

 

Don't get me wrong I would never want to say a bad word about Darius normally or hear a bad word said about him from anyone it's just such a difficult situation to accept. Someone mentioned on Facebook that apparently he'd been in another car accident recently and it put him back in a neck brace. I don't know if that's true or not I haven't seen anything about it myself. Has anyone else? if it is true poor man. He must of been in so much pain, tragic accident :( I'm regretting my earlier post :( . May he rest in peace and I wish to send much love to his family and friends. I'm still hoping his family might release the album on his behalf if it was ready.

Edited September 15, 20222 yr by Polly

That explains the opiod then, if he had just been in another accident :( Following chronic pain management, he will probably have felt like he needed a higher dose to feel the effects, and the accident happened. But it was just an accident :(

Been trying to get back in for ages! Thank you Polly for keeping this thread open. I have resigned myself to the fact that the most amazing human being I have ever met has gone. However I still haven't mastered talking about Darius in the past tense. Maybe posting here will help.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Can't believe it has been a month already since we heard this awful news. Only just beginning to sink in :(

Edited September 15, 20222 yr by Polly

Found a YouTube video of Darius on Buzzcocks some time between Popstars and Pop Idol.

Of course they mocked Darius in jest. All the guests expect that.

 

Darius was on the late great Sean Hughes team and his self deprecating humour really shows.

I don't know how to get the video on here and I daren't try in case get locked out.

 

Search for Buzzcocks Fun with Darius in YouTube.

 

It's part of the Best of Sean Hughes.

 

……

This might be the wrong thing to say so I'm sorry but I can't help thinking that if he'd just had the operation offered to him after the car accident then he'd still be with us :( no offense is meant in this post.

Edited September 17, 20222 yr by Polly

You might be right tbh :/

Found a YouTube video of Darius on Buzzcocks some time between Popstars and Pop Idol.

Of course they mocked Darius in jest. All the guests expect that.

 

Darius was on the late great Sean Hughes team and his self deprecating humour really shows.

I don't know how to get the video on here and I daren't try in case get locked out.

 

Search for Buzzcocks Fun with Darius in YouTube.

 

It's part of the Best of Sean Hughes.

 

……

 

I've just watched the video but like yourself I couldn't share the video which is a shame because it's really funny and I think it might of cheered everyone up a bit. You can tell D is still just a teenager in it :)

Edited September 15, 20222 yr by Polly

There's another clip from the same show ' Darius owns Mark Lamarr, D,' s comic timing is brilliant on that one.

Re a possible op, the surgeon told him there was a danger to his vocal chords.

Darius was contracted for several events in the summer and the History of the Big Bands tour in the autumn. The musicians had all been chosen and contracts signed. If the reason to have the op wasn't apparently urgent or the prognosis of success not extremely high, Darius wouldn't let people down. We don't know what was said, although Darius said in an interview much later that his was a compression injury like Christopher Reeve's. Poor Christopher(Superman) was paralysed. Maybe that was on Darius's mind too.

Edited September 13, 20222 yr by Baytree

There's another clip from the same show ' Darius owns Mark Lamarr, D,' s comic timing is brilliant on that one.

Re a possible op, The surgeon told him there was a danger to his vocal chords. Darius was contracted for several events in the summer and the History of the Big Bands tour in the autumn. The musicians had all been chosen and contracts sined

 

His health should of been more important than the tour regardless of contracts signed. :( No offense is meant in this post.

Edited September 17, 20222 yr by Polly

I've just watched the video but like yourself I couldn't share the video which is a shame because it's really funny and I think it might of cheered everyone up a bit. You can tell D is still just a teenager in it

 

I'm glad you found it. That's why I wanted to let people know it was there. It shows the lovely fun guy Darius was, even after the media mauling he'd got.

Brave too. Few in his situation would have dared do Buzzcocks.

Do you think he was wearing the Top of the Pops

Purple 'underdog' shirt? I do.

Edited September 13, 20222 yr by Baytree

I'm glad you found it. That's why I wanted to let people know it was there. It shows the lovely fun guy Darius was, even after the media mauling he'd got.

Brave too. Few in his situation would have dared do Buzzcocks.

Do you think he was wearing the Top of the Pops

Purple 'underdog' shirt? I do.

I can't remember the top of the pops shirt but I do remember the jacket

Edited September 15, 20222 yr by Polly

If I thought there was any chance of losing my voice permanently and maybe being paralysed, I'd take my chances and say no to an op.

 

Sorry about all the edits. I can only get Into Buzzjack on my phone. Typing on that is a pain.

Edited September 13, 20222 yr by Baytree

If I thought there was any chance of losing my voice permanently and maybe being paralysed, I'd take my chances and say no to an op.

 

Sorry about all the edits. I can only get Into Buzzjack on my phone. Typing on that is a pain.

 

As I said in an earlier post at least he'd probably still be with us if he'd had it. No offense is meant in this post.

Edited September 14, 20222 yr by Polly

Not that it matters to us anymore and I don't know who's playing who or who any of the people are but I thought everyone on here might like to see a picture of the new cast of the new production of FHTE https://twitter.com/FHTEMusicalUK/status/15...1419264/photo/1

My way of trying to cheer people up a bit and probably making it worse given it was a musical D used to be in. Sorry :(

Edited September 15, 20222 yr by Polly

Thanks, Polly. It's nice to see FHTE come back to the West End. It deserved a longer run but the time wasn't right for more dramatic shows like FHTE. The jukebox musicals reigned back then.

 

Darius wasn't going to do it anyway. He was moving on to lead a new cast in another original

West End show 'Cleopatra'.

 

The Original London Cast recording of FHTE (and the film) features Darius.

 

At least we got the answer to the question-which golden age of Hollywood legend's shoes would he fill next in one of his most iconic roles? - Richard Burton as Caesar.

 

It would have been his 4th original lead in a relatively short space of time.

 

OK had a look. Adam Rhyd - Charles will play Warden.

 

In another of those weird coincidences, he last performed in Curtains in the West End. Jill came straight from Broadway Curtains to play Scarlett opposite Darius's Rhett.

Edited September 14, 20222 yr by Baytree