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Tributes pour in after death of RuPaul’s Drag Race star The Vivienne
The Vivienne (James Lee Williams) attends the British Soap Awards 2023 at The Lowry Theatre in Salford, June 3, 2023

TRIBUTES poured in for RuPaul’s Drag Race star The Vivienne today after it was announced that they had died.

Welsh-born drag queen James Lee Williams won the first series of RuPaul’s Drag Race UK and came third in last year’s Dancing On Ice.

They performed in the The Wizard Of Oz musical on tour, and were due to perform in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang next month.

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