American actor and TV host RuPaul Charles opened RuPaul’s DragCon UK event by paying tribute to fellow drag queen The Vivienne as someone with a passion for “love and life”. James Lee Williams won the first series of the BBC’s RuPaul’s Drag Race UK and came third on the 2023 edition of ITV’s Dancing On Ice before they died aged 32 at the weekend.

James Lee Williams was best known as The Vivienne, a drag queen who competed in the British TV show "Dancing on Ice."

The world of RuPaul's Drag Race has been left in mourning after the death of The Vivienne, with the drag queen's passing just the latest in a string of tragedies for the show

James Lee Williams, a drag performer and winner of the inaugural season of “RuPaul’s Drag Race UK” who was best known by the stage name The Vivienne, died over the weekend. They were 32. Williams’s death was announced in a statement by their manager, Simon Jones, which did not cite a cause.

Drag Race alum Tyra Sanchez faces backlash for joking about The Vivienne’s tragic passing at age 32, with fans expressing outrage online.

RuPaul is paying tribute to The Vivienne one day after the RuPaul's Drag Race UK winner’s death was announced. The Emmy Award-winning host, 64, remembered the drag artist — born James Lee Williams in Colwyn Bay, Wales — in a touching Instagram tribute.

DRAG queen ‘The Vivienne’ who won a series of RuPaul’s Drag Race UK and starred on Dancing on Ice has died aged 32. The news of James Lee Williams’ death was confirmed on

RuPaul's Drag Race UK' season 1 winner, The Vivienne, has died at age 32. RuPaul remembers the 'incredibly talented queen' in a tribute on Instagram.

James Lee Williams, better known as the winner of 'RuPaul's Drag Race U.K.' season one The Vivienne, has died, with show judge Visage paying tribute to "a beacon to so many."

The drag and theater communities are penning tributes to James Lee Williams, better known as The Vivienne, who died at age 32.

The U.K. drag superstar competed on the first season of "Drag Race UK" and returned to star on "All Stars 7," with Michelle Visage remembering her as "a beacon to so many."