DeVayne, who
competed on season 8 of the show, had been in the hospital being treated for
pneumonia. In a recent Instagram Story post, while hooked up to a breathing
tube she had asked fans for prayer. In July, prior to her stay for pneumonia,
the 34-year-old had been hospitalized for possible kidney failure. DeVayne was
diagnosed with scleroderma, a condition that attacks various internal organs in
2018. Fans and other alum of the show had been raising money and circulating
the performer's CashApp and Venmo accounts to help finance her care after
July's hospital stay. Priyanka, a contestant on the debut season of Canada's
Drag Race just announced raising $900
for that effort and Shea Coulee had been selling
a print of one of her All Stars season 5 looks to benefit the
performer as well.
DeVayne made
an impression on Drag Race audiences primarily as a lip-sync
assassin, notably besting Thorgy Thor to Jennifer Holiday's "And I'm
Telling You I'm Not Going." The performance has gone down as one of the
best in Drag Race herstory and DeVayne made it to the Top 4 of
that season — she revealed herself as not only a dancer but a witty comedian as
well. She later returned for RuPaul's Drag Race: All Stars season
3. Though
he has personally left social media, RuPaul released a statement on the
news through the RuPaul's Drag Race Twitter account.
"I am
heartbroken to learn of the passing of Chi Chi DeVayne," he
wrote. "I am so grateful that we got to experience her kind and
beautiful soul. She will be dearly missed, but never forgotten. May her
generous and loving spirit shine down on us all."
"On
behalf of VH1, World of Wonder and the cast and crew of RuPaul’s Drag
Race, I extend my deepest sympathy - from our family to hers," he
continued.
In addition to
being a star performer, DeVayne was known as a gentle and loving soul to all
that met her. Watch
DeVayne's season of Drag Race on CBS All Access now.
SOURCE: OUT DOT COM
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