“RuPaul’s Drag Race UK” winner James Lee Williams, higher identified by their stage title The Vivienne, has died. They have been 32.

Williams’ demise was confirmed by their supervisor Simon Jones, who shared an announcement on Instagram saying that his consumer had handed over the weekend.

“It’s with immense disappointment that we let you realize our beloved James Lee Williams, The Vivienne, has handed away this weekend,” learn the assertion. “James was an extremely cherished, warmhearted and wonderful particular person. Their household are heartbroken on the lack of their son, brother and uncle. They’re so happy with the great issues James achieved of their life and profession. We won’t be releasing any additional particulars. We please ask that James’s household are given the time and privateness they now have to course of and grieve.”

In a extra private follow-up assertion shared by Jones shortly after, he wrote, “These are phrases I by no means ever wished to put in writing. Viv was an in depth pal, a consumer and somebody I cherished very a lot. From the second I met them in 2019, I knew we might create magic collectively and I turned their supervisor. Their expertise was immense and the sunshine they introduced to each room was astonishing. Nobody has ever made me snort in my life as a lot as Viv did. Their comedian genius and fast wit was like no different.”

Williams was the primary ever winner of “RuPaul’s Drag Race UK” in 2019 and went on to seem within the seventh season of “RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars.”

Born in 1992 in Colwyn Bay, Wales, Williams was additionally a musician and a stage actor. They launched their debut EP entitled “Bitch” in 2022 and performed The Depraved Witch of the West in a stage adaptation of “The Wizard of Oz” in London’s West Finish in 2023.