World RuPaul's Drag Race franchise queen and U.Ok. drag celebrity The Vivienne's reason for loss of life is being revealed, almost three months after the entertainer died all of the sudden on Jan. 5 at age 32.

In an announcement shared on-line utilizing the queen's beginning title, The Vivienne's buddy and former publicist, Simon Jones, revealed that he and the RuPaul's Drag Race UK season 1 winner and returning All Stars 7 contestant's household "really feel you will need to say how James tragically died" attributable to utilization of the drug ketamine.

"We hope that by us releasing this info we will elevate consciousness concerning the risks of ongoing ketamine utilization and what it might probably do [to] your physique," Jones wrote Monday on his Instagram Story. "Ketamine utilization is on the rise, notably amongst younger folks, and I don’t suppose the complete risks of the drug are being mentioned."

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"We hope that by working with [addiction support service] @adferiad_ we will elevate very important consciousness and provides info on tips on how to get assist if you’re combating ketamine utilization," Jones completed. He elaborated to PEOPLE that the drag star died from the "results of ketamine use inflicting a cardiac arrest."

“We proceed to be fully devastated by James’s sudden loss of life. Ketamine is a particularly harmful drug that’s changing into increasingly prevalent within the U.Ok.," The Vivienne's sister, Chanel Williams, later advised Attitude journal. "If we will help elevate consciousness of the risks of this drug, and assist individuals who could also be coping with ketamine habit, then one thing constructive will come from this entire tragedy."

Leisure Weekly has reached out to Jones and The Vivienne's former administration workforce for remark.

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Following information of The Vivienne's loss of life in January, Emmy-winning host RuPaul — who topped The Vivienne as the primary Drag Race UK winner in 2019 — remembered his protégé in an emotional publish on social media.

"With a damaged coronary heart, I be a part of the whole Drag Race universe in mourning the lack of The Vivienne," RuPaul wrote on Instagram, ending the publish (which additionally included a photograph of the pair) by calling the late entertainer "an extremely proficient queen and a beautiful human being."

Previous to Drag Race UK's inaugural season — the place The Vivienne grew to become a fan-favorite for her standard Snatch Sport impersonation of Donald Trump — Mama Ru named the queen because the official Drag Race ambassador to the U.Ok. She later welcomed The Vivienne again to the Drag Race Primary Stage for AS7 in 2022 as a part of the present's first-ever all-winner version.

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Amid a wealth of remembrances from the worldwide Drag Race neighborhood, The Vivienne's AS7 sister, Shea Coulée, wrote on-line: "That is an extremely exhausting one. After I heard the information I climbed into the mattress, pulled the covers over my head, and went to sleep hoping it was only a dream. There aren’t sufficient phrases to explain your affect on not solely me, however the whole drag panorama. Your pleasure, humor, and supportive sisterhood will stick with me eternally. Like a handprint on my coronary heart. Hoping and searching ahead to when our celestial paths cross. Till then, love you dearly sister. You actually have been certainly one of a form."

Together with The Vivienne, 5 Drag Race franchise queens have died because the sequence launched in 2009. Drag Race Thailand competitor Bandit died in 2023, with hers following the deaths of season 2 contestant Sahara Davenport in 2012, season 8 and All Stars 3 queen Chi Chi DeVayne in 2020, and Drag Race UK competitor Cherry Valentine in 2022.

Exterior of her work on Drag Race, The Vivienne additionally appeared in Completely Fabulous: The Film and as a contestant on a number of British competitors exhibits like Dancing on Ice and Movie star Mastermind.

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