'RuPaul's Drag Race' star Chi Chi DeVayne dead at 34

RuPaul’s Drag Race star Chi Chi DeVayne has died aged 34.

< 1 min read Chi Chi DeVayne, the stage name of Zavion Davenport, who competed on two different seasons of RuPaul’s Drag Race has died at age 34. News of the drag queen’s passing came Thursday, less than a week after DeVayne informed her Instagram followers that she was back in the hospital.

Zavion Davenport, best known as Chi Chi DeVayne, a favorite drag star of the RuPaul and World of Wonder fandom, has died at age 34, their mother, Tina Davenport, according to a post on World of Wonder’s Instagram account.

Popular former RuPaul’s Drag Race star Chi Chi DeVayne – the stage name of Zavion Davenport – has tragically died at the young age of 34.

RuPaul's Drag Race star Chi Chi DeVayne, who died yesterday at the age of 34.DeVayne, whose real name was Zavion Davenport, had been in hospital since 16 August following a pneumonia diagnosis in early August.World of Wonder, Drag Race's production company, confirmed the news of DeVayne death, writing on Twittter: “We’re heartbroken to learn that Chi Chi DeVayne has passed away today."Trump again references staying on for a third term as president in Yuma campaign speech""Donald Trump claims

Tributes have been paid to “kind and beautiful soul” Chi Chi DeVayne after the drag queen’s death at the age of 34.

Such sad news.

pic.twitter.com/UspJ3KzQaCDeVayne was born in Shreveport, La. She said it was clear that she was meant to be a star, even from a young age.“I was always a little performer,” she once said on “RuPaul’s Drag Race.” “My uncle used to stage talent shows with all us cousins, and my mom saw something in me.

RuPaul's Drag Race alum Zavion Davenport, who went by the stage name Chi Chi DeVayne, has passed away at 34 years old of suspected kidney failure, Entertainment Weekly confirmed Thursday. DeVayne competed in Season 8 of RuPaul's Drag Race as well as All-Stars 3. In July, DeVayne revealed to fans via Instagram Stories that she had been admitted to the hospital for high blood pressure and suspected kidney failure.

RuPaul's Drag Race and RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars alumna had been diagnosed with scleroderma, an autoimmune disease, and . The Louisiana native—whose birth name was Zavion Davenport—had been keeping fans posted on her prognosis after being admitted to the hospital in July with suspected kidney failure.

every week. It might be time to go home and work a little bit more on my drag,” “I’m a real person, and I just felt it was my time to go.

RuPaul is speaking out.

EW confirmed. In one of her final Instagram stories, she asked fans to pray for her.“Keep me in your prayers.

Offstage, she was known as Zavion Davenport, but most of the world knew her – and fell in love with her – as Chi Chi DeVayne. Sadly, her time on this earth came to a tragic end.

RuPaul’s Drag Race alum Chi Chi DeVayne has died after battling pneumonia and other ongoing health issues. She was 34.“I am heartbroken to learn of the passing of Chi Chi DeVayne,” RuPaul told Us Weekly in a statement on Thursday, August 20.