Three months after RuPaul’s Drag Race UK winner The Vivienne, also known as James Lee Williams, died at 32, their family and manager detailed their cause of death.

The Vivienne died from a cardiac arrest caused by the effects of taking ketamine, their family has said. The drag artist and former winner of RuPaul’s Drag Race UK - whose real name was James Lee Williams - was discovered dead in the bathroom of their home in Chorlton-by-Backford, near Chester, on 5 January 2025. They were 32.

THE Vivienne’s tragic cause of death has been revealed by the drag legend’s “devastated” family. James Lee Williams, 32, died from a cardiac arrest caused by the effects of