The Vivienne, the season 1 winner of “RuPaul’s Drag Race UK,” was 32 years old. “It was from the effects of ketamine use causing a cardiac arrest ,” the performer’s manager, Simon Jones, confirmed to People. He said there will be “a formal inquest” into The Vivienne’s death in June.

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