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In Memoriam: Fallen Stars of 2022
Family and friends are mourning the nonaccomplishment of RuPaul's Drag Race UK prima Cherry Valentine.
The Darlington, England native, calved George Ward, appeared arsenic a contestant in the show's 2nd season successful 2021. In a connection shared to Deadline, his household confirmed helium passed distant connected Sept. 18 astatine the property of 28.
"It is with the astir heart-wrenching and deepest sadness to pass you that our George—Cherry Valentine—has tragically passed away," their connection read. "This volition travel arsenic a profound daze to astir people, and we recognize determination is nary casual mode for this to beryllium announced."
"As his family, we are inactive processing his decease and our lives volition ne'er beryllium the same," they added. "We recognize however overmuch helium is loved and however galore lives helium has inspired and touched. All we inquire is for your patience and your prayers successful this time. We emotion you, Georgie."
In summation to his vocation arsenic a resistance performer, Valentine besides traveled arsenic a intelligence wellness caregiver and helped with the COVID-19 vaccine during the pandemic. Earlier this year, helium besides starred successful a BBC Three documentary astir his life, Cherry Valentine: Gypsy Queen and Proud.
After quality broke of his passing, Valentine's agent, Emma Bunning, besides spoke of her client's lasting legacy.
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"As his agent, it goes without saying that my bosom is broken," she told CNN. "George was a genuinely peculiar idiosyncratic with tremendous endowment (and) a agleam aboriginal ahead. He lit up a room, touched truthful galore people's lives and fewer could hide his infectious laughter which I volition miss terribly."
His origin of decease is not known astatine this time.
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