James Lee Williams, the "Drag Race" icon known as The Vivienne, has died at the age of 32, according to publicist/manager Simon Jones.

James Lee Williams, a drag performer and winner of the inaugural season of “RuPaul’s Drag Race UK” who was best known by the stage name The Vivienne, died over the weekend. They were 32.

Carolyn Lee Williams, 93, passed from this life on March 30, 2025, at Traditions of Columbus. She was born January 17, 1932, to Lyman and Sylvia Rhinehart Nichols in Brownstown, Indiana. A devoted ...