Report: Drag Race star Sahara Davenport dead at 27
Tuesday, October 2, 2012 - 9:14am by Brendan Davis, Digital Content Manager at GLAAD
http://www.glaad.org/blog/report-drag-race-star-sahara-davenport-dead-27NewNowNext reports that Rupaul's Drag Race star Sahara Davenport has died at the age of 27. Davenport's partner, Manila Luzon, was also a contestant on the popular Logo show.
Luzon posted on her Twitter account on Sunday:
I love him so much.
— Manila Luzon (@manilaluzon) October 1, 2012
Logo has released a statement about the news:
"Logo is profoundly saddened by the passing of Antoine Ashley who fans around the world knew and loved as Sahara Davenport. He was an amazing artist and entertainer who'll be deeply missed by his Logo family. Our hearts and prayers go out to his family, especially his boyfriend Karl, in their time of need."
RuPaul this morning tweeted about the news. She said:
Shocked & heartbroken over @saharadavenport. Never occurred to me that we'd ever lose one of my girls. I see them as immortal
— RuPaul (@RuPaul) October 2, 2012
