Zavion Davenport, best known as Chi Chi DeVayne, a favorite drag star of the RuPaul and World of Wonder fandom, has died at age 34, their mother, Tina Davenport, according to a post on World of Wonder’s Instagram account. “It is with tremendous sorrow that my family and I announce the passing of my beloved son, Zavion Michael Davenport, the world renowned ‘Chi Chi Devayne,'” a statement from the family reads.
His family said “His final words to his family and fans, ‘Never Give Up!'” Davenport is suspected to have died from a respiratory illness.
In July the 34-year-old had been hospitalized for possible kidney failure after being diagnosed with scleroderma, a condition that attacks various internal organs in 2018.
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