How Drag Race UK star Cherry Valentine rejected the 'old-fashioned, stereotypical life' before their tragic death
Born and raised as George Ward in the Traveller community in Darlington, drag performer Cherry Valentine thought their life was mapped out for them. "I was going to get a job as a mechanic, get married, have kids and that would be it," the Drag Race UK star, who has died aged 28, said in an interview with the Manchester Evening News earlier this year.
Read more: 'I was bullied for being gay at a top Greater Manchester school - one lesson changed my life' And it was there that Ward was able to explore their sexuality and identity - and where they discovered the world of drag and being part of the LGBTQ+ community. After qualifying in 2015, Ward worked in psychiatric intensive care for the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service , worked with adults diagnosed with Huntington's brain injury and during the pandemic worked in a Covid vaccination centre..
"Even then, in drag, people would come up to me and tell me their whole life story. I am so open to that and I will happily sit down and talk to someone about mental health." In a statement on Friday, Ward's family said the performer died on September 18, adding their death came as a 'profound shock'. "It is with the most heart wrenching and deepest sadness to inform you that our George - Cherry Valentine - has tragically passed away," the statement said.
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