RuPaul hit back against a drag queen’s offensive joke following the recent death of Drag Race U.K. winner, The Vivienne. Tyra Sanchez, 36, who won the second season of RuPaul’s Drag Race, sparked an outcry when she responded to an old tweet by The Vivienne.

RuPaul and longtime judge Michelle Visage joined "Drag Race" alums — including The Vivienne's "All Stars 7" sisters Jaida Essence Hall and Raja — in mourning the queen.

The drag and theater communities are penning tributes to James Lee Williams, better known as The Vivienne, who died at age 32.

DRAG queen ‘The Vivienne’ who won a series of RuPaul’s Drag Race UK and starred on Dancing on Ice has died aged 32. The news of James Lee Williams’ death was confirmed on

The U.K. drag superstar competed on the first season of "Drag Race UK" and returned to star on "All Stars 7," with Michelle Visage remembering her as "a beacon to so many."

James Lee Williams was best known as The Vivienne, a drag queen who competed in the TV show "Dancing On Ice," starred in musical theatre in London, and won the very first season of RuPaul’s Drag Race UK.

James Lee Williams, better known as the winner of 'RuPaul's Drag Race U.K.' season one The Vivienne, has died, with show judge Visage paying tribute to "a beacon to so many."

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. Williams’s death was announced in a statement by their manager, Simon Jones, which did not cite a cause.

The death of The Vivienne, real name James Lee Williams, has reportedly left RuPaul "in bits" - and considering stepping away from his TV series, which has aired for five years