ANTOINE ASHLEY – HEART FAILURE

Antoine Ashley, or popularly known as Sahara Davenport, showed a lot of potential when she joined the reality competition series RuPaul’s Drag Race. Her degree in Fine Arts helped her reach one of the top spots in the competition, during which she exhibited a great deal of talent and fashion sense. Ashley gained quite a significant fan base after and was on the path to success. However, it surprised many when her camp announced her passing because of heart failure on October 1, 2012.

She was rushed to Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, but the doctors weren’t able to revive the famed drag queen. Ashley was certainly a great loss, not just to her family, but to the LGBTQ community at large.  All the performances she had given throughout the years, however, will become a lasting legacy of her incredible talent. The world is certainly lucky to have been introduced to her and we’re sure she will continue to inspire many.