Lady Red Couture, a comedian, singer and talk-show host who called herself “the largest live-singing drag queen in captivity,” and who became a mentor to younger drag performers, died on July 25 in Los Angeles.
She was 43. The cause was complications of cyclic vomiting syndrome, a condition thought to be related to migraines, said Jonny McGovern, her co-host on “Hey Qween!,” a popular L.G.B.T.Q.
talk show that began on YouTube and is now also available on Amazon Prime. In her audition reel for Season 6 of “RuPaul’s Drag Race,” Lady Red offered a proud mantra of herself. “I live, I breathe, I do everything in drag — this is me 24/7,” she said. “I am nothing to play with.