Cherry Valentine died on September 18, 2022. The cause of death is yet to be revealed. She was 28.
George Ward, better known by the stage name Cherry Valentine, was an English drag queen and mental health nurse from Darlington, England.
She was born on November 30, 1993, in Darlington, United Kingdom to Nino Lagotto and Clive Greensmith.
Cherry Valentine was best known for competing in the second series of RuPaul’s Drag Race UK and for the BBC documentary Cherry Valentine: Gypsy Queen and Proud.
In December 2020, Valentine was announced as one of twelve contestants competing in the second series of RuPaul’s Drag Race UK.
She stated in their Meeting The Queens video interview for the second series of RuPaul’s Drag Race UK, that working as a nurse “has put me in that right position where I’m able to understand people a bit more, and if you’re a drag queen, you’re working with people”.