Chi Chi DeVayne, the stage name of Zavion Davenport, an accomplished entertainer who competed on two seasons of  RuPaul’s Drag Race  ‘” has died at age 34.

News of the drag queen’s passing came Thursday, less than a week after DeVayne informed her Instagram followers that she was back in the hospital.

“Keep me in your prayers. I’ll be back soon,” DeVayne said in a video message shared Saturday morning, which showed her attached to medical equipment while laying down in a hospital bed.

In July, DeVayne was previously hospitalized with high blood pressure and suspected kidney failure, telling fans she had catheters to her heart and kidneys surgically installed before undergoing dialysis treatment. She was eventually discharged later that month.

The Shreveport, La. native rose to national prominence on season 8 of  RuPaul’s Drag Race, where she dazzled with her quick wit and personality before finishing the competition in fourth place. DeVayne was later asked to return to compete on the  third  All-Stars  spin-off  in 2018, but was  eliminated  on the fourth episode. Still, she often credited the series with inspiring her to evolve her skills in an art form that served as a gateway for her to escape a difficult upbringing involving gangs and struggles with her sexuality.

In addition to her appearances on RuPaul’s Drag Race, DeVayne had a small part on season 1 of the Apple TV+ anthology dramedy Little America, appeared on fellow Drag Race alum Yuhua Hamasaki’s Bootleg Opinions YouTube series, and guested on an episode of the popular queer talk show Hey Qween in addition to her various performing gigs and tours as a drag artist.

DeVayne is the second contestant from  Drag Race  to have died since the show’s inception, following the death of season 2 contestant Sahara Davenport, who  died of heart failure  in 2012.

DeVayne made an impression on Drag Race audiences primarily as a lip-sync assassin, notably besting Thorgy Thor to Jennifer Holiday’s “And I’m Telling You I’m Not Going.” The performance has gone down as one of the best in Drag Race herstory and DeVayne made it to the Top 4 of that season. She later returned for RuPaul’s Drag Race: All Stars season 3.