Walter Cole, world’s oldest drag queen as Darcelle XV, dies at 92

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Walter Cole, a drag queen-doyenne known as Darcelle XV, who reigned over a West Coast nightclub for more than 50 years on the way to becoming the world’s oldest working drag performer, died March 23 at a hospital in Portland, Ore. He was 92.

The label features Darcelle with a towering blond hairdo and ruby earrings. Mr. Cole, as Darcelle, was on hand for the beer tasting and was doing his act at the club up until last week.

, “Just Call Me Darcelle,” he recounted the death of his mother when he was 9 and neglect and abuse by his alcoholic father. He was raised mostly by an aunt.

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