Here's today's #dragqueen #lovefest 👑 (# 55) This #fabulous #Queen is #WalterCole aka #Darcelle & she's giving me Fresh Water Rainbow Fish 🐠 in this shot. Walter Cole died this year on March 23rd at the age of 92 😢🌈💔🌹We love you Darcelle!
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My first #drag show was at #Darcelle's in 1977. Did I see #WalterCole? I don't remember. It was dark. We were drinking. He didn't say his name. #PDX #gaybars #1970s
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/29/arts/walter-cole-dead.html
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About 30 years ago, Portland drag icon #Darcelle starred in a prize-winning one-person show written and produced by local impresario Don Horn, where Darcelle portrayed Divine. Horn published this companion paper doll book to complement the show.
"As the push for LGBTQ rights gained steam, Darcelle became an 'ambassador' to the straight community, and for decades she was known for her charitable work."
Portland, OR, Icon & Drag Queene Darcelle XV Dies
https://www.opb.org/article/2023/03/23/portland-icon-female-impersonator-drag-queen-darcelle-dead/ via Oregon Public Radio
Photo: "Through Darcelle's Eyes"/360 Labs/Oregon Live
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I’m just catching up to the news that Portland’s absolute legend #Darcelle has left this existence. The world has become a little less sparkly. #DragIsArt
I hope that I will still be calling out homophobes and raising half as much hell at 92 as she did.
An artist, an icon and someone who broke the mold has passed away at the age of 92.
Known as #Darcelle, Walter W. Cole, Sr. died overnight. A pioneer in #LGBTQ rights, Darcelle's drag queen shows, were a destination for tourists, visitors and locals in #PortlandOR
#RestInPower Darcelle
https://www.opb.org/article/2023/03/23/portland-icon-female-impersonator-drag-queen-darcelle-dead/
#sadnews #beyourself #RIP #RestInPower #portlandor #lgbtq #darcelle
Knew a Vietnam veteran who told the typical Walter Cole story.
As a young soldier, he was broke as a joke and wandering around downtown with his girlfriend before having to leave for the war in the morning.
Walter struck up a conversation, treated them to ice cream, and invited the couple to cut a rug in his bar. Of course, they paid for nothing that night, and had the time of their lives.
We were blessed beyond measure to have this compassionate person in our community.
This one hurts. As Darcelle, Walter Cole was bigger than life, and one of the finest ambassadors Portland will ever know. Rest in eternal peace.
https://www.opb.org/article/2023/03/23/portland-icon-female-impersonator-drag-queen-darcelle-dead/
https://www.wweek.com/archive/2023/03/23/thats-no-lady-thats-darcelle/
We lost an absolute ~legend~ tonight; the oldest known living drag performer, Darcelle. 🏳️🌈❤️
#DragQueens #Darcelle #Drag #Legends #LGBTQ https://www.kptv.com/2023/03/24/iconic-portland-drag-queen-darcelle-dies-92/?fbclid=IwAR0wWvw6-UhGxpDfY1M4yufUX5SIhnd8hBATJGUxK5iQCjWmD7wkonj2rF4&mibextid=Zxz2cZ
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