Popular Melbourne drag identity dead

Popular Melbourne drag identity dead

Well known Melbourne drag queen Pussy Willow has died.

Friends have confirmed she died of a heart attack over the weekend.

Willow was a regular host of the Friday Night Project at The GH Hotel and one of the longest performing drag MCs in Melbourne. She also performed at nightclub Love Machine on Sundays.

She was well known for her quick wit and love of Broadway show tunes.

“Even as a child I loved people like Danny la Rue, Dick Emery and Stanley Baxter. I was (and still am) obsessed with musicals and variety shows from the ’60s and ’70s. Instead of wanting to play cowboys and Indians, I wanted to be Mary Poppins or Annie,” Willow said in a past interview.

“Being gay or straight was never an issue. There was never a closet for me to come out of, I was just – me. I think I was predestined to become a drag queen.”

Willow was known to audiences at former nightclubs the Xchange and Diva Bar, and the Peel Hotel.

She admired and worked with local drag identities Paris, Kerrie Le Gore and Tabitha Turlington.

– with ALAN MAYBERRY

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5 responses to “Popular Melbourne drag identity dead”

  1. Puss I was lucky enough to work with you through out the years at a number of venues, we shared a love for broadway together. Ill remember you each time I watch a show. xxx

  2. Only a few weeks ago did she call me out at the GH for having the “ugliest goatee she’d ever seen”. Miss ya Pussy :(

  3. My dear friend.
    We spoke just days ago.
    And mere weeks ago we jet around Phuket on vespas.
    I am sorry I am not there to say goodbye.
    You will forever be in my heart!

  4. Pussy Willow was one of the ultimate Show Girls around Melbourne..Classy, Sassy & a little bit Brassy. Sadly gone too soon. She will be Greatly Missed