Harris Glenn Milstead (October 19, 1945 – March 7, 1988), better known by the stage name Divine, was an American actor, singer and drag queen.

On March 7, 1988, Harris Glenn Milstead – better known as Divine, the larger-than-life drag queen – died in his sleep of a heart attack attributed to his obesity, at the Regency Plaza Hotel on Hollywood Boulevard in a Los Angeles, where he was staying as a guest. He was 42.

May 25, 2018 · “I only ask you for what is rightfully mine, what the good lord has bestowed on me: being divine!” — Divine in John Waters’s Mondo Trasho, 1969. Born Harris Glenn Milstead in 1945, Divine was called the “Drag Queen of the Century” …

Mar 8, 1988 · Divine, the 300-pound transvestite star of ''Pink Flamingos,'' ''Hairspray'' and other John Waters films, was found dead yesterday morning in his room at the Regency Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles....

Oct 15, 2024 · This enduring relevance is especially remarkable given that Divine died of heart failure in March 1988, aged just 42. In an obituary, People magazine hailed him as "the drag queen of the...

Aug 21, 2020 · Chi Chi DeVayne, known offstage as Zavion Davenport, has passed away at the age of 34 on August 20, 2020. Chi Chi was recently admitted to the hospital for pneumonia. Family members have confirmed the news of the drag queen’s death via an Instagram post from Chi Chi’s account.

Oct 19, 2012 · Divine died in his sleep in the Plaza Suites in Hollywood, shortly after the premiere of "Hairspray".

Divine. Actor: Pink Flamingos. Originally born Harris Glen Milstead just after the end of WWII, Baltimore's most outrageous resident eventually became the international icon of bad taste cinema, as the always shocking and highly entertaining transvestite performer, Divine.

Aug 20, 2020 · Drag queen Chi Chi DeVayne, best known for appearing on two seasons of RuPaul's Drag Race, has died aged 34. DeVayne, whose non-stage name was Zavion Davenport, appeared on season eight of the...

Harris Glenn Milstead died aged 42 from cardiomegaly three weeks after the premiere of "Hairspray." After not showing up to shoot on the set of "Married With Children," he was found dead in his hotel room. Divine was described by People magazine as the "Drag Queen of …