David Raven, the man behind Maisie Trollette, the United Kingdom’s oldest performing drag queen, has died in Brighton, England. He was 91. Trollette was a fixture on seaside Brighton’s drag scene for more than five decades,

David Raven, better known as his drag persona Maisie Trollette, has died aged 91. Having performed in drag since the 1960s, she was labelled Britain’s oldest drag queen. Born in 1933, Maisie Trollette started a long and celebrated career as a drag performer as part of a double act with fellow star Jimmy Court.