DANAE DANIELS SUCCUMBS TO ILLNESS, PASSES THURSDAY

UPDATE January 7, 2010: Dennis Allen Dohm, age 48, known to the OKC LGBT Community as drag performer Danae Daniels, passed away Thursday after succumbing to massive organ failure caused by a heart infection and damage to an aortic valve.

Services are planned for Monday at 1 pm at the Primrose Funeral Home, 1109 N. Porter  Ave in Norman, OK . A memorial gathering will be held at Tramps at 7 pm that night.

January 4, 2010 Well-known drag performer Danae Daniels is battling for her life after being admitted to the OU Medical Center's intensive care unit with a severe infection of the heart. Information we're receiving is Danae's organs are starting to fail and those close to her will want to get to the hospital's Room 46 West at NE 13th St and Lincoln Blvd in OKC.

Danae has hosted shows at Tramps and the Hi-Lo and participated in numerous benefits, including playing emcee in recent years at Tramps' annual 'Have a Heart' fundraiser. The photo to the left is one Gossip Boy took on Dec. 20, 2008, at Phoenix Rising where she was performing at a Christmas benefit hosted by Shantel Mandelay.