Drag icon and RuGirl Maxi Shield farewelled in Oxford St procession | ABC NEWS

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Beloved drag performer Maxi Shield has been remembered as "fierce" and "bold" at her funeral service in Sydney, which was followed by a procession along Oxford Street. The 51-year-old died just days before the city's Mardi Gras parade after a battle with cancer. Maxi Shield garnered international popularity as a contestant on reality competition series RuPaul's Drag Race Down Under, and was a staple in Sydney's drag scene. Subscribe: http://ab.co/1svxLVE Read more here: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-24/sydney-drag-queen-maxi-shield-dies-days-out-from-mardi-gras/106379108 ABC NEWS provides around the clock coverage of news events as they break in Australia and abroad. It's news when you want it, from Australia's most trusted news organisation. For more from ABC NEWS, click here: https://ab.co/2kxYCZY Watch more ABC NEWS content ad-free on ABC iview: https://ab.co/2OB7Mk1 Go deeper on our ABC NEWS In-depth channel: https://ab.co/2lNeBn2 Like ABC NEWS on Facebook: http://faceboo

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