‘Project Runway’ star Sha’Vi Lewis dead at 39: ‘We are in a state of disbelief’
NY Post
Sha’Vi Lewis, a fashion designer and “Project Runway” contestant, has died. He was 39.
Lewis passed away on Monday, according to his aunt, Deidra DivaDoll Elkerson, who revealed the news in a heart-wrenching Facebook post.
“My fabulous talented nephew Sha’Vi Lewis is gone from this place,” Elkerson shared on Tuesday. “I won’t hear his greetings to me anymore, ‘Hey Auntie Diva’ (Yes, I am shouting). Please keep his mother Joyse Solomon-Frierson, his father Franklin Frierson, his brother, Troy Solomon Frierson, and his sister, Akira Frierson Wood, in your prayers.”
“I can just imagine the welcome he received when he got to those pearly gates, with so many loved ones who had gone on before,” Elkerson continued with her tribute to the designer. “Oh what a time. What a time he is having with his grandmothers, grandfather, uncles, aunts, cousins. And good friends. Rest in joy nephew knowing that you left a hell of [a] mark on this Earth!!! You will be always loved and never ever forgotten.”
Born Franklin Shavi Lewis Frierson Jr. on Dec. 4, 1985, the designer competed on Season 18 of “Project Runway,” which premiered on Bravo in December 2019 and concluded in March 2020. Lewis finished the show in 10th place after being sent home in episode 6.
His cause of death is not known at this time.
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