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Cape Town’s LGBTIQ community mourns drag pageant ‘father’ Mark Donough

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The much-loved Mark Donough fell victim to the coronavirus Mark Donough, who was a major figure in Cape Town’s queer pageant scene, is being mourned and honoured by the city’s LGBTIQ community. Donough, 54, passed away on Friday afternoon as a result of Covid-19 complications.

He was a hugely influential, inspiring and much-loved personality in the LGBTIQ community. Together with Barry Reid, he was founder and co-director of Miss Gay Western Cape and co-director of the Cape Town Pride pageants.

The duo recently planned to launch the Mr Gay Western Cape pageant but this was put on hold due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Born and raised in Athlone, Donough worked at fashion company Rex Trueform for many years and became involved in the SACTWU

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