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John Barry Humphries AC CBE (17 February 1934 – 22 April 2023) was an Australian comedian, actor, author and satirist. He was best known for writing and playing his stage and television characters Dame Edna Everage and Sir Les Patterson. Humphries' characters brought him international renown.
- 1953–2023
- Character comedy, satire
Apr 22, 2023 · Australian entertainer Barry Humphries, best known for his comic character Dame Edna Everage, has died aged 89. The star had been in hospital in Sydney after suffering complications following hip...
Apr 22, 2023 · Barry Humphries, Australian comedian and creator of Dame Edna Everage, dies aged 89. Humphries was a master of provocation and glorious grotesquerie. Peter Coleman. Sat 22 Apr 2023 07.51 EDT.
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Apr 22, 2023 · The Australian comedian Barry Humphries, best known for his drag character Dame Edna Everage, has died aged 89. ” He was completely himself until the very end, never losing his brilliant mind,...
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Apr 22, 2023 · To be unflinchingly precise, Barry Humphries, the Australian-born actor and comic who for almost seven decades brought that divine doyenne of divadom, Dame Edna Everage, to delirious, dotty,...
Apr 22, 2023 · Barry Humphries, Australian comedian and creator of Dame Edna Everage, dies aged 89. Famed for personas that also included the vulgar Sir Les Patterson, Humphries became a household name in a...
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Tony Award-winning comedian Barry Humphries, internationally renowned for his garish stage persona Dame Edna Everage, a condescending and imperfectly-veiled snob whose evolving character has delighted audiences over seven decades, has died. He was 89.