Dame Edna star Barry Humphries has died aged 89

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Dame Edna star Barry Humphries has died aged 89


Australian comedian legend and the creator of Dame Edna Everage, Barry Humphries, has reportedly died aged 89.

According to the Sydney Morning Herald, Humphries handed away earlier at the moment (April 22) at Sydney’s St Vincent’s Hospital the place he was being handled for numerous well being points.

Humphries was admitted to hospital again February after falling in his Sydney condo and injuring his hip.  He obtained a hip alternative shortly afterwards.

“I have to get back on my feet,” he stated in an interview shortly after the operation. “I’m going back on tour later this year. The result of my broken hip means I now have a titanium hip. You can call me Bionic Bazza.”

However, earlier this week it was reported Humphries was readmitted to hospital, following problems from the surgical procedure.

The Australian comic’s most well-known creation was Dame Edna Everage, who grew to become a success within the UK within the Seventies and was utilized by Humphries to satirise the cult of superstar, class snobbery, and prudishness in addition to poking enjoyable at political leaders and vogue.

Dame Edna went on to host her personal TV present The Dame Edna Everage Experience within the late Eighties and wrote a number of books.

As effectively as taking part in Dame Edna and lecherous drunk cultural attaché Sir Les Patterson, Humphries voiced Bruce the shark within the movie Finding Nemo and appeared in Spice World, The Hobbit and Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie.

Following the information of his passing, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese wrote: “For 89 years, Barry Humphries entertained us through a galaxy of personas, from Dame Edna to Sandy Stone. But the brightest star in that galaxy was always Barry.”

“A great wit, satirist, writer and an absolute one-of-kind, he was both gifted and a gift.A great wit, satirist, writer and an absolute one-of-kind, he was both gifted and a gift.”

Fans have additionally taken to Twitter to share selection moments from his 50-year profession together with the time Dame Edna walked into the Royal Box throughout The Royal Variety Performance and the time Humphries combined Dermot O’Leary up with Philip Scofield on This Morning.

Tributes have additionally been flooding social media following the information of Barry Humphries loss of life.

 

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