Barry Humphries, best known for his comic character, Dame Edna Everage, has died at the age of 89.
The comedian had been hospitalised in Sydney after complications from hip surgery in March following a fall in February.
Fans of the talented Australian star are mourning the death of a comedy legend.
Humphries’ most famous creation, Dame Edna Everage, was a UK hit in the 1970s, and she later landed her own TV chat show, the Dame Edna Everage Experience, in the late 1980s.
Sir Les Patterson, the lecherous drunk, was one of his other personas.
According to the BBC his family remembered him as ‘completely himself until the very end, never losing his brilliant mind, his unique wit, or his generosity of spirit.’
Humphries had four children, had been married four times, and was married to actress Elizabeth Spender at the time of his death.
According to the Daily Mail, Humphries tripped on a rug while reaching for a book in February and underwent surgery at St. Vincent’s, where he was readmitted this week with family members, including Spender, by his side.
Humphries told Nine Entertainment’s Andrew Hornery in late March that he expected to be back in good shape within weeks, but he never recovered.
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