New of Barry Humphries has died at the age of 89 - famous for his role playing the character Dame Edna Everage.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-65328507
Dame Edna Everage (Barry Humphries)
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Humphries’ last joke from hospital bed
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Barry Humphries was, at the very least, one of Australia’s greatest ever entertainers.
But there was always more to Humphries, who – like his greatest character – went from the suburbs of Melbourne to the highest stages in the world.
On Saturday night, his family confirmed the 89-year-old died at St Vincent’s Private Hospital in Sydney, following complications from hip surgery earlier this year.
Nine Entertainment Editor Richard Wilkins said the man who created Dame Edna Everage and Sir Les Patterson spent his last days doing what he did best – making people laugh.
“Apparently in hospital he was still cracking people up. He’s saying. ‘No, I’ve got this new hip. You can call me ‘bionic Bazza,’” he said in the Today show’s coverage of Humphries’ death.
“That must have taken a lot of energy from him but he kept people entertained, the showman.”
Wilkins also shared an anecdote of bumping into Humphries at the supermarket before a Boxing Day party, with Wilkins inviting Humphries to the event.
“He was the first to arrive, and spent the whole day meeting people. And he was eternally interested in other people,” said Wilkins.
“At the end he said, ‘I’m going to go now.’ I said, ‘Do you want me to get a car.’ And he said, ‘I’m getting a lift with one of those people over there.’
“That was Barry. He was just there. He made ordinary people feel special and special people feel pretty ordinarily.”
https://au.news.yahoo.com/humphries-las ... 00363.html
Barry Humphries was, at the very least, one of Australia’s greatest ever entertainers.
But there was always more to Humphries, who – like his greatest character – went from the suburbs of Melbourne to the highest stages in the world.
On Saturday night, his family confirmed the 89-year-old died at St Vincent’s Private Hospital in Sydney, following complications from hip surgery earlier this year.
Nine Entertainment Editor Richard Wilkins said the man who created Dame Edna Everage and Sir Les Patterson spent his last days doing what he did best – making people laugh.
“Apparently in hospital he was still cracking people up. He’s saying. ‘No, I’ve got this new hip. You can call me ‘bionic Bazza,’” he said in the Today show’s coverage of Humphries’ death.
“That must have taken a lot of energy from him but he kept people entertained, the showman.”
Wilkins also shared an anecdote of bumping into Humphries at the supermarket before a Boxing Day party, with Wilkins inviting Humphries to the event.
“He was the first to arrive, and spent the whole day meeting people. And he was eternally interested in other people,” said Wilkins.
“At the end he said, ‘I’m going to go now.’ I said, ‘Do you want me to get a car.’ And he said, ‘I’m getting a lift with one of those people over there.’
“That was Barry. He was just there. He made ordinary people feel special and special people feel pretty ordinarily.”
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Very sad news, but not unexpected. True great who I was lucky enough to see as his alter-egos. RIP Possum
Will certainly be missed..... Especially in this day and age!!
Will certainly be missed..... Especially in this day and age!!
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An obituary from 'Dame Edna' printed in the Telegraph:
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A farewell to Dame Edna and Barry.....
Well, there's always the Full Version here... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHFEpOqNj7w
Or for me, better a summary - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bC-mQ6KNtz0
Well, there's always the Full Version here... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHFEpOqNj7w
Or for me, better a summary - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bC-mQ6KNtz0
"Hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things" - Yma o Hyd.