Australian comedy legend Barry Humphries, best known for his drag character Dame Edna Everage, has died at age 89
”He was completely himself until the very end, never losing his brilliant mind, his unique wit and generosity of spirit,” his family said in a statement, according to the Sydney Morning Herald. Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese paid tribute in a tweet, calling him “a great wit, satirist, writer and an absolute one-of-kind.” The entertainer had been readmitted to hospital on Wednesday for complications following hip surgery last month, the Sydney Morning Herald reported.
In 1982, Humphries was made an Officer of the Order of Australia for services to theatre and in 2007 the Queen made him a Commander of the Order of the British Empire for his contribution to the arts. In 2000, Humphries won a Special Tony Award for his Broadway show “Dame Edna, The Royal Tour”, officially breaking into the US market. He also appeared as Edna in US drama “Ally McBeal” in 2001.
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