Barry Humphries

[Harpo]

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 seven-decade career

www.theguardian.com

 

[Droflet]

Oh, dear, the Dame is gone. Sad. I had a chance to see him doing an early version of Dame Edna when I was much younger, and it's stuck with me ever since. RIP Bazza.

 

[Rodders]

A great character and a genuinely funny guy. I adored Dame Edna as a child.

RIP Barry.

 

[farntfar]

I send several bunches of virtual gladdies.
You will be missed Barry, in all your guises.

 

[Steve Harrison]

Very sad news. I went to his one man shows several times over the last 30 years or so and he was always brilliant.

 

[Hugh]

RIP.
And watch out Angels - you're going to be sent up relentlessly.

 

[hitmouse]

RIP. A unique genius.

 

[Matteo]

Brilliant! And well done Parky. Sadly, they don't do interviews like he did anymore - though Graham Norton comes close.

And smoking on tv...those were the days (no, I don't smoke).

 

[Pyan]

RIP, BH.

 

[Stephen Palmer]

A brilliant, erudite man, and a very funny comedian. RIP.

 

[Harpo]

 

[Extollager]

Humphries endorsed his friend Donald Friend's activities as a "benevolent form of pedophilia."

Donald Friend: Our favourite paedophile

The painter Donald Friend was lauded by his admirers as a "legendary figure". But he could just as easily be described as Australia's most celebrated paedophile.

www.abc.net.au