Australian entertainer Barry Humphries, best known for his comic character Dame Edna Everage, has died aged 89.The star had been in hospital in Sydney after suffering complications following hip surgery in March. He had a fall in February.
Humphries' most famous creation became a hit in the UK in the 1970s and landed her own TV chat show, the Dame Edna Everage Experience, in the late 1980s.
His other personas included the lecherous drunk Sir Les Patterson.
Tributes for Humphries poured in as the news of his death broke, including from the Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.
"A great wit, satirist, writer and an absolute one-of-kind, he was both gifted and a gift." Mr Albanese said.
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