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Barry Humphries was more than just Dame Edna - here are his other alter egos

Across a seven-decade career, the entertainer delighted audiences with characters including gentlemen, regular ‘blokes’ and boorish politicians

The Independent UK

Last pictures of Barry Humphries shows cheeky smile before Dame Edna Everage star's death

Family of the Dame Edna Everage star confirmed he had passed away at the St Vincent's hospital in Sydney

Daily Mirror

Barry Humphries: Ricky Gervais and Anthony Albanese join tributes for ‘one of a kind’ star – as it happened

Australian comedian and actor, best known for his creations Dame Edna Everage and Sir Les Patterson, has died aged 89

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Dame Edna Everage star Barry Humphries dies at the age of 89 in hospital

The Australian comedian, who invented Dame Edna in the 1950s, had been admitted to hospital following complications from hip replacement surgery

Chronicle Live

Dame Edna creator Barry Humphries dies in Sydney at 89

Tony Award-winning comedian Barry Humphries, internationally renowned for his garish stage persona Dame Edna Everage, a condescending snob whose evolving character has delighted audiences over seven decades, has died

The Independent UK

Who were Barry Humphries’ alter egos?

Across a seven-decade career, the entertainer delighted audiences with characters including gentlemen, regular ‘blokes’ and boorish politicians.

The Independent UK

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

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Entertainer Barry Humphries lived a life as colourful as his many characters

The enduringly popular Australian has died at the age of 89.

The Independent UK

Barry Humphries, creator of Dame Edna, dies at 89

Barry Humphries, the comedian best known for his character Dame Edna Everage who blossomed from an Australian suburban housewife into a self-described gigastar, died on Saturday. He was 89.

Reuters

In Dame Edna Everage, Barry Humphries created a character whose fame would outstrip his own

Barry Humphries was on the path to becoming a lawyer when he instead decided to pursue the theatre. But it was his greatest creation, a Moonee Ponds housewife with wisteria-pink hair, who soaked up the limelight while featuring her beloved signature gladioli.

ABC News

Australian stage and screen icon Barry Humphries has died aged 89

The Melbourne-born comic who found international acclaim is best known for his alter egos Dame Edna Everage and Sir Les Patterson, but also appeared in more than 20 films and authored numerous books and plays.

ABC News

Barry Humphries, 'greatest ever Australian', bows out

Entertainer Barry Humphries, who brought to life Dame Edna Everage and Sir Les Patterson, has died at the age of 89 in a Sydney hospital surrounded by family.

AAP

Dame Edna actor Barry Humphries stable in Sydney hospital

Tony Award-winning comedian Barry Humphries, renowned for his garish stage persona Dame Edna Everage, is in a Sydney hospital with complications following hip surgery

The Independent UK

Dame Edna star Barry Humphries in 'stable' condition as hospital issues health update

The Australian comedy entertainer was readmitted to St Vincent’s Hospital after falling ill following hip surgery and is 'in the best hands'.

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Wales Online

Hospital gives health update on Barry Humphries, 89

The entertainer was readmitted after falling ill following surgery

Daily Mirror

Barry Humphries health update as medics caring for Dame Edna star slam rumours

The hospital in Sydney has dismissed claims that Barry Humphries had gone into an “unresponsive state” and had been given morphine by doctors

Evening Standard

Dame Edna star Barry Humphries in a ‘serious condition’ in hospital after complications from hip surgery

Friends of the comedian, 89, have said he has ‘serious health problems’ but ‘his sense of humour never leaves him’

ABC News

Gladioli gardeners make the most of pandemic gardening boom

A favourite of Aussie icon Dame Edna Everage, rows of striking gladioli near Bordertown have been grown by a local family for more than 50 years.

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