Dame Edna

[maggiebee]

Sorry to hear he/she has died age 89. Will be missed by many.

[Patsy33]

Oh no....
I knew he was unwell but thought he was getting better. Another legend gone.

[roopower]

Shows how serious falls can be as we get older. I quite enjoyed Edna but hated Les Patterson. Saw Barry at the Theatre Royal, Norwich years ago, he was very funny. RIP, Barry, thanks for the laughs.

[MargoTester]

https://www.news.com.au/entertainment/celebrity-life/celebrity-deaths/barry-humphries-dead-at-89-after-reentering-hospital-for-hip-problems/news-story/6de896055ac6a2865a38e8ab4a34b04b

[Peter Pedant]

I saw a one-man show in London in 1976 - gladioli featured greatly
The funniest sauna in town - -

(Heathrow had 16 consecutive days over 30 °C from 23 June to 8 July[5] and for 15 consecutive days from 23 June to 7 July temperatures reached 32.2 °C somewhere in England.]

[Lie-in King]

Sad news indeed. RIP Barry.

[-SharonA-]

RIP. Xx

[Peter Pedant]

oh, fractured necl of femur:

The mortality rate for all patients at 30-day post-fracture diagnosis was 32.8% (n = 21).

Post covid: precovid 6.9% which i regard as a VERY low basline

[anneasquith]

A decent age though .

[naomi24]

Ahhh. I'm really sorry to hear that. A great entertainer.

[Gromit]

A comedy genius.

[ToraToraTora]

Night possum!

[Tilly2]

I didn't like him in any guise but I can see that he was a great entertainer and made people laugh. R.I.P.

[jno]

I first saw him before Edna became a dame. He was very funny.

[rockyracoon]

That’s sad to hear.

He was a very funny man. I saw him once in a London theatre where my dad bought us tickets in the royal box….boy did Enda take the pee out of us. Very funny it was. If I remember rightly, we got a few gladdies.

[david small]

A rather unique individual has left the stage. RIP.

[Rosie29]

I saw him on stage years ago - a wonderful entertainer but I was glad not to be sitting near the front - those oeople were teased unmercifully. I'd forgotten about the gladdies - dear Barry .RIP

[fender62]

yea we have lost another great sadly, i mean who didnt watch the dame edna experience, innuendo like old school that didnt need f this that and the other, probably lost on the younger crowd, he was great.
lots of parky interviews, very funny on youtube.

[bhg481]

Would you call Dame Edna a drag act? I know that it's a man playing a woman but it's usually a dolly-bird they pay not an old girl. It's really no more a drag act than Les Dawson and Roy Barraclough.

[fender62]

bhg481, drag act no, that's not what humphries was, if any thing it was a *** take, that served him well, as well as his les charcter, he was a comedian who rinsed it for what's it worth, taking the proverbial, absolutely, was it funny, still is...take offence erm get over it.

[Maydup]

Very sad, another legend lost. All of his characters made me cringe and I would never watch, but nevertheless I had great respect for such a successful performer.