Barry Humphries, an Australian comedian who cross-dressed his way to flamboyant fame and fortune as Dame Edna Everage, a lovable, raunchy, barbed-tongued hostess beginning in Melbourne in 1955, died on April 22. He (and she) were 89. [Photo above of Barry Humphries as Dame Edna Everage in a publicity still]
Humphries was among the wittiest comedians who …
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