Barry Humphries, Australian comedian best known for alter-ego Dame Edna Everage, dies aged 89

The Australian comedian Barry Humphries, best known for his drag character Dame Edna Everage, has died aged 89.

He was completely himself until the very end, never losing his brilliant mind, his unique wit and generosity of spirit,” his family said in a statement.

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese paid tribute in a tweet, calling him “a great wit, satirist, writer and an absolute one-of-kind.”

Albanese also says he is one of the most loved of Australians and he pays tribute to him and to his enormous contribution to Australia.

The entertainer had been readmitted to hospital on Wednesday for complications following hip surgery last month, following a fall in February.

Born in Melbourne, Australia in 1934, Humphries created the character of housewife Edna Everage in 1955 as a social satire.

Source: CNN