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By Paul Glynn
Entertainment reporter
Australian entertainer Barry Humphries, champion known for his comic quality Dame Edna Everage, has died aged 89.
The prima had been successful infirmary successful Sydney aft suffering complications pursuing hep country successful March. He had a autumn successful February.
Humphries' astir celebrated instauration became a deed successful the UK successful the 1970s and landed her ain TV chat show, the Dame Edna Everage Experience, successful the precocious 1980s.
His different personas included the lecherous drunk Sir Les Patterson.
Tributes for Humphries poured successful arsenic the quality of his decease broke, including from the Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.
"A large wit, satirist, writer and an implicit one-of-kind, helium was some talented and a gift." Mr Albanese said.
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Image caption,The Australian was known for satirical comic creations specified arsenic Dame Edna, Sir Les Patterson and Sandy Stone
Melbourne-born Humphries moved to London successful 1959, appearing successful West End shows specified arsenic Maggie May and Oliver!
Inspired by the absurdist, avant-garde creation question dada, helium became a starring fig of the British drama country alongside contemporaries similar Alan Bennett, Dudley Moore and Spike Milligan.
'Hello possums!'
Dame Edna archetypal appeared successful the 1950s erstwhile helium was surviving successful Australia, arsenic a parody of suburban housewives - based connected his ain mother.
"Edna was painfully shy astatine first," Humphries told the Guardian successful 2018. "Hard to believe!"
She became much outrageous arsenic the years went on, and was famed for her lilac-rinsed hair, flamboyant glasses and catchphrase: "Hello possums!"
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Image caption,Humphries appeared arsenic Dame Edna connected stage, connected surface and successful people passim his agelong career
Humphries adjacent wrote an autobiography, My Gorgeous Life, arsenic the character.
His different fashionable characters connected signifier and surface included the much grandfatherly Sandy Stone.
He said of Stone successful 2016 that helium could "finally consciousness myself turning into him".
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Image caption,He besides voiced the shark Bruce successful 2003 Pixar animated movie Finding Nemo
The comic actor, author, manager and scriptwriter, who was besides a keen scenery painter, announced a farewell circuit for his satirical one-man signifier amusement successful 2012. But helium returned past twelvemonth with a bid of shows looking backmost astatine his career.
His different credits included voicing the shark Bruce successful 2003 Pixar animated movie Finding Nemo, arsenic good arsenic appearances successful 1967 drama Bedazzled, Spice World, The Hobbit and Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie.
He was joined 4 times, and leaves down his woman of Lizzie Spender and 4 children.
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