Gallery: Barry Humphries’ iconic life in pictures

Australian entertainment icon Barry Humphries wore many faces over the decades. We loved them all.

1/60Australian icon Barry Humphries. Picture: Dylan Robinson

2/60Comedian Barry Humphries totally at home at Her Majesty's Theatre, Grote Street, Adelaide.

3/60Barry Humphries final curtain ... 'Eat Pray Laugh' at Her Majesty's Theatre.

4/60Her Majesty's Theatre Ambassador Barry Humphries

5/60Barry Humphriesin Melbourne to perform his show The Man Behind the Mask where he played himself. Picture: David Caird

6/60Comedian Barry Humphries in Brisbane ahead of his show The Man Behind the Mask at QPAC. Picture: Liam Kidston.

7/60Australian Icon Barry Humphries with his exhibition of paintings at the Philip Bacon Galleries in Fortitude Valley. Photo Lachie Millard

Barry Humphries performs on stage at the Civic Theatre during his first show of the tour of Barry Humphries: The Man Behind the Mask in Newcastle. Picture: James D. Morgan/WireImage

8/60Barry Humphries performs on stage at the Civic Theatre during his first show of the tour of Barry Humphries: The Man Behind the Mask in Newcastle. Picture: James D. Morgan/WireImage

9/60Barry Humphries relaxes at The Rocks in Sydney.

10/60Barry Humphries with his own stamp.

11/60Barry Humphries at Melbourne University with his Honorary Degree of Doctor of Laws. Picture: Michael Potter

12/60Barry Humphries.

13/60Barry Humphries and Lizzie Spender. Picture: Max Mumby

14/60Elizabeth Spender and Barry Humphries attend the Ladbrokes Winter Carnival. Picture: David M. Benett/Dave Benett

15/60Elizabeth Spender and Barry Humphries attend the Ladbrokes Winter Carnival. Picture: David M. Benett/Dave Benett

16/60Barry Humphries as Dame Edna with wife Diane Millstead in 1979.

17/60Barry Humphries and wife Elizabeth Spender in 1991.

18/60Barry Humphries has a captive audience as he sings the Moonee Ponds Serenade at Moonee Ponds train station.

19/60Barry Humphries, reading a copy of his book 'Barry Humphries: An Autobiography'

Queen Elizabeth II gets to meet Dame Edna Everage with Leo Sayer attend the Royal Windsor Big Top Show held at Billy Smart's Big Top in Home Park, Windsor, in aid of the Queen's Silver Jubilee Appeain 1977. Picture: Bunny Atkins/Mirrorpix/Getty Images

20/60Queen Elizabeth II gets to meet Dame Edna Everage with Leo Sayer attend the Royal Windsor Big Top Show held at Billy Smart's Big Top in Home Park, Windsor, in aid of the Queen's Silver Jubilee Appeain 1977. Picture: Bunny Atkins/Mirrorpix/Getty Images

21/60Barry Humphries, with Queen Consort Camilla when she was Duchess of Cornwall at The Savoy Hotel in London. Picture: Chris Jackson

David Walliams accepts the Award For Comedy from Dame Edna Everage at the 59th London Evening Standard Theatre Awards. Picture: David M. Benett/Getty Images

22/60David Walliams accepts the Award For Comedy from Dame Edna Everage at the 59th London Evening Standard Theatre Awards. Picture: David M. Benett/Getty Images

23/60King Charles III and Queen Camilla meet Dame Edna Everidge at The Prince's Trust Rock Gala at the Royal Albert Hall in London in 2010.

24/60Rob Brydon and Barry Humphries. Picture: David M. Benett/Dave Benett/Getty Images

25/60Barry Humphries as Dame Edna and Emily Perry as Madge Allsop with Ozzy Osbourne

26/60Barry Humphries and Barry Crocker.

27/60Barry Humphries and Barry Crocker from 1972 film 'The Adventures of Barry McKenzie'

Cabaret Festival artistic director Barry Humphries and artistic director Kate Ceberano at the Festival Centre, Adelaide. Picture: Matt Turner

28/60Cabaret Festival artistic director Barry Humphries and artistic director Kate Ceberano at the Festival Centre, Adelaide. Picture: Matt Turner

29/60Barry Humphries with former PM Malcolm Fraser.

30/60Steve Irwin with Dame Edna Everage at Australia Zoo.

31/60Barry Humphries in a scene from Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie .Picture: Fox Australia.

32/60Dame Edna Everage

33/60Dame Edna Everage.

34/60Dame Edna Everage during the show 'Back With a Vegeance'

35/60Barry Humphries as Dame Edna Everage in her dressing room preparing for her show 'Back with a Vengeance'.

36/60Dame Edna receives the key to the city from Melbourne's Lord Mayor John So and then is greeted by Kath and Kim.

37/60Dame Edna Everage is paraded around the ground at 2005 AFL Grand Final.

38/60Dame Edna Everage, played by comedian Barry Humphries, performing in her show 'Back With a Vengeance' at The State Theatre in Melbourne.

39/60Production of Barry Humphries as alter ego Dame Edna Everage during a performance of the show 'Eat Pray Laugh!'.

40/60Dame Edna Everage during the show 'Back With a Vegeance'

41/60Dame Edna Everage in Eye magazine in 1987 at Conrad Jupiters Hotel & Casino. Picture: Regina King

42/60Dame Edna Everage. Picture Rohan Kelly.

Dame Edna Everage (alias Barry Humphries) steps out in style with royal designers David and Elizabeth Emanuel, wearing one of their outfits made for her charity appearance in the gala 'Sunday with Sondfheim', a celebration of the composer and his works.

43/60Dame Edna Everage (alias Barry Humphries) steps out in style with royal designers David and Elizabeth Emanuel, wearing one of their outfits made for her charity appearance in the gala 'Sunday with Sondfheim', a celebration of the composer and his works.