Barry Humphries, an artistic genius, the “greatest comedian since Charlie Chaplin”, the creator of Dame Edna Everage, and a star of stage and screen, died on Saturday at Sydney’s St Vincent’s Hospital after complications from hip surgery. He was 89.
In a career spanning 70 years, Humphries appeared in dozens of movies, plays and television programs, and wrote numerous books, including an award-winning memoir, poetry, plays and scripts.
