🔊 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio3's #Breakfast

Stephen Sondheim, Phil Reno & Dame Edna Everage:
🎵 Losing My Mind

#StephenSondheim #PhilReno #DameEdnaEverage

"I'm making this up as I go along."

#BarryHumphries (aka #DameEdnaEverage, #SirLesPatterson, and #SandyStone) passed away this weekend at the age of 89, from "complications following hip surgery." He was surrounded by his family & friends. He is survived by his wife, four children, & several grandchildren.

Humphries was born in Kew (Melbourne), Australia in 1934, but spent much of his life in London, where his alter ego #DameEdna hobnobbed with royalty & celebrities.

https://youtu.be/TJ_WUt3M1_w

#DameEdnaEverage was born in the 1950s. Barry Humphries, who created her, died yesterday.

Our family listened to Dame Edna narrate Peter and the Wolf.

This Guardian article gets at some of the contradictions in conservative contrarianist ideas about #Censorship and the place of #Drag in entertainment.
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2018/jul/11/barry-humphries-interview-offence-dame-edna-everage-sir-les-patterson

#BarryHumphries , renowned #actor behind #DameEdnaEverage , dead at 89 / #RIP

https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/dame-edna-obituary-barry-humphries-1.6819360

RIP Barry Humphries, aka Dame Edna Everage and Sir Les Patterson, popular and super well known Aussie comedian. #barryhumphries #dameednaeverage

https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2023/apr/22/barry-humphries-dies-australian-comedian-death-dead-dame-edna-everage-sir-les-patterson

So clever. Brilliant. That sense of not knowing what was coming next, but knowing that whatever it was would somehow be a pisstake, withering social commentary & hilarious all at the same time. RIP #BarryHumphries #DameEdnaEverage #SirLesPatterson #SandyStone https://youtu.be/qv1b54NgbIw

So sorry that #DameEdnaEverage #BarryHumpries has died RIP https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-65328507 https://nitter.hongkongers.net/benedictrogers/status/1649907242458652672#m

#BarryHumphries, best known as his alter ego #DameEdnaEverage, has died at 89.As an actor Humphries may be best known for his role in the #RockyHorror sequel #ShockTreatment and #TheHobbit: An Unexpected Journey. He also had roles in the original "Bedazzled", "Spice World", "Ally McBeal", "Finding Nemo" and "Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie". Humphries career stalled after making transphobic comments in 2016, with the Melbourne International Comedy Festival renaming its Barry Award as a result.

Vale Barry Humphries

In a time when drag artists are being falsely accused of grooming and pedophilia, persecuted and losing rights, it is even more sorrowful to farewell a pioneer in the field of general and commercial entertainment.

Dame Edna Everage - megastar housewife from Moonee Ponds - was a regular fixture on Australian TV screens as well as the stage for literal decades. Humphries brought gentle satire, biting wit, and on point commentary to a nationwide audience, a groundbreaking presence that paved the way for others over time. While not queer himself, his work has softened access to opportunities for queer performers both in the antipodes and overseas. This was thanks in no small part to her oft-mentioned son Kenny, as her work often referred his wildly successful interior design business as well as life-long "friend".

A supportive, intelligent and incredibly hard working light has gone out in my personal firmament. Thank you for all your hard work Mr Humphries - I guess you are now burning a purple wig and gladioli in your personal fireplace.

#grief #RIP #sorrow #BarryHumphries #DameEdnaEverage #vale #drag #PublicFigure #australia

#RIPDameEdna #DameEdna #RIPBarryHumphries #BarryHumphries #RIPDameEdnaEverage #DameEdnaEverage

Image: with US newsman Peter Jennings during millennium celebrations--American Broadcasting Co. via Youtube

What a predicament, possums! This morning, of all mornings, Mastodon has dulled a tusk and is incapable of uploading images! And all, dears, as we are learning of the passing of Dame Edna! What a moment to be without pictorial glamour in one's microblade--erm, microblog!

#RIPDameEdna #DameEdna #RIPBarryHumphries #BarryHumphries #RIPDameEdnaEverage #DameEdnaEverage

Sad to hear about #BarryHumphries. Grew up watching and crying with laughter watching #DameEdnaEverage and it was a very special day when we saw him perform Dame Edna, Les Patterson and the brilliant, brilliant Sandy Stone at the London Palladium a few years back. A genuine comedy legend.

@PinkNews

That's 2 arguably well-loved stars we've lost recently - #BarryHumphries ( #DameEdnaEverage ) & #PaulOGrady ( #LilySavage ).

BBC News - Barry Humphries: Dame Edna Everage comedian dies at 89
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-65328507
#BarryHumphries #DameEdnaEverage

Pink News: Dame Edna Everage star Barry Humphries in ‘serious condition’ in hospital in Sydney https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/04/19/dame-edna-barry-humphries-hospital-condition/ #LGBT #LGBTQ #Trans #Lesbian #2SLGBTQ #dameednaeverage #barryhumphries #Celebrity #Culture #Sydney #World #Drag #News

A gorgeous Gladiolus communis (#CommonGladiolus) growing alone but proud along a suburban fence line in #McKinnon #Australia.

Seeing these plants always makes me me laugh. First thing that comes to mind is #DameEdnaEverage!!!

You normally see these things in a tall vase. This planted one however, is lovely.

#HelloPossums!! 🤣🤣🤣

#urbanflora #flora #gardening #garden #victoria #melbourne #beautiful #vibrant #flowersofmastodon #godmustbeabotanist #makesmehappy