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- Australian comedian Barry Humphries died aged 89 after suffering complications from hip surgery.
- Humphries was best known for his outrageous character Dame Edna Everage.
- Australian PM Anthony Albanese said he was "a great wit, satirist, writer and an absolute one-of-kind."
Dame Edna Everage creator Barry Humphries died Saturday in a Sydney hospital at the age of 89 after suffering complications from hip surgery.
The Australian actor and comedian was best known for his Melbourne housewife character, Dame Edna Everage, which he debuted in 1955.