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Acclaimed Australian artist John Olsen farewelled at funeral in Sydney

Loved ones gathered at a funeral service for acclaimed Australian artist John Olsen hear his friend, the late comedian Barry Humphries, was due to give his eulogy.

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Melbourne comedy festival says critics created ‘a complete bin fire’ after Barry Humphries’ death

Director says the renewed focus on the comedy festival taking Humphries’ name off an award in 2019 is ‘really, really inappropriate’

The Guardian - AU

Julian Assange’s Belmarsh prison blues

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has spent four years mostly inside his UK maximum-security prison cell for a case his wife Stella describes as ‘99% politics and 1% law’, and the divide between the rich and poor in Sydney grows ever wider.

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Dame Edna 'got the last laugh' with 'genius' obituary for Barry Humphries

Comedian Barry Humphries' alter ego Dame Edna Everage 'got the last laugh' after his death in a 'genius' obituary dedicated to the late star

Daily Mirror

Barry Humphries’ bargain book buys

Brief letters: Bibliophilia | Tories’ declaration of independence | Prepayment meters | School report language | A file on ‘Prince, Charles’

The Guardian - UK

Anti-trans activist Graham Linehan posts Barry Humphries email in response to comedy festival tribute

Linehan was responding to a tribute posted by Melbourne International Comedy Festival for the entertainer who passed away over the weekend

Irish Mirror

Barry Humphries was no genius, he was a comedian. Therein lay his genius

Dame Edna’s creator knew what a truly great artist was, and that Australian didn’t produce them. The torment of that was the making of his brilliant, seven-decade career.

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Barry Humphries: a comedy legacy that will never be matched

Many of us have known Humphries only as an established icon, yet it is worth considering that Dame Edna's earliest incarnation first appeared in 1955.

Newcastle Herald

Barry Humphries: Melbourne comedy festival says tribute is in works after criticism

Organisers exploring ‘a fitting tribute’ after friends say performer was hurt by decision to rename festival award after comments he made about trans people

The Guardian - AU

OPINION - Hilary Mantel showed us how real talent can cut through personal hell

I went to Hilary Mantel’s memorial service at Southwark Cathedral last week. Sir Mark Rylance and Ben Miles, who both played her hero Thomas Cromwell, did readings and there were memories from her friends and family. Two things emerged: Mantel the feminist and Mantel the muse. They are the same…

Evening Standard

Jeffrey Archer recalls Barry Humphries’ iconic Charles and Camilla joke: ‘A great professional’

The late comedian had the royal couple in stitches during the 2013 Royal Variety Performance

The Independent UK

Melbourne International Comedy Festival considering how to pay tribute to Barry Humphries

The Melbourne International Comedy Festival director says it is considering an appropriate tribute for Barry Humphries as the event's director hits back at claims it "cancelled" the late comic.

ABC News

Dame Edna pays tribute to ‘would-be comedian’ Barry Humphries in self-penned obituary

Australian comedian wrote an obituary for himself before his death on Saturday (22 April)

The Independent UK

Afternoon Update: footballer dies after on-field collision; Australia to manufacture missiles; and lessons from a threesome

A 20-year-old man was flown to Royal Adelaide hospital on Saturday after an on-field collision, but he later died of his injuries

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Revealed: Barry Humphries’ final phone chat with King

An ailing Barry Humphries was delighted to receive a call from the King, just days before he died, it has emerged.

The Guardian - AU

Opposition says review ‘a cannibalisation’ – as it happened

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Barry Humphries, legend of stage and screen, blazed a trail in the entertainment industry

With the passing of Barry Humphries, the entertainment industry loses a man who blazed a trail for others, defined a genre and changed the face of comedy.

AAP

Comedy festival mulls Humphries tribute amid backlash

The Melbourne International Comedy Festival says it is looking to pay tribute to Barry Humphries, but stands by the decision to change an award named after him.

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A fitting tribute

CK Stead remembers Barry Humphries

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Barry Humphries’ family ponders state funeral for comedy legend

The family of Barry Humphries could be offered a state funeral in Victoria, as tributes continue to trickle in for the entertainer.

Daily Mirror

King Charles called Dame Edna star Barry Humphries just hours before his death

Dame Edna Everage star Barry Humphries reportedly received a phone call from his friend King Charles just hours before he died at the age of 89

ABC News

Barry Humphries was hurt after being 'cancelled' by Melbourne comedy festival, Miriam Margolyes says

Entertainer Miriam Margolyes says her longtime friend Barry Humphries was left hurt and saddened when his name was stripped from a key Melbourne International Comedy Festival award in 2019.

ABC News

Tributes at Adelaide's Her Majesty's Theatre, in memory of Barry Humphries

Lights are dimmed at today's performances and floral tributes are left outside Adelaide's theatres as the state's arts community pays tribute to actor and comedian Barry Humphries.

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'One of a Kind': Australians Pay Tribute to 'Icon' Barry Humphries

Australians have paid tribute to Barry Humphries, the comedian best known for his character Dame Edna Everage, as both a "one-of-a-kind" entertainer and a charming and intelligent man. The Sydney Morning Herald said Humphries died on Saturday at St Vincent’s Hospital in Sydney, where he had been treated for various…

The Guardian - AU

‘Treasured Australian icon’: Barry Humphries remembered as a ‘comic genius’ and ‘legend’

Tributes have flowed across Australia, with both politicians and entertainers sharing messages praising the late comedian

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