Beloved, One-of-a-kind, funny lady, Phyliis Diller, died peacefully on Aug 12th 2012- - I wish her Love, Happiness, Peace, and Fun, on her eternal journey. Idk how I missed hearing this, back when it happened :/ I am grateful for her Courage, Brazenness, Moxy, and Unique Humor, & All the Laughs she gave us!!---from the article: Comedian Phyllis Diller, known for her self-deprecating humor, died peacefully in her sleep at her Los Angeles home Monday morning, her manager told CNN. Diller was 95. Her son, Perry, found her with a smile on her face, manager Milt Suchin said. Dillers career as a stand-up comic, which she started at age 37, skyrocketed in the 1960s, partly because of her many appearances with Bob Hope on his television specials, USO tours and three movies. Quick Clicks Notable deaths of 2012 She became a pop culture icon for her disparaging jokes about her looks, her cooking and her fictitious husband Fang. She wore a blonde fright wig, held a long cigarette holder as a prop and laughed with a loud cackle. One line attributed to her demonstrates how Diller got laughs: Burt Reynolds once asked me out. I was in his room. She was a true pioneer, said talent agent Fred Wostbrock. She was the first lady of stand-up comedy. She paved the way for everybody. She paved the way for Joan Rivers, Chelsea Handler, Roseanne Barr, Ellen Degeneres, and all the women stand-up comics. She was the first and the best. Joan Rivers posted a tribute to Diller on Twitter. The only tragedy is that Phyllis Diller was the last from an era that insisted a woman had to look funny in order to be funny, Rivers tweeted. If she had started today, Phyllis could have stood there in Dior and Harry Winston and become the major star that she was. I adored her! Roseanne Barr tweeted that Diller was a revolutionary woman who inspired me. last time I saw Ms. Diller shed a stroke & when her assistant told her she could no longer drink gin, I immediately took her out 4 martinis, Barr tweeted. Ellen DeGeneres tweeted We lost a comedy legend today. Phyllis Diller was the queen of the one-liners. She was a pioneer. Whoopi Goldberg called Diller a true original. Francesca Hilton, a stand up comic and daughter of Zsa Zsa Gabor, said Diller was her mothers best friend. She had the best laugh in the world, Hilton said. Diller was born Phyllis Ada Driver in Lima, Ohio, on July 17, 1917, the daughter of an insurance salesman. She was trained as a classical pianist, but never pursued music as a career. She worked as a copywriter for a northern California newspaper, the San Leandro News-Leader, in the early 1950s. She took the stage at San Franciscos Purple Onion Club on March 7, 1955, for her first stand-up comedy performance. She appeared as a contestant on Groucho Marxs show You Bet Your Life in 1957. Her long personal and professional friendship with Hope began when the two met at a District of Columbia, nightclub in 1959. Dillers late-night national television debut came on The Jack Parr Show in 1959. Two years later, the first of her five comedy albums, Phyllis Diller Laughs, was released. NBC gave Diller her own variety show, The Beautiful Phyllis Diller Show, in 1968. Diller had a run on Broadway in 1970, starring as Dolly Levi in Hello Dolly! She officially retired from stand-up comedy in 2002. Dillers creative passion was painting, Beverly Hills art gallery owner David Streets said. Her paintings were very much a reflection of her soul, bright, funny, happy, whimsical full of color and life, Streets said. CNNs Jane Caffrey contributed to this report. Copyright 2012 by CNN NewSource. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Read more from WFMZ at: wfmz/.../16199148/-/8p5ixpz/-/index.html Connect with us! Facebook/69WFMZ or @69News
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