The Cathartic Value of Dame Edna’s Extravaganzas of Ego Audiences were eager to humbly suffer the stinging quips tossed out by the towering figure that was Barry Humphries’s creation.
Barry Humphries, a.k.a. Dame Edna, Is Dead at 89 Bewigged, bejeweled and bejowled, Mr. Humphries’s creation was one of the longest-lived characters ever channeled by a single performer.