Barry Humphries, satirist and creator of Dame Edna, dies aged 89 | ABC News

Australian actor and comedian Barry Humphries, who created iconic characters such as Dame Edna Everage and Sir Les Patterson, has died aged 89. Subscribe: http://ab.co/1svxLVE Read more here: https://ab.co/41BZTyf

He received an Order of Australia in 1982 and an Order of the British Empire in 2007 for services to the theatre and entertainment.

In his later years, Humphries faced criticism for a series of statements against transgender people, including that gender affirmation surgery was “self-mutilation”.

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