Australia honors deceased "Dame Edna" actor Humphries with state ceremony
Celebrities such as pop star Elton John, media mogul Rupert Murdoch and composer Andrew Lloyd Webber spoke out with video messages. "He was an incredibly brilliant storyteller. I will miss him so much," said John. Humphries' son Rupert shared memories of his father: "Most nights my brother and I would sit in the back row of a theater and pray that he wouldn't say anything he shouldn't."
Humphries died in April at the age of 89 in a hospital in Sydney. At the request of his family, the public service was postponed until December.
Humphries developed the character of Edna Everage as a young actor in the 1950s. Over the years, she went from being a boring housewife to a self-proclaimed "gigastar" parody of a celebrity. Since the 1980s, she has hosted her own talk shows, with many well-known personalities as guests, including Mel Gibson, Sean Connery, Charlton Heston, Chubby Checker, Susan Sarandon, Alec Baldwin and Martin Sheen.
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Source: www.stern.de
