Pioneering as First Female Stand-Up Comic: Phyllis Diller Tribute (1917-2012)
Phyllis Diller, the first woman to make it big as a comedian, was an American pioneer. She created a stage persona of a wild-haired, eccentrically dressed housewife. She made self-deprecating jokes about her age and appearance, her terrible cooking and housekeeping, and her fictional husband named Fang. She died peacefully in her sleep, her longtime manager said, with a smile on her face. She was 95.
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