Dame Edna Everage star Barry Humphries seen hugging fan at spa in touching last photo before tragic death at 89
He told an interviewer that he spent hours playing with a dressing-up box in his back garden.
As part of his art, he often carried out bizarre pranks, including pretending to eat his own "vomit".In 1955, while touring with the newly-formed Melbourne Theatre Company, the then-named Mrs Norm Everage had her debut.With her lilac hair and cat eye glasses, the character became known all over the world.and writers including Alan Bennett, Peter Cook, Dudley Moore, and Spike Milligan.
Back in his native Australia, Humphries co-founded the Melbourne International Comedy Festival in 1987.
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