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WI_DEM

(33,497 posts) Mon Aug 20, 2012, 08:42 PM Aug 2012

RIP Phyllis Diller passed on at age 95

"When I realized I looked like Olive Oyl and wanted to look like Jean Harlow, I knew something had to be done," she once said. "From 12 on, the only way to handle the terror of social situations was comedy — break the ice, make everybody laugh. I did it to make people feel more relaxed, including myself."--Phyllis Diller

http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-phyllis-diller-20120821,0,4800295.story

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RIP Phyllis Diller passed on at age 95 (Original Post) WI_DEM Aug 2012 OP

So sorry to have seen this BumRushDaShow Aug 2012 #1

She was one of a kind and blazed the way for other women. One of the first... Honeycombe8 Aug 2012 #2

RIP - nt Ohio Joe Aug 2012 #3

she was a great comic... madrchsod Aug 2012 #4

. LWolf Aug 2012 #5

BumRushDaShow

(129,106 posts)

1. So sorry to have seen this

Reply to WI_DEM (Original post)

Mon Aug 20, 2012, 08:47 PM

Aug 2012

Saw earlier today and didn't realize she was still around. Amazing that she was 95. She was a classic along with the likes of Bob Hope and Lucille Ball.

R.I.P. and thanks for the memories!

Honeycombe8

(37,648 posts)

2. She was one of a kind and blazed the way for other women. One of the first...

Reply to WI_DEM (Original post)

Mon Aug 20, 2012, 08:57 PM

Aug 2012

One of the first to get cosmetic surgery and openly talk about it and make jokes about it (of course it was obvious!). She was really funny. I have fond memories of seeing her on TV numerous times, when I was a child, with her funny A-lined loud dresses, big messy hair, overdone makeup, ciggie in a cigarette holder, and loud mouth. She was something else. God bless her. May she live on as the legend she was.