Posted on 08/20/2012 12:09:06 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
Comedian Phyllis Diller -- who paved the way for today's female comics -- has died, TMZ has learned.
Sources close to Diller tell us the comedian died at her L.A. home, surrounded by family. She was 95.
We're told Diller had recently fallen, hurting her wrist and hip, and her health had been on the decline ever since. She had been living in hospice care at her home.
Diller suffered a heart attack in 1999 and was later fitted with a pacemaker.
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So sorry for your loss.
You have a lot of sympathy!
I’m so sorry to hear you lost your dog. Lost one last year and I know how hard it is.
Please accept my warmest and sincere condolences on the loss of your furry friend. I have experienced this a few times and it never gets easier. ((((HUGS))))
Thank you all for your sympathies.
Sorry for your loss. Yellow Labs and White Shepherds are good dogs. I know you’ll miss him.
Thank you.
Sorry to hear about the loss of your dog. I’ve lost quite a few furbabies in my life but I still love sharing my life with them for as long as I can. He/she will be waiting for you at the Rainbow Bridge.
My sincere condolences. One of the little known talents possessed by the average dog is the uncanny ability to wrap himself so tightly around human heartstrings, causing so much pain when that furry friend dies.
Thank you both. A friend from Australia wrote me on Fakebook:” The one best place to bury a good dog is in the heart of his master”
"A man that can make love to you until 4:00 in the morning and then turn into a pizza."
It sucks they have such a short life. Hang in there my FRiend! My prayers to you....
I am so sorry to hear this.
Have been there, done that, you always look to where they lay, look over and remember the fond memories.
Hugs.
“Do the same for musicians too. From big bands and early rock & roll to the crap of the last 20 years.”
Ahem.
“What the heck is this Elvis garbage? You call that music?”
— Your dad, 1957
Anyway, Phyllis Diller was part of what Time Magazine in 1960 called “The New Wave Comedians”, guys like Bruce, Newhart, Sellers, and Allen who began their careers after WWII and had no connection to vaudeville. Essentially, they invented modern standup comedy and made the college crowd their audience. It reflected the development of a more sophisticated and better-educated America during the 50s that had evolved beyond laughing at the Three Stooges hitting each other in the heads with mallets (note that the Stooges’ postwar stuff was primarily aimed at children rather than adults).
Very sorry to read of your dog’s passing.
Be happy for the good times together.
We are lucky The Lord gives us such good companions here on earth.
Requiem aeternam dona ei, Domine, et lux perpetua luceat ei. Requiescat in pace. Amen.
Anima eius, et animæ omnium fidelium defunctorum, per misericordiam Dei, requiescant in pace. Amen.
Oh, FT, I’m so very sorry to read this! I’m a dog person and my heart has been broken before like yours. My very sincerest sympathy and empathy.
My thoughts and prayers are with you.. *Big Hugs*
I’m sorry to hear about the passing of your dog. You are in my prayers.
Very sorry for your loss,i shudder at the thought i will have to deal with this reality myself one day.
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