Phyllis Diller dies at 95

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    Originally Posted By SingleParkPassholder

    Heard it on the radio, no link.
     
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    Originally Posted By SingleParkPassholder

    <a href="http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2012/08/20/comedian-phyllis-diller-has-died-manager-says/" target="_blank">http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2012...er-says/</a>
     
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    Originally Posted By ecdc

    Now there was a heckuva lady. She seemed truly delighted with life and her own existence. A great way to live.
     
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    Originally Posted By KCCHIEF

    She was funny...but, yet a class act.
     
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    Originally Posted By DDMAN26

    95? That's a good run Phyllis.
     
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    Originally Posted By velo

    She was wonderful! Really paved the way for the female comics that followed.

    I just read that we lost William Windom too?
     
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    Originally Posted By Dabob2

    Loved her, when I was a kid especially. Often credited as the first female stand-up to make it big, she was nonetheless always gracious enough to note that others had preceded her (especially Moms Mabley, who she cited as a huge influence), but just hadn't made it into the mainstream.

    I think I need to watch Mad Monster Party...
     
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    Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan

    For Disney fans, she can be heard in "A Bug's Life" as the ant queen.
     
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    Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan

    I just read that we lost William Windom too?<<

    Aw, dang. He was in so many made for TV movies through the years, but I remember his TV series "My World and Welcome To It" where he played a cartoonist.
     
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    Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan

    <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2_w_DnmZkA" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...w_DnmZkA</a>
     
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    Originally Posted By ecdc

    >>I think I need to watch Mad Monster Party...<<

    I know it's not exactly her best work, but I have this huge urge to watch Scooby Doo when she guest stars.
     
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    Originally Posted By SingleParkPassholder

    This book:

    <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Seriously-Funny-Rebel-Comedians-1950s/dp/0823047865" target="_blank">http://www.amazon.com/Seriousl...23047865</a>

    Has a good chapter on Diller.
     
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    Originally Posted By u k fan

    I love her episode of The Muppet Show!!!
     
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