Phyllis Diller obituary by Michael Coveney

Zany US comedian with a wise-cracking line in self-mockeryPhyllis Diller, who has died aged 95, was a raucous, zany comedian, with a special line in self-deprecation bordering on flat-out self-mockery. In old age she described herself as a sex symbol for men who don't give a damn, and she treasured Bob Hope's remark that she was so ugly that a peeping Tom once threw up on her windowsill.She patented this frank, outsp…

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