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SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australians have paid tribute to Barry Humphries, the comedian best known for his character Dame Edna Everage, as both a “one-of-a-kind” entertainer and a charming and intelligent man.<\/p>\n

The Sydney Morning Herald said Humphries died on Saturday at St Vincent\u2019s Hospital in Sydney, where he had been treated for various health issues. Humphries was 89.<\/p>\n

Humphries, born and raised in Melbourne, rose to fame in Britain in the 1970s playing a host of Australian caricatures including Dame Edna, repulsive drunk diplomat Les Patterson and Sandy Stone, a decrepit rambling senior.<\/p>\n

St Vincent\u2019s Hospital chaplain Martin Maunsell said he met Humphries when the comedian was being treated for a fall, describing him as “charming” and “intelligent”.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe was one of a kind,\u201d Maunsell said. \u201cI don\u2019t think we\u2019ll ever see someone like him ever again in Australia.\u201d<\/p>\n

In the beachside suburb of Coogee, Sydney resident Dani Kersh said Humphries was like a “complete ray of sunshine”.<\/p>\n

“He provided a good dose of comedy and humour and entertainment across Australia. What a legend,\u201d Kersh said.<\/p>\n

Another Sydneysider, Lucy Bloom, said it felt like the character of Dame Edna would never come to an end.<\/p>\n

\u201cDame Edna is a character you expect to live forever, so I was really, really shocked to see that we would have no more Dame Edna,” Bloom said “I met her in 2015 in San Francisco and will never forget.\u201d<\/p>\n

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese led the local tributes following Humphries’ death, calling him a “great wit, satirist, writer and an absolute one-of-kind”.<\/p>\n

“Barry Humphries entertained us through a galaxy of personas, from Dame Edna to Sandy Stone. But the brightest star in that galaxy was always Barry,” Albanese wrote on Twitter.<\/p>\n

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(Reporting by Jill Gralow, writing by Sam McKeith; Editing by Kim Coghill)<\/p>\n

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