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SENECA FALLS — A limited number of tickets to watch the induction of 10 American women into the National Women’s Hall of Fame will go on sale Jan. 16.

I was with Barry at the Rooty Hill RSL club for the very first appearance of the not-yet-knighted Les Patterson, the character he told me he most enjoyed playing because, as a long-time sober person, he could channel all of his many negativities into that dreadful drunkard. When Barry died in April last year, neither he nor I had touched a drink for 53 years

Enforcement of binary gender norms has led to unwanted medical interventions on intersex and cisgender children. Javier Valenzuela/EyeEm via Getty Images In 1976, a woman from Roanoke, Virginia, …

Playbill remembers the actors, directors, playwrights, and other familiar faces of the stage who died this year.

Matthew Perry, Tina Turner, Sinead OConnor, Sir Bobby Charlton, Paul OGrady, Barry Humphries, Mohamed Al Fayed, Burt Bacharach, Jeff Beck, Jerry Springer, David Crosby, S Club 7s Paul Cattermole, Martin Amis and Glenda Jackson were among the stars and notable figures who died in 2023.

ArtsHub salutes the lives and careers of the artists, performers and patrons who took their final curtain call in 2023.

Barry Humphries’ final send-off drew reflections from international celebrities, the prime minister and even King Charles III.

Australian entertainer Humphries - best known for his Dame Edna Everage persona - died in April.

Rock stars, royalty and Rupert Murdoch on Friday praised late Australian entertainer Barry Humphries, whose life was celebrated in a glitzy state memorial at the Sydney Opera House.Following the ceremony, the famed opera house -- where Everage famously warbled alongside the Sydney Symphony Orchestra -- will be lit up in the comedian's honour. 

Elton John, Rupert Murdoch and King Charles III paid tribute to Australian comedian Barry Humphries, whose character Dame Edna Everage earned him plaudits as one of the world's funniest persons, at a memorial service in Sydney on Friday. Thousands gathered at the Sydney Opera House on Friday to hear tributes to the famed comedian, who died aged 89 in April. Humphries was "one of the funniest people in the world," Elton John said in a video message which also praised his generosi...