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INSIDE DAME EDNA’S SECRET LIFE

When he was a little boy, Barry Humphries’ mother sternly told him not to draw attention to himself. Her floppy-haired, artistic son loved breaking the rules. But nobody could’ve guessed that a suburban misfit from Melbourne would go on to hog the global spotlight as superstar Dame Edna Everage and a host of other characters.

The world mourned when Barry – acclaimed comic, actor, writer and artist – died at Sydney’s St Vincent’s

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