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Born in Melbourne, he was the son of a well-to-do builder who persuaded his parents to buy him an assortment of theatrical costumes to play dress up in.
Barry Humphries, the comedian best known for his character Dame Edna Everage who blossomed from an Australian suburban housewife into a self-described gigastar, died on Saturday. He was 89.
The Sydney Morning Herald said Humphries died at St Vincentβs Hospital in Sydney, where he had been treated for various health issues.
Japanese Defense Minister Yasukazu Hamada has instructed the country’s Self-Defense Forces to be at enhanced readiness over a possible launch of a rocket carrying North Korea’s first military reconnaissance satellite over the Japanese territory, a Japanese news agency reported on Saturday, citing government sources.
Earlier in the week, the North Korean state-run news agency said that the country’s leader Kim Jong-un had ordered the country’s first military reconnaissance satellite, which had been already completed, to be launched on a carrier rocket at the planned date. The news agency provided no details regarding the exact date of the launch.
