Phyllis Diller Dead At 95: Pioneering TV Comedienne Passes Away At Los Angeles Home

English: Phyllis Diller. Picture taken at the her home in Brentwood, California, USA (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Phyllis Diller, who kicked down the door for a generation of women comedians by creating one of America’s first desperate housewives, died yesterday at her Los Angeles home.  She was 95.

She had been living at home in hospice care.  She had a heart attack in 1999 and TMZ reports she recently suffered a serious fall.

Diller made her reputation as a standup comedienne who costarred in 23 TV specials with Bob Hope and later had her own ABC show.

Joan Rivers, among others, has noted she did this at a time when the comedy field, unlike today, was male-dominated.

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Beloved Actor Andy Griffith Dies In NC At Age 86

Andy Griffith, Tony Award-nominated and Emmy Award-nominated American actor, producer, writer, director and Grammy Award-winning southern gospel singer. Image taken as President George W. Bush presents him the Presidential Medal of Freedom. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

 RALEIGH, NC. – It was all too easy to confuse Andy Griffith the actor with Sheriff Andy Taylor, his most famous character from “The Andy Griffith Show.”

After all, Griffith set his namesake show in a make-believe town based on his hometown of Mount Airy, N.C., and played his “aw, shucks” persona to such perfection that viewers easily believed the character and the man were one.

Griffith, 86, died Tuesday at his coastal home, Dare County Sheriff Doug Doughtie said in a statement.

“Mr. Griffith passed away this morning at his home peacefully and has been laid to rest on his beloved Roanoke Island,” Doughtie told The Associated Press, reading from a family statement.

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Conrad Murray Found Guilty In Death of Michael Jackson

The jury has just returned their verdict in the case of Conrad Murray.  Conrad Murray showed no emotion as the guilty verdict was read.  Conrad Murray has been found guilty of involuntary manslaughter in the death of Michael Joseph Jackson aka The King of Pop.