PHYLLIS DILLER DEAD

NationalEnquirer.com

Famed funnygirl PHYLLIS DILLER, 95, has died at her Los Angeles home.

Phyllis passed at her home at 930 AM her longtime manager Milt Suchin confirmed

“The world has lost a true trailblazer, a gracious and kind woman, beloved by all," Suchin said. “She died peacefully in her sleep with a smile on her face.”

But before she became a household name, Phyllis Ada Driver was born on July 17, 1917 in Lima, Ohio.

Diller toiled worked as a copywriter and journo by day but by night she morphed into the female Lenny Bruce in comedy clubs.

She was self-deprecating and loud as Diller flaunted her wild pre-punk hairstyle and lambasted her imaginary hubby Fang to the delight of TV audiences with her signature laugh HAW HAW HAW!

Phyllis first gained notoriety on Groucho Marx’s game show You Bet Your Life.  She traded bards with Groucho like a master and son  became a standard on game shows and late night chat fests including I've Got a SecretHollywood Squares and The Gong Show as well as frequent guest shots on NBC's Bob Hope Specials.

An early proponent of plastic surgery the un-PC Diller opened up to the media unlike other celebs of the era paving the way for the like of Joan Rivers and Chelsea Handler.

"It's a good thing that beauty is only skin deep, or I'd be rotten to the core," Diller once said.

And she was as a puppet character in Rankin-Bass classic Mad Monster Party.

In the late '90s Phyllis offered up some dish – Diller style on 7th Heaven and the soaper The Bold and the Beautiful.

In 2004, she released her final memoir Like a Lampshade in a Whorehouse.

"My own laugh is the real thing and I've had it all my life," Diller wrote.

"My father used to call me the laughing hyena. Like a yawn or a mood, it's infectious, and that's a great plus for a comic."

Adios, amiga.