10:40AM Clem Bastow | Even though he’s more or less deserted us for the bright lights of Broadway and London (though at least he still makes his trade on being “Australian”™, unlike that perpetually mid-Atlantic Clive James – but we love him, too), we’ll always love Barry Humphries, so we were concerned to see that dear old Baz is somewhat
under the weather following an operation he underwent before Christmas:
The Aussie star – better known as Dame Edna Everage – had his appendix out in December.
The 73-year-old, has been forced to cancel a US tour as well as his only British-scheduled appearance in Glasgow in March.
A spokesman for the Glasgow International Comedy Festival said: “He’s going in for more surgery this week.”
He’s 73! The mind boggles – somehow he’s been stuck in our minds, hovering eternally around 55 or so.
We’d like to send our warmest get well wishes to gramps! Someone arrange some Interflora gladioli on our behalf, that’s a good readership.
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