LOS ANGELES -- Phyllis Diller is hanging up her wigs and ending her road career as a purveyor of raucous one-liners that skewered fads, fancies, imaginary husband Fang and her own cosmetic surgery.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. For many years, Perry Diller had a standing Monday lunch date at the home of his mother, Phyllis Diller. She was an excellent cook ...

Phyllis Diller's husband “Fang,” the target of many of her lightning-fast and razor-sharp barbs, was fictional. Her hair, an outrageous fright wig that would have made the Bride of Frankenstein blush, ...

In the 1950s, when Diller started being funny for a living, there were no female standup comedians making it big. Some critics have said she... Comedy's Self-Deprecating Pioneer Phyllis Diller Dies A ...

If laughter really is the best medicine, then Diller helped dispense it for decades. The family said she died peacefully in her sleep in Los Angeles. "I adored her. She was a wondrous spirit who was ...