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.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Comedienne Phyllis Diller, the former housewife whose raucous cackle and jokes about her own looks made her one of America's first female stand-up comedy stars, died in her ...

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 ...