Barry Humphries remembered as an ‘interstellar’ talent at Sydney Opera House memorial service

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‘He loved to torment his audiences but it was from a place of love’, his son Rupert said of his father

Barry Humphries has been remembered as an “interstellar” talent by everyone from royalty to giants of the entertainment industry at a state memorial service at the Sydney Opera House.

In a written statement, King Charles III described the comedian as a cultured and erudite man who “poked and prodded us, exposed us to tensions, punctured pomposity, surfaced insecurities, but most of all made us laugh at ourselves”.

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