Comedy Queen Phyllis Diller dies aged 95

Phyllis Diller, the housewife turned humorist who aimed some of her sharpest barbs at herself, died yesterday in her Los Angeles home aged 95.

“She died peacefully in her sleep and with a smile on her face,” her longtime manager, Milton Suchin, told The Associated Press.

Diller, who suffered a near-fatal heart attack in 1999, was found by her son, Perry Diller. The cause of death has not been released.