RIP Barry Humphries - a funny man of his time

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Iconic Australian comedian Barry Humphries died over the weekend and I find it difficult to write about him and his work.

In terms of an entertainment career, Humphries was, quite simply, huge and over-sized in terms of his dominance as an Australian entertainment icon. When I think about growing up as a kid in the 80s, the giants I recognised as having…