Editor's Note, August 20, 2012: Phyllis Diller died today at the age of 95. In 2007, Owen Edwards wrote about her joke cabinet in the Smithsonian collections as part of the Object at Hand ...

Whether you need something funny and inspirational for yourself or to send to a friend, this collection of funny inspirational quotes will have you laughing out loud. “A good rule to remember for life ...

For many years, Perry Diller had a standing Monday lunch date at the home of his mother, Phyllis Diller. She was an excellent cook — despite her many jokes to the contrary — but she liked to ...

Phyllis Diller, who lived In Webster Groves before her divorce from Sherwood Diller last September, now makes her home in Hollywood. In this interview she touches on her past, present and future.

The late Phyllis Diller was known as the first female comedian to perform as a solo standup act when it was a men-only profession.

Phyllis Diller, the housewife turned humorist who aimed some of her sharpest barbs at herself, punctuating her jokes with her trademark cackle, died Monday morning in her Los Angeles home ...

Comedian Phyllis Diller died Monday at the age of 95. Diller trademarks included a quirky wardrobe, a signature cackle and one-liners about a fictional husband, who she called "Fang." ...

Updated with video: Phyllis Diller, tart-tongued comedian with the machine-gun laugh, dies in Los Angeles at 95 ...

You will be able to make people laugh at things that others can't." When Phyllis died on last week, we lost a woman who paved the way not only for me but for just about all other female comedians.

Phyllis Diller was Joan Rivers' first mentor, and the two have been friends ever since. Rivers talks about how Diller paved the way for women in their industry.

Phyllis Diller taught us how to laugh at ourselves, writes columnist Regina Brett.