Los Angeles (CNN) -- Comedian Phyllis Diller, known for her
self-deprecating humor, died "peacefully in her sleep" at her Los
Angeles home Monday morning, her manager told CNN. Diller was 95.
Her son, Perry, "found her with a smile on her
face," manager Milt Suchin said.
Diller's career as a stand-up comic, which she started at
age 37, skyrocketed in the 1960s, partly because of her many appearances with
Bob Hope on his television specials, USO tours and three movies.
She became a pop culture icon for her disparaging jokes
about her looks, her cooking and her fictitious husband "Fang." She
wore a blonde fright wig, held a long cigarette holder as a prop and laughed
with a loud cackle.
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