I couldn't resist sharing this rare opportunity with readers to catch a moment of show biz history. Comedienne Phyllis Diller, who will be 90 years old on July 17, is a guest tonight on "The Tonight ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Phyllis Diller had to cancel a "Tonight Show" appearance celebrating her 90th birthday because she fractured her back -- but the comedian still plans to celebrate. Diller "twisted ...

The braying laugh “was the real thing,” she said, “and I’ve had it all my life.” But nearly everything else about Phyllis Diller onstage was an affectation, almost a throwback to the vaudeville era: ...

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Comedienne Phyllis Diller, the former housewife whose raucous cackle and jokes about her own looks made her one of America's first female stand-up comedy stars, died in her ...

FILE--In this October 1969 file photo, Comedian Phyllis Diller poses for a portrait. Diller, the housewife turned humorist who aimed some of her sharpest barbs at herself, died Monday, Aug. 20, 2012, ...