Comedian Phyllis Diller -- who paved the way for today's female comics -- has died, TMZ has learned.

Sources close to Diller tell us the comedian died at her L.A. home, surrounded by family. She was 95.

We're told Diller had recently fallen, hurting her wrist and hip, and her health had been on the decline ever since. She had been living in hospice care at her home.

Diller suffered a heart attack in 1999 and was later fitted with a pacemaker.

Phyllis began her career all the way back in 1952 -- and rose to fame with her TV specials alongside Bob Hope in the 1960s.

Later that decade, Phyllis starred in her own show called "The Phyllis Diller Show" ... as well as a variety show called "The Beautiful Phyllis Diller Show." She was also a regular on "Laugh In."

She also posed for Playboy -- but the pics were never published.

Diller remained spunky to the very end, famously appearing in the 2005 movie "The Aristocrats," telling an x-rated joke ... better than comics half her age.

Joan Rivers recently appeared on "Watch What Happens Live" and said, Diller "broke the way for every woman comedian.”

Last time we shot Diller was in 2011, and she was still sharp as a tack -- cracking jokes and reminiscing about her "protegee" Joan Rivers. She even named her favorite comedian of all time.

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She was one of my favorites, remember seeing her on many shows when I was a kid. And she was Miss Poopenplatz in the horror flick The Boneyard. (which is where my mutant poodle pic is from)

Guess I was her only fan.

No indeed not. She brought laughter, to me for many years.

There is another thread also in News.

http://mingle2.com/topic/show/334694

there is another thread in the politics, current news and events that was started before this one. it only had a couple of posts as well. could be that younger folk don't remember Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
http://mingle2.com/topic/show/334694

So selfish.

RIP Phyllis!

I loved her sayings.




A bachelor is a guy who never made the same mistake once.
Phyllis Diller

A smile is a curve that sets everything straight.
Phyllis Diller

Aim high, and you won't shoot your foot off.
Phyllis Diller

Always be nice to your children because they are the ones who will choose your rest home.
Phyllis Diller

Any time three New Yorkers get into a cab without an argument, a bank has just been robbed.
Phyllis Diller

Best way to get rid of kitchen odors: Eat out.
Phyllis Diller

Burt Reynolds once asked me out. I was in his room.
Phyllis Diller

Cleaning your house while your kids are still growing up is like shoveling the walk before it stops snowing.
Phyllis Diller

His finest hour lasted a minute and a half.
Phyllis Diller

Housework can't kill you, but why take a chance?
Phyllis Diller



I admit, I have a tremendous sex drive. My boyfriend lives forty miles away.
Phyllis Diller

I asked the waiter, 'Is this milk fresh?' He said, 'Lady, three hours ago it was grass.'
Phyllis Diller

I buried a lot of my ironing in the back yard.
Phyllis Diller

I want my children to have all the things I couldn't afford. Then I want to move in with them.
Phyllis Diller

I'm eighteen years behind in my ironing.
Phyllis Diller

I've been asked to say a couple of words about my husband, Fang. How about short and cheap?
Phyllis Diller

If it weren't for baseball, many kids wouldn't know what a millionaire looked like.
Phyllis Diller

It's a good thing that beauty is only skin deep, or I'd be rotten to the core.
Phyllis Diller

Most children threaten at times to run away from home. This is the only thing that keeps some parents going.
Phyllis Diller

My cooking is so bad my kids thought Thanksgiving was to commemorate Pearl Harbor.
Phyllis Diller



My mother-in-law had a pain beneath her left breast. Turned out to be a trick knee.
Phyllis Diller

My photographs don't do me justice - they just look like me.
Phyllis Diller

My recipe for dealing with anger and frustration: set the kitchen timer for twenty minutes, cry, rant, and rave, and at the sound of the bell, simmer down and go about business as usual.
Phyllis Diller

Never go to bed mad. Stay up and fight.
Phyllis Diller

Old age is when the liver spots show through your gloves.
Phyllis Diller

Our dog died from licking our wedding picture.
Phyllis Diller

The only time I ever enjoyed ironing was the day I accidentally got gin in the steam iron.
Phyllis Diller

The real reason your pro tells you to keep your head down is so you can't see him laughing at you.
Phyllis Diller

The reason the pro tells you to keep your head down is so you can't see him laughing.
Phyllis Diller

The reason women don't play football is because 11 of them would never wear the same outfit in public.
Phyllis Diller



There's a new medical crisis. Doctors are reporting that many men are having allergic reactions to latex condoms. They say they cause severe swelling. So what's the problem?
Phyllis Diller

There's so little money in my bank account, my scenic checks show a ghetto.
Phyllis Diller

Tranquilizers work only if you follow the advice on the bottle - keep away from children.
Phyllis Diller

We spend the first twelve months of our children's lives teaching them to walk and talk and the next twelve telling them to sit down and shut up.
Phyllis Diller

What I don't like about office Christmas parties is looking for a job the next day.
Phyllis Diller

Whatever you may look like, marry a man your own age - as your beauty fades, so will his eyesight.
Phyllis Diller

You know you're old if they have discontinued your blood type.
Phyllis Diller

You know you're old if your walker has an airbag.
Phyllis Diller

Not to quibble, but I started mine first.

Diller also voiced the Monster's Mate in the 60's Rankin / Bass animated movie Mad Monster Party

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lep5hpCTltQ

fixed it

May God bless her soul. And may her soul rest in peace.