Phyllis Diller has died

[Cheap21]

Wasnt she like a 100 years old? Diller just kept ticking and going and always felt young at heart. RIP wherever she is. She'll be missed

Really? Wow. I was just joking. I didnt realize she was actually that old. I thought she was closer to 80

[OLTL_fan]

Very sad, RIP but she lived a very long life.

[DRW50]

I hope DaytimeFan sees this - this article has a fantastic picture of Phyllis with Joan Collins, Angie Dickinson, among others.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2191152/Groundbreaking-comedian-Phyllis-Diller-dead-95.html

[dragonflies]

Phyllis Diller in this eppy of 7th Heaven airing right now on GMC

[alphanguy74]

I still remember one of her best jokes, I was watching Hollywood Squares, I'd say it was around 1977 or 1978, and Phyllis was wearing this ENORMOUS brooch, it had like a giant garnet in the middle, and a bunch of rhinetones around it in a starburst pattern, probably 4 or 5 inches across... larger than life, just like she was. Peter Marshall said "Phyllis, what an amazing brooch your'e wearing this evening", or something to that effect. She pointed to it and said "You see this dial? You can turn it all night long, and the picture never gets any better".

[MissLlanviewPA]

I'll always remember her for this moment (at 2:10):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1i3o8R94VC0

This is good, too:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5QYyECnYIWM

[MrQuartermaine]

She might have been 95, but she was one of the few celebrities everyone thought would kind of be around forever.

I had the honor to meet Phyllis several years ago, and despite her age at the time, late 80's, she was sharp, funny, and she laughed that signature cackle of hers.

She will be much missed.

[Jonathan]

So funny reading Susan Lucci's facebook page. There are a few fans expressing their condolences thinking that PD was Susan Lucci's mother!

I like this one

Katt Sartin

Shame on you for never being proud of the fact that Phyllis Dillard was your mom...........never mentioning her..........sad...........my family and I loved her she was an inspiration and pioneer of woman.

[DRW50]

I have never understood that rumor.

[SFK]

Nether has Susan.

Robin always says that they should have done something fun together for charity.

There was also a rumor that Ruth Warrick was Susan and Robin's mom.

[dragonflies]

Seriously where did these rumors come from. I remember Susan addressing them years ago cause people kept saying Phyllis was her mother

[SFK]

I think it had a lot to do with the fact that there was no internet to varify such things and not everybody who watched the stories subscribed to soap magazines, so it was easy for a rumor to start and have life continuously breathed into it.

[dragonflies]

yeah but how did it originate, did they work together or something. What made people think this in the first place

[DRW50]

Snopes thinks it's because Phyllis was known for being a mess in her appearance and Susan was so glamorous, so it was started as a joke.