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Carol Channing, an absolute Broadway legend, has passed away at the age of 97.
The Tony Award-winning star of Broadway musical Hello Dolly! died Tuesday, January 15 at her home in Rancho Mirage, California of natural causes.
In a statement, her publicist Harlan Boll confirmed the news:
“It is with extreme heartache, that I have to announce the passing of an original Industry Pioneer, Legend and Icon – Miss Carol Channing. I admired her before I met her, and have loved her since the day she stepped … or fell rather … into my life. It is so very hard to see the final curtain lower on a woman who has been a daily part of my life for more than a third of it. We supported each other, cried with each other, argued with each other, but always ended up laughing with each other. Saying good-bye is one of the hardest things I have ever had to do, but I know that when I feel those uncontrollable urges to laugh at everything and/or nothing at all, it will be because she is with me, tickling my funny bone.”
Channing made her stage debut in Never Take No for an Answer. She found fame as Lorelei Lee in the Broadway musical Gentlemen Prefer Blondes in 1949.
For her role as Muzzy Van Hossmere in 1967’s movie musical Thoroughly Modern Millie, she won a Golden Globe and was nominated for an Academy Award.
She is survived by her son, Channing Carson.
