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"&lt;img alt=\"0820_phyllis_diller_article_tmz_5\" src=\"http://ll-media.tmz.com/2012/08/20/0820-phyllis-diller-article-tmz-11.jpg\" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Comedian &lt;strong&gt;Phyllis Diller&lt;/strong&gt; -- who paved the way for today's female comics -- died this morning, TMZ has learned.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sources close to Diller tell us the comedian died in her sleep at her L.A. home, surrounded by family. She was 95.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We're told Diller had recently fallen, hurting her wrist and hip -- but her rep says the injury had nothing to do with her death.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Diller suffered a heart attack in 1999 and was later fitted with a pacemaker.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Phyllis began her career all the way back in 1952 -- and rose to fame with her TV specials alongside Bob Hope in the 1960s.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;{{tmz_video_0}}"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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