Two Legends:  Phyllis Diller and Buddy Hackett

LOS ANGELES — Phyllis Diller — the housewife turned humorist who aimed some of her sharpest barbs at herself, punctuating her jokes with her trademark cackle — died Monday morning in her Los Angeles home at age 95.

‘‘She died peacefully in her sleep and with a smile on her face,’’ said her longtime manager, Milton Suchin.

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