Comedy club wants to honour comedian and native Ohioan Phyllis Diller with museum exhibit

LIMA, Ohio – A comedy club is trying to raise money to honour comedian Phyllis Diller with a museum exhibit in her northwest Ohio hometown.

Limaland Comedy hosted the third annual Lima’s Funniest Lady festival to help raise money for a permanent Phyllis Diller exhibit at the Allen County Museum.

Diller spent her childhood in Lima. Gina Chiappazzi of Limaland Comedy tells The Lima News (http://bit.ly/1NYxhCK) that the comedian who died in 2012 is an inspiration to women because she was one of the first to break into the male-dominated profession.

Allen County Museum director Patricia Smith says she would love to see a more elaborate Diller display at the museum.

The museum’s few Diller items include a dress, two paintings done by Diller and some publicity photos.

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Information from: The Lima News, http://www.limanews.com

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