Broadway is mourning the loss of a bright light.
Carol Channing has died at the age of 97 according to her publicist, B Harlan Boll.
In a statement, Boll says Channing died of natural causes at just before 12:30 this morning at her home in California.
"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."
Channing won four Tonys, a Grammy, and a Golden Globe during the span of her career.