Carol Channing, the saucer-eyed, gravelly voiced Broadway barnstormer whose offbeat personality and marquee value fueled such Golden Age musicals as Gentleman Prefer Blondes and Hello, Dolly!, has ...

Her career was chronicled in the 2012 documentary “Carol Channing: Larger Than Life.” Channing is survived by her son, Channing Lowe, and close family member Sylvia Long.

Carol Channing charms at Town Hall Q&A By Richard Johnson Published Jan. 22, 2014, 8:19 p.m. ET ...

Carol Channing, the raspy-voiced star who created two of Broadway’s unforgettable characters and songs, in “Hello, Dolly!” and “Gentlemen Prefer Blondes,” has died. She was 97.