Phyllis Diller, the legendary comedian who pioneered the way for female comics, passed away this morning in her Los Angeles home at the age of 95. She starred in many comedy specials throughout the ’50s and ’60s alongside her friend, Bob Hope, and later starred in her own show, The Phyllis Diller Show paving the way for her personal protegee, Joan Rivers, and the such female comics today as Kristen Wigg, Tina Fey and Amy Poehler …