Carol Channing, Broadway star best known for ‘Hello, Dolly!’ performance, dies at 97

Carol Channing, the Broadway star best known for her enduring portrayal of the meddlesome matchmaker Dolly Gallagher Levi in the musical “Hello, Dolly!,” has died. She was 97.

Channing, who won three Tony Awards, including one for lifetime achievement, died of natural causes early Tuesday in Rancho…