Funeral will get Red Carpet treatment
Us Weekly reports there will be a crimson carpet for guests to walk before paying their final respects to Rivers during her Sunday funeral. The carpeting outside the Temple Emanu-El on the East Side will be buried with Rivers. Rivers is known for making fashion critiques of celebrities on red carpet Hollywood events.
Melissa Rivers spent 90 minutes inside the Frank E. Campbell Funeral Home on Friday working on the final arrangements. When asked how she is doing:
I’m all right.
Autopsy
The Medical Examiner’s Office completes the physical examination of Rivers body however, further information will be needed to determine exactly how she died. Medical Examiner’s Office:
We can’t find a clear cause and manner of death.
Joan Rivers dies at 81
Rivers dies peacefully at Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, surrounded by her family. Melissa Rivers:
It is with great sadness that I announce the death of my mother, Joan Rivers. She passed peacefully at 1:17pm surrounded by family and close friends. My son and I would like to thank the doctors, nurses, and staff of Mount Sinai Hospital for the amazing care they provided for my mother.
Cooper and I have found ourselves humbled by the outpouring of love, support, and prayers we have received from around the world. They have been heard and appreciated. My mother’s greatest joy in life was to make people laugh. Although that is difficult to do right now, I know her final wish would be that we return to laughing soon.
In induced coma
Rivers is in a medically-induced coma at St. Sinai Hospital in New York. Melissa Rivers:
Mom is resting comfortably.
Rushed to hospital in critical condition
Rivers is hospitalized after she stops breathing during throat surgery at Yorkville Endoscopy clinic on East 93rd Street, New York. She is rushed to Mount Sinai hospital after a 911 caller reports somebody in either cardiac or respiratory arrest. Her daughter, Melissa Rivers is by her side. Hospital spokesman Sid Dinsay:
This morning, Joan Rivers was taken to The Mount Sinai Hospital in New York, where she is being attended to. Her family wants to thank everybody for their outpouring of love and support. We will provide an update on her condition as it becomes available.
Edgar Rosenberg suicide age 62
Rosenberg, commits suicide in a hotel in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He overdoses on prescription medication. He has been suffering from clinical depression.
Why didn’t I pay attention to the signs? Why didn’t anybody? He was never really, really happy anymore.
Melissa Rivers born in New York
Melissa Warburg Rosenberg is born in Manhattan. She is the only child to Rosenberg and Joan Rivers. She takes her Mom’s stage name “Rivers” in 1990.
Rivers, Rosenberg marry
Rivers and Rosenberg marry. The two met while appearing on The Tonight Show.
It was a good match. We filled each other’s gaps like two pieces of a puzzle. I gave him warmth. He gave me style.
Rivers, Sanger marry
Rivers marrys Sanger, the son of a Bond Clothing Stores merchandise manager.
Rivers, Sanger marriage annulled
Rivers and Sanger’s marriage ends with annulment. Rivers ends the marriage when Sanger told her he did not want to have children.
he never had dinner cooked when I got home; he forgot little things, like getting out of bed in the morning; he was always lying there figuring out how to retire before he even started work.
Graduates College
Rivers graduates from Barnard College in New York City with a degree in English literature. She is a member of Phi Beta Kappa.