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Joan Rivers was an American comedian and television show host born in 1933 in Brooklyn, New York. Rivers first rose to fame as a guest on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson in 1965. She went on to host shows such as The Late Show, The Joan Rivers Show, Fashion Police, and Joan & Melissa: Joan Knows Best? Movies that she appeared in include The Swimmer, Serial Mom, Les Patterson Saves The World, and The Intern. In 1989, she earned a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Rivers also won a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Talk Show Host in 1990. She was married to James Sanger in 1955 and to producer Edgar Rosenberg from 1965 to 1987. Her daughter is television show host Melissa Rivers. In 2014, Rivers died in Manhattan, New York at the age of 81.

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4 Sep, 2014

Joan Rivers Memorial

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WWE.com posts tribute and memorial to Joan Rivers and thanks her for her work at Wrestlemania 2.

WWE is saddened to learn of the passing of iconic comedienne Joan Rivers, who participated in one of the earliest WrestleManias in 1986.

Could Never Stop Working

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In a CNN interview Rivers says she will never stop working.

When an interviewer asked her around her 80th birthday whether she planned to retire, there was no laughter in her voice as she replied, And do what? She gave her own epitaph before leaving the CNN interview, saying, I am put on earth to make people laugh.

3 Sep, 2014

Moves to private room

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Rivers moves from intensive care to a private room at Mt. Sanai Hospital in New York. Rivers remains on life support. River’s daughter Melissa Rivers:

My mother has been moved out of intensive care and into a private room where she is being kept comfortable. Thank you for your continued support.

2 Sep, 2014

Remains on life support

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Rivers remains in serious condition and on life support. Melissa Rivers:

On behalf of my mother and our family, we are extremely grateful for all the love and support we’ve received. At this time she does remain on life support. I know my mother would be overwhelmed by the continued outpouring of kindness and I want to thank everyone for keeping us in their prayers.

1 Sep, 2014

Family considers lawsuit

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It will take until Tuesday (Sept 2) to bring Rivers out of a medically induced coma. Melissa Rivers is considering suing the clinic due to possible lost motor skills that her mother will face. Source:

There is real concern that the part of the brain that controls motor skills may have been compromised, leaving her as either a vegetable or in a wheelchair.

30 Aug, 2014

On life support

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Rivers is on life support at a Manhattan hospital. Rivers’ daughter Melissa Rivers, other family and friends are with her. Sources say of Melissa Rivers:

She still thinks everything is going to be OK. She is refusing to admit that a world might exist without her mother in it.

29 Aug, 2014

In induced coma

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Rivers is in a medically-induced coma at St. Sinai Hospital in New York.  Melissa Rivers:

Mom is resting comfortably.

28 Aug, 2014

Doctor takes selfie

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While Rivers is under anesthesia, her personal (unnamed) doctor takes a selfie moments before she goes into cardiac arrest. Yorkville Endoscopy staff member:

The personal physician — who was not authorized to practice medicine at the private facility — paused to snap a self-portrait.

Unplanned biopsy

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A Yorkville Endoscopy doctor notices something on Rivers vocal cords, Rivers personal doctor arrives and asks to use the clinic’s tools to perform an unplanned biopsy. Medical experts:

If she had been in a hospital when it happened, she might have been OK.

Rushed to hospital in critical condition

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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.

Aug 2014

Banned from funeral

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Rivers tells the Sunday Times magazine that she will bans Michelle Obama, Adele and Handler from attending her funeral.

Obama is a tranny, Adele is fat, and Handler, is drunk and a w**re.

5 Aug, 2014

Joan Rivers interview

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Rivers guests on Late Night with Seth Meyers to promote her new book, Diary of a Mad Diva. She also talks about Anne Frank, her pregnancy struggles with her daughter Melissa, and being a grandmother.

He calls me “Nana Newface”, which I think is funny. What I do do, I take him every year to a summer school because the summer schools here in L.A. are pfft. We go to Grandma Week. Last year, we did 13 colonies, this year we did Italy and it’s amazing.

21 Jul, 2014

50th birthday tribute

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Celebrities and friends of Williams wish her a happy 50th birthday during a television public announcement. Birthday wishes came from Ice Cube, Dr. Phil, Joan Rivers, Katie Couric, Kristin Chenoweth, Ruben Studdard, Kathy Griffin, Cookie Monster and others.

5 Jul, 2014

Leaves interview

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An interview with CNN’s Fredericka Whitfield about Rivers’ book, Diary of a Mad Divatakes a wrong turn after a few negative questions regarding the book and Fashion Police. Rivers gets up to walk out of the camera’s view.

I’m going.  All you’ve done is negative … I’ve made people laugh for 50 years. I am put on earth to make people laugh. You are not the one to interview a person who does humor. Sorry.

1 Jul, 2014

Diary of a Mad Diva

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Screen Shot 2014-09-05 at 3.12.15 PMRivers publishes Diary of a Mad Diva, a satirical rift on diary writing. She lambasts Anne Frank and Sylvia Plath, as well as celebrities and royalty. Based on the premise that her daughter gave her a diary for Christmas, Rivers wonders “who the hell does Melissa think she is? That fat pig, Bridget Jones?”

Woke up not feeling well. I spent the entire day online on WebMD. … I can say with 100 percent certainty that I have pleurisy, tuberculosis, brain stem cancer or an enlarged prostate. I found a great cure for whatever ails you. God bless the Internet! A coffee enema. … The only negative: I can never go back to Starbucks.

24 Apr, 2014

Joan Rivers interview

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Williams interviews Joan Rivers and questions her on sex tape with Ray Jay.

Well first he [Ray Jay] is just the cutest thing going in the world. I wanted to do a sex tape. I wanted to call it Bridge Over Joan Rivers Size that would be a good one. The Bitches Of Madison County cause everybody is doing them [sex tapes] now.

Joan Rivers' Sex Tape!

14 Mar, 2014

Joan Rivers interview

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Seacrest interviews Rivers during On Air With Ryan Seacrest and questions her about her senior life crisis on her show Joan & Melissa Knows Best.

We better hurry because I’ve been a senior for so damn long! The girls are starting to call Melissa [answers the phone] and Melissa reads his emails. She’s a good mother.

17 Feb, 2014

$100 bet

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Fallon says he will win a $100 bet, with an unnamed friend from his past, if he ever hosts The Tonight Show. Moments later, Robert De Niro comes out and hands Fallon a $100 dollar bill, followed by Tina Fey, Joe Namath, Rudy Giuliani, Mariah Carey, Joan Rivers, Kim Kardashian, Seth Rogen, Mike Tyson, Lady Gaga, Lindsey Lohan, Tracy Morgan, and Sarah Jessica Parker. Stephen Colbert is last and dumps a bucket of pennies onto Fallon and his desk.

And to my buddy who said that I’d never be the host of The Tonight Show, and you know who you are, you owe me one hundred bucks, buddy.

Jimmy's $100 Tonight Show Bet

1 Feb, 2014

Joan, Melissa Rivers interview

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Williams interviews Joan and Melissa Rivers during an episode of The Wendy Williams Show and asks them questions about their family, the latest season of her show Joan & Melissa: Joan Knows Best, and why Joan kissed a woman. Joan:

You know why not try everything maybe at this age. A lot of my friends are gay and I thought lets see what happens. Also if I was with a woman I suddenly figured out I could double my wardrobe immediately.

Melissa:

It’s like unbelievable, how do you think I felt? I mean what am I going to do? First of all I find out after the fact and then its like, oh what do you say? I don’t want two moms and then Cooper, I’ve got to explain enough to that poor child. I have to go deal with this. They already think I’m crazy at the school.

4 Sep, 2013

Maxim Interview

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Rivers talks about winning The Celebrity Apprentice 2 and her relationship with Donald Trump:

Huge! Don’t ever underestimate him. I can’t even do a joke about him. So smart, so smart, so smart. He sold me the Brooklyn Bridge, and I’m still happy about it. He’s a genius showman. He’s in the category of P. T. Barnum.