Goodbye
Joan Rivers Queen of Comedy:
Joan Alexandra Molinsky, born June 8th 1933.
She was better known as Joan Rivers. An actress, comedienne, writer, producer,
and television host. She was known for her stand-up comedy, her red carpet
interviews and especially for her co-hosting show the Fashion Police on E!. She
knew the ins and outs when it came to fashion and she definitely knew how to
describe an outfit, be it a bust or a success. She had a successful 50 years
career on stage and on TV. She was a feisty, out-spoken with no-hold-barred approach
kind of women. She was an inspiration to many comedians, be it female or other,
she was inspiring.
Joan first made her appearance on TV in 1965 as a
guest on The Tonight Show hosted by Johny Carson where he said “You're going to
be a star," and he was right. In 1986 she launched a late night talk show
by the name of, The Late Show with Joan Rivers. She was the first women to host
her own late night show on network television. She later went on to host a
successful daytime show, The Joan Rivers Show from 1989 to 1993. In 2010 she
began co-hosting the Fashion Police alongside Guiliana Rancic, Kelly Osbourne
and George Kotsiopoulos. She also authored 12 best-selling memoir and humor
books.
She was an advocate to several organisations such as
The American foundation of Suicide Prevention, Wounded Warriors, God’s Love we
Deliver, Guide Dogs for the blind and GLAAD. Rivers devoted much of her time to
philanthropy, including supporting and promoting HIV/AIDS activism.
On August 28, 2014, Rivers experienced serious
complications and stopped breathing during a routine surgical procedure on her
vocal cords at a clinic in Yorkville, Manhattan. She was taken to Mount Sinai
Hospital where she was put into a medically induced coma after reportedly
suffering cardiac arrest. On August 30, she was put on life support.
On September 1, 2014, Rivers' physicians had
reportedly begun trying to bring her out of the coma, and she was moved to a
private room on September 3, still without a prognosis. The following day,
September 4, Rivers died at 1:17 pm EDT. The exact cause of death was still
undetermined after two days, while more tests had been ordered.
Her funeral took place on September 7, 2014 at
Temple Emanu-El in Manhattan. The private ceremony was attended by numerous
public figures, talk show host Howard Stern delivered the eulogy. Stern
described Rivers as "brassy in public [and] classy in private ... a
troublemaker, trail blazer, pioneer for comics everywhere, ... [who] fought the
stereotypes that women can't be funny." (Source http://en.wikipedia.org/)
