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OT: Joan Rivers dead.

LeatherGryphonLeatherGryphon Posts: 11,505
edited September 2014 in The Commons

Not unexpected, but there was hope for a while.
http://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/celebrity/joan-rivers-comedy-pioneer-tv-host-dies-81-n191416

Brash, loud, insulting, but she made us laugh for decades.

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  • Jay_NOLAJay_NOLA Posts: 1,145
    edited December 1969

    News story link about her death.

    http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/joan-rivers-dead-81/story?id=25160389

  • kyoto kidkyoto kid Posts: 41,040
    edited December 1969

    ...just saw that myself.

    Also received notice from another forum.

  • ChoholeChohole Posts: 33,604
    edited December 1969

    2 threads merged

  • maraichmaraich Posts: 492
    edited December 1969

    This is terribly sad news.

  • Rashad CarterRashad Carter Posts: 1,799
    edited December 1969

    She was incredible. I'll never forget one of her most famous lines:

    "Elizabeth Taylor is so fat; her blood type is Ragu!"

    She was a comedy genius to say the least. She will be missed!!!!

  • SnowSultanSnowSultan Posts: 3,595
    edited December 1969

    It's always a tragedy when we lose a great talent, although she said something recently (which was not a joke and which I will not repeat here) that really changed my opinion of her. At least she lived a very productive and long life and brought happiness to many.

  • alexhcowleyalexhcowley Posts: 2,386
    edited December 1969

    We've just lost another giant of the entertainment industry.

    Alex.

  • LeatherGryphonLeatherGryphon Posts: 11,505
    edited December 1969

    She was famous for her self-deprecating humor. And she often made jokes about her plastic surgery. So I don't think she'd mind this obituary line especially after her botox treatments. "She was preceded in death by her face."

  • StratDragonStratDragon Posts: 3,167
    edited December 1969

    just watched her on an episode of Louie CK's show and she was so amazing.
    May the road rise to meet you Joan.

  • TimbalesTimbales Posts: 2,332
    edited December 1969

    Did you see that hospital gown they had her in? She wouldn't have been caught dead in that.

  • Dream CutterDream Cutter Posts: 1,222
    edited September 2014

    Thread should be titled .... "Can we talk"

    ...got a Hot flash so bad my dress caught fire!
    .....At my funeral I want all Hollywood. I want a wind machine that blows my hair in my coffin wilder than Beyoncé's on stage.

    (Render challenge!)

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  • TheWheelManTheWheelMan Posts: 1,014
    edited December 1969

    Dream Cutter said:
    Thread should be titled .... "Can we talk"

    ...got a Hot fash so bad my dress caught fire!
    .....At my funeral I want all hollywood. I want a wind machine that blows my hair in my coffin wilder than Beonce on stage.

    (Render challange!)

    She also wants Meryl Streep crying in five different accents.

  • RAMWolffRAMWolff Posts: 10,212
    edited December 1969

    Such a great lady gone from us now. Another living legend no more. I loved the last two posts with the JR lines. Fabulous! R.I.P. Joanie. We love you.

  • Miss BMiss B Posts: 3,071
    edited December 1969

    I read it in my NY Times eNewsletter this morning, and was sad. I had the great fortune of seeing her live many years ago, and laughed myself so silly my sides ached for 2 days. RIP Joan.

  • ghastlycomicghastlycomic Posts: 2,531
    edited December 1969

    On the plus side she died doing what she loved. Recovering from surgery.

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