RIP: Joan Rivers has passed away
RIP: Joan Rivers has passed away
#1RIP: Joan Rivers has passed away
Posted: 9/4/14 at 3:08pm
Sad... 
Joan Rivers dead at 81
Updated On: 9/4/14 at 03:08 PM
finebydesign
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/17/07
#2RIP: Joan Rivers has passed away
Posted: 9/4/14 at 3:14pmFirst Elaine Stritch, now Joan Rivers... we're losing our old-school, tart-tongued funny ladies. Cloris Leachman & Betty White -- hold on!
wexy
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/19/05
#4RIP: Joan Rivers has passed away
Posted: 9/4/14 at 3:19pmRIP Ms.Rivers.
'Take me out tonight where's there's music and there's people and they're young and alive.'
dcat91
Swing Joined: 8/28/14
#5RIP: Joan Rivers has passed away
Posted: 9/4/14 at 3:20pmAwww bummer =( gonna miss seeing her on the red carpet
#6RIP: Joan Rivers has passed away
Posted: 9/4/14 at 3:26pm2014 has been a rough year for celebrity deaths. RIP Ms Rivers.
#7RIP: Joan Rivers has passed away
Posted: 9/4/14 at 3:26pmI can't believe that I watched her final Fashion Police after the Emmy Awards last week. This is such horrible news. Rest in Peace, Joan. You were one of a kind.
NewSynchopation
Stand-by Joined: 12/31/13
#8RIP: Joan Rivers has passed away
Posted: 9/4/14 at 3:27pmTruly tragic news. And to think people were making fun of her in the off-topic thread.
dreaming
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/24/09
#9RIP: Joan Rivers has passed away
Posted: 9/4/14 at 3:29pm
RIP, Joan.
Make the angels laugh, sweet lady!
#10RIP: Joan Rivers has passed away
Posted: 9/4/14 at 3:37pm81 years is a very full life, but it seemed Joan had enough vitality for twice that time span. May she rest in peace.
#11RIP: Joan Rivers has passed away
Posted: 9/4/14 at 3:40pmA fearless comedienne (who feared failure) and opened doors for female comics everywhere. Who probably would have a ton of sh$t to say about her own death in her act #RIPJoanRivers
Borstalboy
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/9/04
#12RIP: Joan Rivers has passed away
Posted: 9/4/14 at 3:48pmShe made me laugh and she made me groan but she was a trailblazer, for sure. Who knew we'd lose Robin Williams and Joan Rivers in a month's time? Rest in peace.
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#14RIP: Joan Rivers has passed away
Posted: 9/4/14 at 3:51pm
Loved Michael Urie's tweet "we weren't finished with you yet @Joan_rivers but thank you for it all"
Just. So. True.
mamaleh
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/11/04
#15RIP: Joan Rivers has passed away
Posted: 9/4/14 at 4:09pmShe was like my wise mother and my boisterous aunt, both long gone, rolled into one. I hate reality shows, but I made one exception--for Joan Rivers. I will miss her comedic genius very much. She was irreplaceable. May she rest in peace as a Woman of Valor. My condolences to her family.
#17RIP: Joan Rivers has passed away
Posted: 9/4/14 at 4:30pmI had convinced myself she was going to make it. So sad. RIP, funny lady.
#18RIP: Joan Rivers has passed away
Posted: 9/4/14 at 4:39pm
I was truly hoping she would pull through, she was bold, brash, outspoken and un-p.c. and I wouldn't have wanted her any other way.
R.I.P. Joan Rivers ~ you won't soon be forgotten!
#19RIP: Joan Rivers has passed away
Posted: 9/4/14 at 4:52pm
She said she wanted to keep working till the end, and that's what happened. She made me laugh--a LOT!
RIP Joan
#20RIP: Joan Rivers has passed away
Posted: 9/4/14 at 6:09pmShe was a true legend,"New Yorker", and such an important advocate of Broadway. RIP!
"I never had theatre producers run after me. Some people want to make more Broadway shows out of movies. But Elliot and I aren't going to do Batman: The Musical." - Julie Taymor 1999
#21RIP: Joan Rivers has passed away
Posted: 9/4/14 at 7:01pm
She was excellent on Theater Talk and held her own against Ben Brantley.
Speaking of which no doubt Michael Riedel will do one of his eulogy tomorrow in his column, seems he doesn't do scoops anymore.
#22RIP: Joan Rivers has passed away
Posted: 9/4/14 at 7:23pm
She was the best! She had the courage to make us laugh during times of intensity when no one else dared make a joke and brought us through it with laughter- which is the best medicine.
Miss Piggy and Joan Rivers working the makeup counter
Darreyl with an L!
Updated On: 9/4/14 at 07:23 PM
FindingNamo
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/22/03
#23RIP: Joan Rivers has passed away
Posted: 9/4/14 at 8:14pm
"Gays laugh at everything. Because they're stupid." -- Joan Rivers, Don't Start With Me
Made me think of you, darrey1102.
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#24RIP: Joan Rivers has passed away
Posted: 9/4/14 at 8:34pm
There can be no greater tribute to Miss Rivers and her work than the ongoing debate between PalJoey and FindingNamo on another thread. (Namo, I realize "tribute" may not have been your intention, but there is a kind of tribute implied by taking an artist so seriously and discussing her work with such intelligence.)
I found the exchange informative and provocative, just as Miss Rivers herself could sometimes be.
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