RIP: Joan Rivers has passed away

[jpbran]

RIP: Joan Rivers has passed away#1

Posted: 9/4/14 at 3:08pm

Sad...


Joan Rivers dead at 81 Updated On: 9/4/14 at 03:08 PM

[finebydesign]

RIP: Joan Rivers has passed away#2

Posted: 9/4/14 at 3:12pm

Gosh this is so sad.

[jpbran]

RIP: Joan Rivers has passed away#2

Posted: 9/4/14 at 3:14pm

First Elaine Stritch, now Joan Rivers... we're losing our old-school, tart-tongued funny ladies. Cloris Leachman & Betty White -- hold on!

[PalJoey]

RIP: Joan Rivers has passed away#3

Posted: 9/4/14 at 3:18pm

Rest in peace, sweet lady.

[wexy]

RIP: Joan Rivers has passed away#4

Posted: 9/4/14 at 3:19pm

RIP Ms.Rivers.

'Take me out tonight where's there's music and there's people and they're young and alive.'

[dcat91]

RIP: Joan Rivers has passed away#5

Posted: 9/4/14 at 3:20pm

Awww bummer =( gonna miss seeing her on the red carpet

[The Josh]

RIP: Joan Rivers has passed away#6

Posted: 9/4/14 at 3:26pm

2014 has been a rough year for celebrity deaths. RIP Ms Rivers.

[WithoutATrace]

RIP: Joan Rivers has passed away#7

Posted: 9/4/14 at 3:26pm

I 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]

RIP: Joan Rivers has passed away#8

Posted: 9/4/14 at 3:27pm

Truly tragic news. And to think people were making fun of her in the off-topic thread.

[dreaming]

RIP: Joan Rivers has passed away#9

Posted: 9/4/14 at 3:29pm

RIP, Joan.
Make the angels laugh, sweet lady!

[Gorlois]

RIP: Joan Rivers has passed away#10

Posted: 9/4/14 at 3:37pm

81 years is a very full life, but it seemed Joan had enough vitality for twice that time span. May she rest in peace.

[theatregeek6]

RIP: Joan Rivers has passed away#11

Posted: 9/4/14 at 3:40pm

A 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]

RIP: Joan Rivers has passed away#12

Posted: 9/4/14 at 3:48pm

She 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.

"Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in the world they've been given than to explore the power they have to change it. Impossible is not a fact. It's an opinion. Impossible is not a declaration. It's a dare. Impossible is potential. Impossible is temporary. Impossible is nothing.” ~ Muhammad Ali

[lovebwy]

RIP: Joan Rivers has passed away#13

Posted: 9/4/14 at 3:49pm

Goodnight, funny lady.

[theatregeek6]

RIP: Joan Rivers has passed away#14

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]

RIP: Joan Rivers has passed away#15

Posted: 9/4/14 at 4:09pm

She 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.

[ampi2]

RIP: Joan Rivers has passed away#16

Posted: 9/4/14 at 4:27pm

so sad, she was one of a kind

[Alix]

RIP: Joan Rivers has passed away#17

Posted: 9/4/14 at 4:30pm

I had convinced myself she was going to make it. So sad. RIP, funny lady.

[CarlosAlberto]

RIP: Joan Rivers has passed away#18

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!

[daisybeetle]

RIP: Joan Rivers has passed away#19

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

[emo_geek]

RIP: Joan Rivers has passed away#20

Posted: 9/4/14 at 6:09pm

She 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

[Phantom of London]

RIP: Joan Rivers has passed away#21

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.

[darreyl102]

RIP: Joan Rivers has passed away#22

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]

RIP: Joan Rivers has passed away#23

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.

Twitter @NamoInExile Instagram none

[GavestonPS]

RIP: Joan Rivers has passed away#24

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.