"When I die (and yes, Melissa, that day will come; and yes, Melissa, everything's in your name,)" Joan wrote, referencing her only child, daughter Melissa Rivers. "I want my funeral to be a huge showbiz affair with lights, cameras, action."
"I want Craft services, I want paparazzi and I want publicists making a scene!" she insisted. "I want it to be Hollywood all the way. I don't want some rabbi rambling on; I want Meryl Streep crying, in five different accents. I don't want a eulogy; I want Bobby Vinton to pick up my head and sing 'Mr. Lonely.' I want to look gorgeous, better dead than I do alive. I want to be buried in a Valentino gown and I want Harry Winston to make me a toe tag. And I want a wind machine so that even in the casket my hair is blowing just like Beyonce's."
Joan Rivers Wanted Paparazzi, Meryl Streep at Her "Showbiz" Funeral - Us Weekly
In the very beginning her act wasn't like that at all but Yes she died a caricature of a hateful bitch...Her whole gig was about putting others down, especially those who ended up successful in some way, as if she had a jealousy complex, which is most likely true....
Maybe trying to emulate Don Rickles, or did she start before him?
I think Joan Rivers would have appreciated a tasteless joke about her death. The only way to honour her memory is to dishonour her memory.
I think Joan Rivers would have appreciated a tasteless joke about her death. The only way to honour her memory is to dishonour her memory.
I was expecting this ever since I heard she went into medical distress during surgery.
To be honest, I was off and on with her comedy through the years (her sarcasm could be a bit too biting for my tastes sometimes), but her early stuff was great. She was quite the trailblazer for women comedians too. And I have to say I have always admired her for her strength after her husbands suicide. She lived a good 81 years, that's for sure.
RIP