I am watching a show that I have never seen before called, "How's You Get So Rich", hosted by Joan Rivers while reading the below article and I have to say it felt odd to look up and see her. She was so funny. (I just had to go back and delete the word IS to WAS.) http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/08/ar...773522000&_r=0
Looks like somber faces all around. Shock and grief. In a way it makes sense Joan went out this way, in "a blaze of glory," with all the shows she was doing, the new book. She probably would not have been one to get sick and wither away until the reaper finally showed up. Every time ger voice got froggy the thought crossed my mind of her going for surgical treatment and not making it. There was probably no way she was going to rest her voice either. Afterall... "Can we talk" , lol. God love Joan Rivers. I cant watch any reruns yet and still havent brought myself to download the new book. UGH. Its almost like losing a family member. I dont even want to watch any red carpets, thats how bad it is. I need chocolate!
Renowned Death Hag
I only watched Fashion Police because of Joan, it's not going to fly without her. She was the show.
Renowned Death Hag
I only knew her as some lady who insulted people based on their looks on the red carpet.
"Death has come to your little town, Sheriff." -Dr. Loomis
Anyone know what Joan wore in her casket?
Anyone have pictures of Joan in her casket?
Where is she going in Hollywood Forever???
Any estate details waft out of the envelope?
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Wasn't she cremated? If so, that would answer the casket questions.Originally Posted by Laffingrrl
YaY! Thanks CindyT
Renowned Death Hag
I thought Joan was going to come out of it. I was surprised to hear she had died. RIP.
I wasn't a huge fan but she did say some funny stuff. Sometimes I thought she was a little out of line but it was usually when she said something about someone I liked and I had a hard time being objective about.
This is one of those deaths that confuse me though. I think of ANS as more of an actress than I do Joan, and she is stuck down in the Other Deaths section, as are other comedians. Robin Williams was a major actor of course, in addition to being a comedian... I just don't always understand the criteria to be in this section or the other. I guess I Shouldn't worry about it though, not my job.
Renowned Death Hag
Yep...even before the funeral service so no casket.
Renowned Death Hag
a joke Howard Stern delivered at her eulogy
Joan’s pussy was so dry it was like a sponge - so that when she got in the bathtub – whooooosh – all the water would get absorbed in there! Joan said that if Whitney Houston had as dry a pussy as Joan’s, she would still be alive today.'"
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I am not Jewish but I have had good friends who are. Per Jewish tradition, the burial usually takes place within 24 hours of death and since I have seen a Jewish cemetery every head stone is pointed in one direction to the East, facing Israel.
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I had a love/hate thing for Joan. She said some very funny stuff; she also said things I thought were mean and vulgar. However, I did happen to (accidently) catch the episode of her on Celebrity Wife Swap this afternoon and thought it showed an interesting side to her. She treated Bristol Palin well and also did stuff with her grandson that she normally didn't do, then owned up to enjoying it. She certainly loved her work and was a busy woman right up till the end.
New development, it is really looking like the doctors effed up and killed her. The NY Daily News posted this tonight (longish article, I'm posting the pertinent section):
The routine surgical procedure Joan Rivers was supposed to undergo turned deadly when a doctor who arrived at the clinic with the legendary comic’s entourage performed an unplanned biopsy on her vocal cords, a medical source who was briefed on the case told The News.
Such a procedure is not supposed to be performed outside of a hospital, according to medical experts.
The Aug. 28 biopsy at Yorkville Endoscopy, an E. 93rd St. clinic that usually only deals with digestive issues, caused Rivers' vocal chords to seize — a condition doctors call a laryngospasm — cutting off her air supply, the source said.
“A biopsy like that should only be done in a hospital setting,” the source said.
“If she had been in a hospital when it happened, she might have been okay,” the source said.
Rivers’ doctor — who identified himself as an ear, nose and throat specialist — asked if he could use their instruments when the clinic’s doctor noticed "something" on Rivers’ vocal chords, according to the source.
“He asked and they let him,” the source said. “A huge no-no.”
The source added that the “Fashion Police” star had only signed off on an endoscopy — not the far more dangerous biopsy of her vocal chords.
A representative for Rivers declined to comment. A spokeswoman for Yorkville Endoscopy said she couldn’t comment because of patient confidentiality laws.
http://www.nydailynews.com/entertain...#ixzz3CseI9LjF
Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/entertain...#ixzz3CseEG8q6
Renowned Death Hag
I forgot I liked her show "Joan & Melissa". If ya bored, this YTer has the hard to find Season 1, the other seasons are all over YT:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZT...uQ2hUK-319OSIw
And I love love loved her docu, "Piece of Work". It's on Netflix and other places...even if you didn't like her, I think most will like this
http://www.netflix.com/WiMovie/70129...h-autocomplete
Renowned Death Hag
Although I think they screwed up royally, procedures like hers are done everyday in an "ambulatory surgical center", and that's what they were. Some ASCs do everything from dental to plastic surgery.
The biopsy? The endoscopy is performed in clinics often. The biopsy, it seems, is the one that is supposed to be performed in a hospital.
Renowned Death Hag
The biopsy thing has always scared the hell out of me. They open it up and spread it around.
Pallbearers had her casket on their shoulders and she was put into the hearse. Melissa stepped up and was said to kiss the coffin. Also, supposedly Cooper did too, but it wasn't on the vid I watched--whoever had the camera going was behind the open left-opening rear door. Probably better vids out now.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jr5xh0SjqFc
Ahhh! Was it an Open Casket service?
Last edited by Laffingrrl; 09-10-2014 at 01:48 PM. Reason: link added
Renowned Death Hag
Melissa is saying goodbye before the trip to the crematorium, a day or so before....no casket at actual funeral.
Renowned Death Hag
she was worth $150 million
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...ilet-seat.html
Death Hag Extraordinaire
"In a letter to her mom read at the funeral, Melissa teased about Joan posting photos of her friends frolicking topless in LA hot tub"
Need memory bleach now!
Stay in Drugs. Eat your School. Don't do Vegetables.
Wow
That dailymail article is hilarious... quotes from many different articles put together to make a "new" story - mostly speculation!
There's no way in hell she's worth 150 mil. No friggin way.
Death Hag Extraordinaire
Really? Is that in monopoly money or real money? Do they have rental caskets? I always thought they used a cardboard box since it was going to be burned.
Stay in Drugs. Eat your School. Don't do Vegetables.
I can absolutely believe she's worth that much. She's been working for years, successfully. She was working her ass off right up until the end, wrote 12 books, had a successful jewelry line, and bought her NYC apartment years and years ago and it must have multiplied exponentially in value. This woman was no dope.
Renowned Death Hag
Yep. I can definitely see it. Many years for investments and she was very well connected. She's lived quite the life and worked her ass off the whole time.
I am the king of all things stupid!
Renowned Death Hag
Yep plus all her other ventures...QVC for one was a multi million dollar business.
Renowned Death Hag
Doctor who performed procedure has been fired.
http://www.tmz.com/2014/09/12/joan-r...ic/?adid=hero2
Dr Lawrence Cohen
Lawrence Cohen, MD, is currently an Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine at The Mount Sinai School of Medicine. He graduated from Hahnemann Medical College with highest honors and completed his medical residency and fellowship training at The Mount Sinai Hospital.
Dr. Cohen’s primary research focus is gastrointestinal endoscopy and he lectures throughout the world on subjects ranging from colonoscopy and colorectal cancer screening to endoscopic sedation. He has authored more than 150 book chapters, articles and abstracts and serves on the editorial board or as a scientific reviewer for seven journals. His contributions to gastroenterology and expertise in the field have been recognized by his peers who selected him to be listed in Best Doctors in America, America’s Best Gastroenterologists and Top Doctors in New York.
Clinical Professor of Medicine
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
I'll bet he is as nervous as a long tailed cat in a room full of rocking chairs.
I bet he's sweatin like a hooker in church.
Renowned Death Hag
They are not directly blaming him for Joan's death...at least not yet.
Sedating an 81 year old would be a risk no matter who did it. I guess we'll wait and see what happens.
Renowned Death Hag
The media will be the first to tell us, as always. Do you think Melissa will file a wrongful death lawsuit ?
I don't know. I guess it depends on what an investigation brings out.
Renowned Death Hag
I can't even imagine...and to think I lose sleep over the silliest of things...Lol.
Death Hag
Isn't that the truth! And I bet Melissa's lawyers are busier than a cat covering shit on a marble floor.
"Never cut what you can untie"
-Joseph Joubert
LOL, you have a point there!
LLC, I hope your dreams are rocking chair free.
Renowned Death Hag
Dr Cohen had a previous malpractice suit. Similar circumstances.
http://pagesix.com/2014/09/12/rivers...203.1395969249
And the plot thickens.
Death Hag Extraordinaire
You two just used two of my go to sayings. Except I say whore in church. I wonder if they had to put on extra strong filters for all the toxic smoke that must have come off her getting burned?
Last edited by cleanskull; 09-14-2014 at 08:49 PM.
Stay in Drugs. Eat your School. Don't do Vegetables.
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death details
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...rt-attack.html
Renowned Death Hag
why is it so alarming that an 81 year old had a heart attack during a medical procedure? people are resigning and investigations are going on... she knew the risks.
Last edited by Jason; 09-15-2014 at 10:44 AM.
Renowned Death Hag
But it wasn't just a sudden heart attack...it was brought on by a medical procedure done incorrectly.
Renowned Death Hag
do they know this for a fact? what was the incorrect thing that they did?
It is suspected that a second procedure that Joan did not sign for was performed by an an unauthorized doctor, and that this second procedure, which should have been done in a hospital, caused her throat to seize up and cut off her air supply, which triggered her heart attack in addition to respiratory arrest.
This wasn't a heart attack that "just happened to an old person."
The doctor that performed the fatal procedure had also been sued for malpractice over a similar procedure.
Renowned Death Hag
ok, I guess when it's no longer suspected and considered fact I'll believe it.
Given that Joan did not have a history of heart attacks, I think it is obvious that the procedure killed her.
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