Joan Rivers once joked that at her funeral she wanted “Meryl Streep crying in five different accents”.
Joan’s own funeral request was, “When I die, 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! 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 Beyoncé’s.”
The entertainment world is mourning Joan Rivers who passed away at age 81 in New York today.
Stars have been tweeting about the death of one of the funniest women of our generation since the news broke earlier today.
Ellen: Come on @Joan_Rivers The WORLD wants its ENCORE performance!!! #JoanRivers
Kathy Griffin: A legend, a friend, a mentor, an icon, and wildly funny. One of a kind. RIP #JoanRivers @joan_rivers
Bret Michaels: My deepest condolences to the family of @Joan_Rivers. She was a very funny lady and will be missed. #JoanRivers
Rob Schneider: #JoanRivers was thee trailblazer for ALL WOMEN COMICS WHO FOLLOWED!She proved a woman could be just as outrageous and as funny as the guys!
James Woods: #JoanRivers always teased me at every red carpet event. She was always right and always hysterical. She was a joy and I will miss her. RIP
Mandy Mooore: “RIP, #JoanRivers…. What a spirited force, trailblazer and beacon for all things funny. Such a loss”.
Debi Mazar “R.I.P #JoanRivers
My condolences 2 @MelRivers &her family.They wr blessed 2 have an amaz mother/daughter relationship.We have lost an icon:(“
This could possibly be Joan Rivers’ final joke ever, posted on her Twitter account on August 28. “A man reportedly got his finger bitten off at a Beyoncé concert! The shocking twist: It wasn’t Jay Z’s finger and it wasn’t by Solange”.
A man reportedly got his finger bitten off at a Beyoncé concert! The shocking twist: It wasn't Jay Z's finger and it wasn't by Solange.
— Joan Rivers (@Joan_Rivers) August 27, 2014
Joan Rivers interviewed David Lee Roth twice. Watch the interviews here:
