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Remembering Joan Rivers

The groundbreaking comic Joan Rivers died at age 81, after losing consciousness during vocal cord surgery last week. Rivers was an enormously successful, constantly working comic who paved the way for women in the comedy world.

By Kim Masters • Sep 4, 2014 • 3m Listen

Kim Masters and Michael Schneider remember Joan Rivers and listen to a clip of her interview on KCRW's The Business from 2010. At that time, Rivers was promoting the documentary Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work, which showed a tireless, irreverent performer, still working as a stand-up as well as writing books and hosting TV shows including E!'s Fashion Police. She died at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City.

Kim Masters
partner/writer at Puck News, host of KCRW's “The Business.”
Michael Schneider
Senior editor at Variety
Kaitlin Parker
Producer, 'The Business' and 'Hollywood Breakdown'

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Hollywood Breakdown

Remembering Joan Rivers

The groundbreaking comic Joan Rivers died at age 81, after losing consciousness during vocal cord surgery last week. Rivers was an enormously successful, constantly working comic who paved the way for women in the comedy world.

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Hollywood Breakdown

Remembering Joan Rivers

The groundbreaking comic Joan Rivers died at age 81, after losing consciousness during vocal cord surgery last week. Rivers was an enormously successful, constantly working comic who paved the way for women in the comedy world.

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