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1. www.newyorker.com › magazine › 2015/02/23How Joan Rivers Got That Way - The New Yorker

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   Feb 16, 2015 · Rivers took that sexist bogeywoman and made it her own, raging at society from inside the stereotype: she was the Princess who did nothing but call herself ugly.

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3. www.marieclaire.co.uk › entertainment › peopleInside the turbulent life of the brilliant Joan Rivers ...

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   Jun 9, 2016 · Shockingly, in 1995, another financial disaster loomed when her business partner absconded with $37 million after floating her company, Joan Rivers Inc Worldwide. ‘I’ll work the rest of my...

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4. lithub.com › when-joan-rivers-finally-got-her-bigWhen Joan Rivers (Finally) Got Her Big Break - Literary Hub

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   Apr 8, 2022 · It was a tumultuous working relationship—the breezy, gentle Rollins and the volatile, emotionally needy Rivers—and it wouldn’t last long. But with his help she well and truly found her voice, her calling, during those years doggedly working on her act and, indeed, her very presence on the Downstairs stage.

5. www.nytimes.com › 2014/09/05 › artsJoan Rivers Could Never Stop Working - The New York Times

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   Sep 4, 2014 · Rivers could easily have batted them away. Instead, she let loose a rare flare of indignation over having to explain herself after 50 years in the business. “I don’t want to hear this nonsense ...

6. www.vanityfair.com › hollywood › 2016Joan Rivers’s Remarkable Rise to (and Devastating Fall from ...

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   Nov 3, 2016 · In May 1987 the First Lady of Comedy was fired from her job, and publicly humiliated. Her husband, Edgar — unable to bear his own failure as her manager and producer—killed himself. Their ...

7. www.npr.org › 2014/09/04 › 345279019Joan Rivers, An Enduring Comic Who Turned Tragedy Into ... - NPR

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   Sep 4, 2014 · But the fuss didn't stop her from working. In her 80s, Rivers still juggled concert performances, a TV show on fashion, an Internet show and promotion for her 12th book, Diary of a Mad...

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   Did Joan Rivers retire?

   • Joan Rivers never stopped working in comedy. From start to finish, she never stopped updating her act and always pushed the envelope. This article is from the archive of our partner. Joan Rivers, who sadly died today at age 81, started doing stand-up in the early 1960s and worked comedy clubs in Greenwich Village until she got her first break on The Tonight Show.

   Six Decades of Stand-Up That Show Joan Rivers' Enduring Genius

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   What did Joan Rivers say about show business?

   • Joan Rivers' attitude about show business was summed up in an appearance on comic Louis C.K.'s FX show, Louie, where she gave him a pep talk after a tough show. "Think it's been easy?" she said. "I have gone up, I've gone down; I've been bankrupt, I've been broke. But you do it.

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   What did Joan Rivers want?

   • “What’s the point?” she thought. Only a few months earlier, Joan Rivers had everything she ever wanted: fame and fortune, the job of her dreams, a loyal husband, a loving child, a lavish estate—and a future that beckoned with enticing possibilities.

   Joan Rivers’ Remarkable Rise to (and Devastating Fall from) Comedy’s

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   How did Joan Rivers transform bad times into comedy?

   • No one transformed bad times into sidesplitting comedy like Joan Rivers, who kept audiences laughing through a 50-year career that included bankruptcy, getting banned from The Tonight Show and seeing a husband commit suicide. She even built a standup routine around caring for a handicapped boyfriend.

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   How did Joan Rivers get on the Tonight Show?

   • “Joan said that here’s how she got on The Tonight Show: Bill Cosby was on as a guest, there was a comic on the show who died, and Bill leaned over to Johnny and said, ‘Joan Rivers could do better, why don’t you put her on?’ That never happened. Joan just wanted to associate herself with Bill’s comedy persona.

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   When did Joan Rivers become famous?

   • Although in 1986 she received a $15-million contract to host The late Show Starring Joan Rivers, making her the first woman to have her own late-night talk show on a major network, her supremacy was short-lived. Less than a year later, Joan was told by TV executives to tone down her style and ratings slumped.

   Inside the fascinating life of the unforgettable Joan Rivers

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9. www.theatlantic.com › culture › archiveSix Decades of Stand-Up That Show Joan Rivers' Enduring ...

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   Sep 4, 2014 · Rivers never stopped working (and if you haven't already, absolutely watch the great documentary A Piece of Work, streaming on Netflix, that gives some insight into what a creative force...