Death of Joan Rivers

      As many people know, Joan Rivers, beloved actress, comedian and TV host passed away recently. Joan was most widely known today for the television show that she hosted with her daughter Melissa called Fashion Police. Joan Rivers died on August 28, 2014 when she underwent a simple throat surgery that came with complications that led to her stopping breathing during the surgery and after she went through cardiac arrest. After the stress of the throat surgery and the cardiac arrest, Joan was put into a medically induced coma and later was put on life support on August 30, 2014. From there, Joan's family made the decision to remove her from life support, ending her life.
      Joan Rivers started her long lived career in 1950 when she appeared in a short play called Driftwood where she was a lesbian with a strong crush on another female lead played by Barbra Streisand. The play ran for 6 week and after, Joan performed at a number of comedy clubs all throughout 1960. Joan later began her first talk show, "That Show with Joan Rivers." After the short lived show ended, she came out with her first 2 comedy albums.
      In the 1970's, Joan Rivers began to appear all over in various TV comedy and variety shows. She also wrote and directed 2 comedies during that year. In 1986, Joan had her biggest break when the Fox Television Network told her that they were going to give her her own late night talk show, making her the first woman to have her own late night talk show on a major network. After the failure of this show, Joan continued to appear in multiple other talk shows and even tried to start her own talk show only to have it once again fail. After the failure of her multiple television shows, Joan switched roles and began to host award shows which then exposed her to many opportunities that she is really known for now. After guest starring in many shows, Joan got a show with weTV, "Joan and Melissa, Joan Knows Best" that covered her move to California to be closer to family and then she also landed her role as a cohost on Fashion Police.
      Joan is survived by her daughter Melissa, grandson Cooper and her thousands of fans around the world that she acquired over the years. Joan Rivers was an extraordinary actress, comedian, TV host and woman and will be dearly missed by people all over.