Comedian Joan Rivers performs on “The Ed Sullivan Show” in 1966.
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Rivers performs in 1972.
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Rivers performs at the Millrun Playhouse Theater in the Round in Niles, Ill., in 1974.
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Rivers guest-hosts on “The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson” circa 1975-76.
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Rivers performs at the Millrun Playhouse Theater in the Round in 1976.
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Rivers performs with puppet Madame on “Laugh-In” in 1973.
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Rivers promotes her directorial debut, “Rabbit Test,” in 1978.
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Rivers poses for a glamour shot in the mid-1980s.
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Rivers shares a kiss with husband Edgar Rosenberg.
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Rivers poses with Miss Piggy for “The Muppets Take Manhattan” in 1984.
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Rivers makes a call on “The Late Show” in 1986.
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Rivers poses for a promotional photo in the late 1980s.
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Rivers stars alongside Bill Pullman, Daphne Zuniga and John Candy in “Spaceballs” in 1987.
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Rivers promotes “The Joan Rivers Show” in 1989.
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Rivers and daughter Melissa Rivers pose in a promotional photo for “Tears and Laughter: The Joan and Melissa Rivers Story [aka ‘Starting Again’]” in 1994.
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Rivers reports from the red carpet in the 1990s.
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Rivers plays herself on plastic surgery drama “Nip/Tuck” in 2004.
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Rivers dips her hands in cement for her induction to the Gleasons Walk of Stars in Miami on March 25, 2004.
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Rivers crosses the finish line at the 11th annual Race to Benefit God’s Love We Deliver at Central Park on Nov. 21, 2004.
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Rivers promotes her TV Land series “How’d You Get So Rich” in New York on Aug. 4, 2009.
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Rivers reacts onstage to her Comedy Central Roast on July 26, 2009, in Studio City, Calif.
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Rivers stars in “A Piece of Work” in 2010.
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Rivers attends the Tribeca Film Festival portrait studio in 2010.
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Rivers and fellow comedian Sarah Silverman present at the Critics’ Choice Movie Awards in Los Angeles on Jan. 14, 2011.
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Rivers poses with fellow “Fashion Police” officer Kelly Osbourne on Feb. 14, 2012, during New York Fashion Week.
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Joan Rivers attends the opening of “Kinky Boots” on Broadway at the Hirschfield Theatre in 2013.
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Joan Rivers, her daughter, Melissa, and Melissa’s son, Cooper, appear on ABC’s “Celebrity Wife Swap” in 2013.
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Joan Rivers (L) and Kathy Griffin
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Rivers poses with daughter Melissa Rivers in Hollywood on July 31, 2013, at the VH1 Do Something Awards.
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Rivers bonds with Kris Jenner on “Fashion Police” in 2013.
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Rivers signs copies of “Diary of a Mad Diva” in Ridgewood, N.J., on July 1.
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