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Joan Rivers taping 'Fashion Police' in New York on Feb. 14, 2012 (Dara Kushner / INFphoto.com)
Storified by CTVNews.ca· Thu, Sep 04 2014 23:22:55
Comic legend Joan Rivers died Thursday afternoon, a week after being rushed to hospital in critical condition following complications during surgery at an endoscopy clinic. She was 81 years old.Over her long career, Rivers worked as a trailblazing stand-up comic, a talk show host, and a red carpet fashion critic, but she always tried to make people laugh -- even if sometimes people thought her jokes went too far.
Here is what celebrities, particularly fellow comedians, had to say about Rivers:
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