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"Comedian and TV personality Joan Rivers passed away on Thursday at the age of 81 after several days on life support at Mount Sinai hospital\u00A0in New York City.\u00A0\nRivers, a Brooklyn native, got her start on the theater circuit \u2014 but her big break came on\u00A0The Tonight Show, where she often guest hosted\u00A0for Johnny Carson. She\u00A0was also a best-selling author and has made countless cameos in television shows and movies, most recently the host of E!'s Fashion Police. We have her to thank for the red carpet question, \"Who are you wearing?\"\nSee also: 10 Joan Rivers Quotes That Transcend Her Snark\nTake a look back through Joan's vivacious career through photos.\n\n\nJoan Rivers, a Bitchin' Life in Photos\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoan Rivers with Ed Sullivan on The Ed Sullivan Show on May 22, 1966.  \n\nImage: CBS/Getty Images\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoan Rivers tries to hail a cab while holding a wig in her hand in 1967.\n\nImage: Truman Moore/The LIFE Images Collection/Getty Images\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPosing for a portrait circa 1968 in New York City.\n\nImage: Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBeing interviewed by Johnny Carson.\n\nImage: NBC/NBCU Photo Bank/Getty Images\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWatching the loan papers she signed, putting her home up as collateral for money to finish a picture she directed, go up in flames in Beverly Hills, California, in 1978.\n\nImage: Lennox McLendon/Associated Press\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nActors Rodney Dangerfield and Dick Cavett with Joan Rivers in a scene from the film Portnoy's Complaint in 1971.\n\nImage: Arthur Schatz/The LIFE Images Collection/Getty Images\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nActor Gary Coleman with guest host Joan Rivers on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson in 1981.  \n\nImage: Joseph Del Valle/NBC/Getty Images\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPolitical comedian Mark Russell, musical guest Tony Orlando, fitness expert Richard Simmons and Rivers  on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson in 1981.  \n\nImage: Paul Drinkwater/NBC/Getty Images\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMary Gross as Miss Demena, Eddie Murphy as Dr. Bengo Angoora, and Joan Rivers as Sharon during the \"Caribbean Gyno\" skit on April 9, 1983.\n\nImage: Alan Singer/NBC/Getty Images\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEdgar Rosenberg and Joan Rivers in 1983.\n\nImage: The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOprah Winfrey during an interview with Joan Rivers on Jan. 27, 1986 on The Late Show Starring Joan Rivers.\n\nImage: Paul Drinkwater/NBC/Getty Images\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPerformers on the first episode of The Late Show Starring Joan Rivers with Joan Rivers on Oct. 9, 1986. From left: Elton John, Joan Rivers, Cher and Pee Wee Herman. \n\nImage: Galbraith/Associated Press\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoan Rivers and Dolly Parton during Sandy Gallin's Christmas Party on Dec. 18, 1988, in Beverly Hills.\n\nImage: Ron Galella/WireImage\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMelissa Rivers with her mother, Joan Rivers, on The Hollywood Walk of Fame on July 26, 1989 in California.\n\nImage: Ron Galella/WireImage/Getty Images\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCarol Alt and Joan Rivers in 1994.\n\nImage: The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMelissa Rivers getting her face touched up during the filming of Tears &amp; Laughter: The Joan &amp; Melissa Rivers Story in 1994.\n\nImage: Acey Harper/The LIFE Images Collection/Getty Images\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDoing embroidery while sitting on a couch during the filming of Tears &amp; Laughter: The Joan &amp; Melissa Rivers Story, an autobiographical TV drama about the suicide of her husband Edgar Rosenberg in 1994.\n\nImage: Acey Harper/The LIFE Images Collection/Getty Images\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWith her daughter Melissa Rivers and John Endicott on their wedding day, Dec. 12, 1998, in New York City.\n\nImage: Arnaldo Magnani/Getty Images\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWith her daughter Melissa Rivers at the Academy Awards in 2000.\n\nImage: Mirek Towski/DMI/The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAt the 11th Annual Race To Benefit God's Love, We Deliver in New York City on Nov. 21, 2004. \n\nImage: Gods Love We Deliver/Getty Images\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAt Live with Regis and Kelly at ABC in New York City in 2006.\n\nImage: Marcel Thomas/FilmMagic\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTina O'Brien, left, and Joan Rivers arrive at The British Academy Television Awards in 2007.\n\nImage: Chris Jackson/Getty Images\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoan Rivers and Robin Williams chat backstage at the Wimbledon Theatre after a charity performance on Nov. 12, 2008, in London.\n\nImage: Anwar Hussein Collection/WireImage/Getty Images\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nComedians Kathy Griffin with Joan Rivers onstage at the The Comedy Central Roast Of Joan Rivers on July 26, 2009 in Studio City, California. \n\nImage: Kevin Winter/Getty Images\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRiding a float down through Times Square in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City in 2010. \n\nImage: Charles Sykes/Associated Press\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVisiting The Talk in July 2014 on CBS.\n\nImage: Sonja Flemming/CBS/Getty Images\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOn the set of 'The Fashion Police' in 2014.\n\nImage:  E!\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOfficiating the wedding of William \"Jed\" Ryan (L) and Joseph Aiello at the Plaza Athenee on Aug. 15, 2014 in New York City.  \n\nImage: Michael Loccisano/Getty Images\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBONUS: The Best of Joan Rivers\n"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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