NEW : `` It was exactly the show Joan wanted -- hilarious , irreverent , '' Rivers says . NEW : Kathy Griffin , Sarah Jessica Parker , Whoopi Goldberg , Donald Trump , Diane Sawyer , Barbara Walters and Joy Behar were among the A-list to D-list celebrity friends seen arriving for the private service inside Manhattan 's Temple Emanu-El Sunday . Fifth Avenue star Audra McDonald sings five of Geraldo Rivera ' favorite songs , `` , was hospitalized after suffering cardiac and respiratory arrest at a clinic . She was on life support , and died Thursday .
NEW : `` It was exactly the show Joan wanted -- hilarious , irreverent , '' Rivers says . NEW : Fifth Avenue star Audra McDonald sings five of Geraldo Rivera ' favorite songs , `` , was hospitalized after suffering cardiac and respiratory arrest at a clinic . She was on life support , and died Thursday .