PA : ` ` It was exactly the show Joan wanted -- hilarious , irreverent , '' Geraldo Rivera says . PA : ' ' Audra McDonald sings one of Rivers ' favorite songs , ` ` Smile '' Rivers , 81 , was arrested 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 , '' Geraldo Rivera says . NEW : Broadway star Audra McDonald sings one of Rivers ' favorite songs , `` Smile '' Rivers , 81 , was hospitalized after suffering cardiac and respiratory arrest at a clinic . She was on life support , and died Thursday .