( CNN ) -- Joan Rivers is getting the `` Hollywood '' funeral she wanted , `` a huge showbiz affair with lights , camera and action . '' 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 . The highlight was Howard Stern 's vagina joke , Fox News correspondent Geraldo Rivera told CNN afterward . `` It was exactly the show Joan wanted -- hilarious , irreverent , '' Rivera said . Rivers , 81 , died Thursday in New York 's Mount Sinai Hospital , a week after she suffered cardiac and respiratory arrest during a medical procedure at a clinic . Joan Rivers : A pointed , pioneering comedian . She talked about her mortality and what she wanted at her `` showbiz '' funeral in her 2013 book , `` I Hate Everyone ... Starting With Me . '' She called for paparazzi and publicists `` making a scene '' outside the funeral , which she said should `` be Hollywood all the way . '' In fact , Fifth Avenue was lined with more television crews , live reporters and fans than would gather for most Hollywood premieres . Inside the temple , Rivers wanted entertainment . `` I do n't want some rabbi rambling on ; I want Meryl Streep crying , in five different accents . I do n't want a eulogy ; I want Bobby Vinton to pick up my head and sing 'Mr . Lonely . ' `` Instead of Vinton singing his 1964 hit , she had the New York Gay Men 's Chorus and a song list including show tunes such as `` That 's Entertainment , '' `` Nothing Like a Dame '' and `` What a Wonderful World . '' They closed with `` Big Spender . '' Joan Rivers : In her own words . Speakers included New York Post gossip columnist Cindy Adams , a longtime friend of Rivers , and `` Inside Edition '' host Deborah Norville . `` It was Joan all the way , '' with orchids filling the 2,000-seat sanctuary , Norville said after the funeral . `` You ca n't see the altar because there were so many flowers . '' A rabbi offered an opening prayer after the show tunes , followed by a songs from Broadway star Audra McDonald . People magazine reported that McDonald sang `` Smile , '' a favorite of Rivers . The song 's lyrics captured the feel of the service : `` Smile , though your heart is aching . Smile , even though it 's breaking . '' Actor Hugh Jackman sang `` Quiet Please , There 's a Lady on Stage , '' People reported . Rivers ' daughter , Melissa , read a letter she wrote in which she pretended to be her mother 's landlord . She said her mother was late on the rent and had torn down a wall without permission because she wanted more space . The service ended with the New York Police Department 's bagpipe band leading the procession out of the temple to the tunes of `` New York , New York , '' and `` Give My Regards to Broadway . '' Rivers wrote in her book that she wanted to `` look gorgeous , better dead than I do alive , '' dressed in a Valentino gown and with a Harry Winston-designed toe tag . `` And I want a wind machine so that even in the casket my hair is blowing just like Beyonce 's , '' she wrote . The raspy-voiced comedian was a household name . Brash and sassy , she poked fun at herself and the world in sometimes vicious , but witty , zingers . She was as quick-witted as she was sharp-tongued , saying things everyone may have been thinking , but few were brave enough to voice . `` My mother 's greatest joy in life was to make people laugh , '' her daughter said last week . `` Although that is difficult to do right now , I know her final wish would be that we return to laughing soon . '' Rivers had been on life support at Manhattan 's Mount Sinai Hospital , where she was transported after she stopped breathing at the Yorkville Endoscopy clinic on August 28 . Rivers was undergoing an apparently minor elective procedure at the clinic when she suffered cardiac and respiratory arrest , according to the New York Fire Department . Paramedics took her by ambulance to Mount Sinai Hospital , about a mile from the clinic , where she was initially listed in critical condition . The state health department is investigating whether there was any malpractice by the doctors or staff at Yorkville Endoscopy , according to New York law enforcement officials . No criminal investigations are currently under way in Rivers ' death , the officials said . The clinic has not responded to repeated calls from CNN about the state 's investigation . Share your memories . CNN 's David Shortell contributed to this report .
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 .