just heard the news

81 is a pretty good run. I watched a documentary on her last year. She was a work horse of a performer, and a total pro. No entourage.  She'd fly commercial into some small regional airport and be picked up by someone from the gig, usually a casino. Get her self ready, do the gig and hit the sack. Up the next day and rinse and repeat to a new gig. Her humor wasn't my thing in her last 15 years or so, but I did admire her attitude towards performing and being a pro.
 
Randy

I wasn't a big fan of the Fashion Police stuff, but I did still like her comedy when she was on the late-night talk show circuit.  RIP, Joan. 

Just heard from my Mom who was only talking about her last week after watching that Fashion Police show...  Seems like a lot of names from my childhood are going this year!

Weirdly enough, the girlfriend and I are going through every episode of Louis on Netflix for the first time, and tonight's episode was the one where he meets Joan Rivers in the casino. To be honest I'd forgotten how funny she was.