Suddenly she went missing. I told all the girls, yall be prepared. No one would be prepared for what came next. I was astonished. It wasnt an accident. Not natural. Not right. The most chilling part do you think that heather would still be alive if she hadnt gone through this transformation . Gosh. The motive behind it all. Im lester holt and this is dateline. Heres Andrea Canning with the last dance. Theres a place in downtown memphis, sneempttennessee. A hot spot not far from beale street. It they dont play the memphis blues in this club nchbl. In the sultry darkness of the rhumba room, bodies sway to the beat of latin sounds. In april 2013 a woman named Heather Jones came in with her friend to dance the night away wearing a brand new dress. How did she look that night . She had her head up so high and her shoulders back and just beaming, and she felt absolutely beautiful. Reporter there was a time not too long ago when heather didnt feel very beautiful at all. But on this evening, s
Suddenly she went missing. I told all the girls, yall be prepared. No one would be prepared for what came next. I was astonished. It wasnt an accident. Not natural. Not right. The most chilling part do you think that heather would still be alive if she hadnt gone through this transformation . Gosh. The motive behind it all. Im lester holt and this is dateline. Heres Andrea Canning with the last dance. Theres a place in downtown memphis, sneempttennessee. A hot spot not far from beale street. It they dont play the memphis blues in this club nchbl. In the sultry darkness of the rhumba room, bodies sway to the beat of latin sounds. In april 2013 a woman named Heather Jones came in with her friend to dance the night away wearing a brand new dress. How did she look that night . She had her head up so high and her shoulders back and just beaming, and she felt absolutely beautiful. Reporter there was a time not too long ago when heather didnt feel very beautiful at all. But on this evening, s
Reporter diane was surprised to see how fast the new couple of moving. Within weeks, heather and chris were living together. And not long after, diane noticed a change in her cousin. A big one. They got very involved in a lot of Online Gaming and some things like that. And so they had a very very sedentary lifestyle. So thats when she gained i would say, about 250 pounds. Reporter 250 pounds over how much time . Maybe a year and a half. I mean it was a very short amount of time. Reporter thats life changing. It was tough. Reporter did she seem depress good the weight gain . Absolutely. Yes. Reporter her cousin recalls chris said he didnt mind what size heather was. A few years into their relationship he asked heather to marry him. It seemed his love didnt waiver as the numbers on heathers scale only continued to rise after the birth of their two children. Did he make her feel good . Yes she felt beautiful. She felt loved. She felt wanted. She felt taken care of. Reporter chris also too
Was placed they are joan rivers star on the walk of fame in hollywood. I think if you cant laugh at everything youre in terrible trouble. I just think i am so tired of people saying, you cant laugh at that. Reporter true original joan rivers outspoken style blaze add trail for female comedians. On my wedding i said you shut that car door. Rivers got her start appearing on the to note show with johnny carson. Often reinventing herself she later pioneered modern daddy day red carpet coverage opening mocking celebrities and their clothinclothing. Her comedy was biting but many who worked with her remembered the comedian as gracious and generous. I represent i think i like to think all the women and then my real life to my real life. She continued performing her stand up routine until the very end doing a show before the day she went into cardiac arrest during routine throat procedure on august 28th. Her daughter melissa issue a statement that read in part my mothers greatest joy in life w
Kept us laughing. Good evening, im chris may. Im jessica dean. Tonight fans from here to hollywood are mourning the death of the often brash, always assertive comedy pioneer. This is new video of her daughter melissa arriving at rivers apartment in new york city. She was met there by a crowd of cameras and reporters. As the tributes pour in tonight authorities are now investigating the circumstances surrounding rivers cardiac arrest at a new york city city clinic. It didnt take long for the outpouring of love and remembrance to begin. By thursday afternoon a wreath was placed they are joan rivers star on the walk of fame in hollywood. I think if you cant laugh at everything youre in terrible trouble. I just think i am so tired of people saying, you cant laugh at that. Reporter true original joan rivers outspoken style blaze add trail for female comedians. On my wedding i said you shut that car door. Rivers got her start appearing on the to note show with johnny carson. Often reinventin