business. and this is where you end up. joan s last years were some of her busiest. from celebrity apprentice. you re a piece of [ bleep ] and you re a stupid blonde. to fashion police. as i press, i hated it. it s something to wash the bird [ bleep ] off my car. one of hollywood s hardest workers proved that the only thing she didn t have time for was retirement. i will not retire, do you understand me? announcer: this special edition of nightline will be right back. good evening. tonight, tributes pouring in for a comic legend. joan rivers died in new york today at the age of 81. now, as the investigation begins into the exact cause of her death, we remember a comedienne who shattered the glass ceiling in a decades -long career, filled with equal parts comedy, controversy and cosmetic surgery. joan promised she would never retire. and tonight, she left us wanting more. tonight s show is like a pair of panties that is shared by christina hendrix and li
queen of caustic comedy has died at the age of 81 after an illustrious career that spanned five decades. she shattered a glass ceiling for female comedians who followed in her footsteps. and she may best be known for her resilience and her mul multigenerational appeal. here s abc s gloria riviera. it s like a pair of panties. reporter: it is hard to believe just ten days ago there she was, joan rivers on her own show delving out her own barbs. amber s dress was almost as tacky as amber s seat was when she got up at the end of the show. reporter: on thursday in new york joan rivers died after suffering cardiac arrest. her beloved daughter melissa telling the world my mother s greatest joy in life was to make people laugh, although that is difficult to do right now. born joan molinsky in brooklyn, rivers broke through on the john ny carson show barreling through the glass ceiling. what man wants to come home to find a wild-looking sexy wife saying hi ya, tiger?
second and ten. andrew corliss. cris: believe it or not, sherrod limping a little bit. for aaron rodgers, sometimes you realize your fate and get the heck out of here. but it s going to be a concern, no doubt about it. they re going to have to get some help over to the right side for a little while until they get this offensive line back together and healthy. al: on second and ten, it s dujuan harris. back to michelle. michelle: we saw eddie lacy leave to be evaluated for a concussion. it was ruled questionable. no further status on bryan bulaga. just out with a knee injury. al: at the snap here, we have come upon the two-minute warning. two minutes remaining tonight in a 20-point game. seattle looking like the reigning super bowl champions. al: this is thursday night. sunday night we will be in denver with peyton manning and the broncos on sunday night football with the guys getting it started on football night in america. cris and i with a preview look on what
dressing room and say e-w, fix yourself. there were talk shows, fashion shows, stand up. did she ever sit down. she loved it. loved it. comedy and family, they were her life. if it ended right now, amazing life. you ve been wonderful. we ve had a great ride together. those are moments we will never get again. if we didn t laugh, where the hell where we would all be. tonight, a tribute to joan rivers and all her zingers. hilarious to the end. i want my funeral to be a huge show biz affair. good evening, everybody. i m hoda. and i m kathy lee. we celebrate our friend, joan rivers. hoda brought out the only evening dress she owns. from her first appearance on the tonight night, right up to her last show just over a week ago she was everything we adored. she was outrageous and daring and crass. she was an original. she was also a comedy pioneer. tonight, we re going to take a lovely look back at the life and laughter of joan rivers. here s erica hill
medical clinic. rivers is known as the queen of the barbed one-liners. what are you wearing? get a ring, he s rich. angelina jolie s lips just exploded. i am the neighbor who says what you re thinking, that you go, oh, did you hear what she said? moments ago ukraine and pro-russian rebels have signed an agreement on a cease-fire in eastern ukraine. the final hours of the nato summit and a new round of russia could be announced today. leaders putting together an international coalition to confront isis. the third american diagnosed with ebola has arrived in nebraska. dr. rick sacra treated at the nebraska medical sgler. former governor of virginia bob mcdonnell and his wife were found guilty. the couple faces decades potentially behind bars. this fight is far from over. an active volcano lava threatening a rural community less than a mile away. the cobra that authorities desperately wanted to find in florida is caught. all that. there goes marsh