Packers in the first game of the nfl season. The Seattle Seahawks will win this one going away. Captioning funded by cbs this is the cbs morning news for friday, september 5th, 2014. Good morning. Good to be with you. Im annemarie green. Comedian joan rivers pulled no punches and she took no prisoners. Rivers is being remembered this morning as a trail blazing comic whose hard driving style got sharper with age. She died yesterday at the age of 81. Susan mcginnis is here in new york. Susan, good morning. Reporter good morning, annemarie. Joan rivers is being remembered as brash, selfdeprecating, and groundbreaking in her industry but most of all for being so funny. People around the country are paying tribute to joan rivers. David letterman remembered the standout comic during his late night show thursday. And talk about guts. She would come out here and sit in this chair and say some things that were unbelievable. The only child that i think i would have liked ever was helen keller be
The past. Of course, she does have many close personal ties. She traveled to the philadelphia area frequently years she was main stay at Atlantic City casinos. Her daughter Melissa Rivers is a penn graduate and tragically her husband ended his life inside a Center City Hotel in the mid 80s. She had plenty of friends here and, of course, we talk to many of those fans. I was very sad, you know, as a philadelphian, you know, i have a fondness for her. So sad. I mean, for someone that was s sos tiff in the industry, such like Robin William to have such a loss a positive person that made people laugh, you know, really made me sad. Reporter now, for the last 20 plus years, rivers appeared frequently on the Home Shopping network, qcv based out of west chester, pennsylvania, of course the ceo released this statement. We knew joan not only as an extraordinary comedian, writer, producer and Business Leader but also generous and caring spirit hooks inspired us to be better every day. Now, two com
Star. She would eventually become carsons permanent guest host but her career and life had a number of set backs. She helped launch the fox network in 1986 with late night talk show. Something carson considered a be be trail. They never spoke again. The show only lasted two seaso seasons. Months later edgar her husband and longtime producer committed suicide. Now for change of pace. In 1989, she returned to daytime tv with the joan rivers show when earned her an emmy and she garnered tony in many nation for portraying lenny bruces mother on broadway. I am grandmother. Hard to believe, huh . But she never stopped doing stand up and making headlines for her controversial comments about celebrities. Rivers frequently joked about her own love of cosmetic surgery. I am in love with it. She also launched a popular jewelry and clothing klein line and starred in several cable shows with her daughter melissa. My mother used to buy joan rivers will always be remembered as comic legend. She set t
Women in com did he in a way that will never be forgotten. Someone that vibrant i believe is always going to be with us. Tonight new questions surrounding her final procedure and the clinic now under investigation. Its a story still developing to night. Joan rivers passed away today at a manhattan hospital at age 81. It was one week ago that her heart stopped during what was supposed to be a routine medical procedure. G evening, im iain page. Im Lauren Johnson in for lucy noland. Rivers will be remembered for his feisty attitude during her five decades in the entertainment industry. These are all my jokes over the last 30 years. The daughter of russian immigrants born Joan Mel Lynn ski in Brooklyn New York in 1933. She worked odd jobs before changing her name to rivers and breaking into comedy in the early 60s. Welcome, please, joan rivers. Rivers gained National Attention in 1965 when she appeared on the tonight show starring johnny carson. He told her, youre going to be a star. She w
These are all my jokes over the last 30 years. The daughter of russian immigrants born Joan Mel Lynn ski in Brooklyn New York in 1933. She worked odd jobs before changing her name to rivers and breaking into comedy in the early 60s. Welcome, please, joan rivers. Rivers gained National Attention in 1965 when she appeared on the tonight show starring johnny carson. He told her, youre going to be a star. She would eventually become carsons permanent guest host. But her career and life had a number of set backs. She helped launch the fox network in 1986 with a late night talk show. Something carson considered a betrayal. They never spoke again. The show only lasted two seaso seasons. Months later, edgar her husband and longtime producer committed suicide. Now for a change of pace in 1989 she returned to daytime tv with the joan rivers show which earned her an emmy and she garnered a tony nomination for portraying lenny bruces mother on broadway. I am a grandmother. Hard to believe, huh . P