Skip to content
News

Joan Rivers Dies at 81

joan rivers

Comedy lost another icon today. Joan Rivers, the first and only woman to host a non-cable late-night talk show, died today, September 4, at the age of 81. The news comes directly from her daughter Melissa.

The comedian and all-around entertainer had been receiving treatment at New York’s Mt. Sinai Hospital since last week, after going into cardiac arrest following an earlier outpatient procedure. She was later placed on life support and yesterday was taken out of the hospital’s Intensive Care Unit.

Rivers’ daytime series, The Joan Rivers Show, was host to many notable musical acts during its four-year run from 1989 to 1993, including Hüsker Dü, Beastie Boys, David Lee Roth, Duran Duran, the Bangles, and Whitney Houston. Rivers herself was nominated for a Grammy in 1984 for her comedy album What Becomes A Legend MostCheck out her daughter’s official statement as well as a roundup of Rivers’ most notable musical interactions over the years below.

Lance Bass

//www.youtube.com/embed/RNfht9mRXDI

RedFoo (of LMFAO)

//www.youtube.com/embed/Lt22uYCc1cU

LeAnn Rimes

//www.youtube.com/embed/N-MEE32fyx4

Belinda Carlisle

//www.youtube.com/embed/XpoG_p7UEzQ

Beastie Boys

//www.youtube.com/embed/eKefTuxettE?rel=0

Hüsker Dü

//www.youtube.com/embed/vefkvjcjNj8

GWAR

//www.youtube.com/embed/sWRKlNlRsgI

Elton John

//www.youtube.com/embed/meHPDf7ftI4

David Lee Roth

//www.youtube.com/embed/vkgX6Cu5dbQ

Duran Duran

//www.youtube.com/embed/gHU6TqMBP1A

The Bangles

//www.youtube.com/embed/Tst4WFxi1lY 

Donnie and Mark Wahlberg

 //www.youtube.com/embed/BuH7yIyy9-g?rel=0

The Go-Gos!

//www.youtube.com/embed/PkLy6r2lkJk?rel=0

The Cult

//www.youtube.com/embed/voQ6itEXJug

Cher

//www.youtube.com/embed/wPEpzTTYjVY 

James Brown

//www.youtube.com/embed/QRtsembLrpw?rel=0

Whitney Houston

//www.youtube.com/embed/ps7d4OiwfpU?rel=0

Wendy O. Williams and the Plasmatics

//www.youtube.com/embed/JPMgUZv4j58

Oingo Boingo

//www.youtube.com/embed/yaAebjoqiZs

Crowded House

//www.youtube.com/embed/t3XK8a3tLSk