# Joan Rivers has died \[updated thread title\] **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 28, 2014, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joan-rivers-has-died-updated-thread-title/696771 "2014-08-28T17:20:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2014, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joan-rivers-has-died-updated-thread-title/696771/41 "2014-08-30T03:01:57Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > Let me guess- her face finally snapped after all the cosmetic surgery? [Just like this.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PK8dsAeMmPk) (And yes, Joan would be the first to laugh, facial muscles permitting.) ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2014, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joan-rivers-has-died-updated-thread-title/696771/42 "2014-08-30T03:13:25Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Joan Rivers in critical condition > [@BrainGlutton](#): > > I see what you did there. I don’t. mmm ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2014, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joan-rivers-has-died-updated-thread-title/696771/43 "2014-08-30T03:19:22Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > I don’t. > mmm I didn’t do anything, but I think what they are saying is that “critical” is a funny word to use for Joan Rivers because criticizing and making fun is one of her main things. Especially her fashion criticism. ---
**Author:** ![rock\_party](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e19b73/32.png) [@rock\_party](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rock_party)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2014, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joan-rivers-has-died-updated-thread-title/696771/44 "2014-08-30T03:41:33Z")
Her schtick is being critical. She’s always in critical condition. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2014, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joan-rivers-has-died-updated-thread-title/696771/45 "2014-08-30T03:55:53Z")
Ah, thanks, now I get it. mmm ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2014, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joan-rivers-has-died-updated-thread-title/696771/46 "2014-08-30T14:17:22Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > My daughter’s text to me: Was she having plastic surgery? > Me: If she was and she passes, at least she died doing something she loved. _golf clap_ Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2014, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joan-rivers-has-died-updated-thread-title/696771/47 "2014-08-30T14:24:11Z")
> [@Shodan](#): > > _golf clap_ > > Regards, > Shodan The hell is a “golf clap”? A social disease one catches at the Country Club? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2014, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joan-rivers-has-died-updated-thread-title/696771/48 "2014-08-30T14:48:01Z")
A “golf clap” is the kind of subdued applause one would encounter at a golfing match. — [- YouTube](http://youtu.be/CP6v4T3VT7I) ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2014, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joan-rivers-has-died-updated-thread-title/696771/49 "2014-08-30T14:51:44Z")
> [@rock\_party](#): > > Her schtick is being critical. She’s always in critical condition. Is that not what I said? ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2014, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joan-rivers-has-died-updated-thread-title/696771/50 "2014-08-30T15:35:27Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > His Mama is Jewish, or she is not. > :rolleyes: Right, I guess there aren’t too many Jews in central Arkansas. The joke was that I was using a traditional American Jewish phrase\* to answer the question of whether someone who is clearly Jewish is Jewish. \*Comic example: [The Simpsons peer out the window of a bus as they drive through NYC. Bart sees three bearded Orthodox Jews standing on a street corner.] Bart: “Look! lt’s ZZ Top! You guys rock!” First Jewish man: “Eh, maybe a little.” ---
**Author:** ![Fiveroptic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiveroptic/32/8257_2.png) [@Fiveroptic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiveroptic)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2014, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joan-rivers-has-died-updated-thread-title/696771/51 "2014-08-31T20:27:07Z")
I fear that whether or not she comes out of this coma with intact brain function, her death warrant has pretty much been signed. I actually think she will be declared dead within the next ten days or so. But let’s say she comes out of it, and let’s say she has suffered no brain damage. She’s still 81 years old and this is obviously a HUGE deal, medically. If she were a younger person she might stand a chance but at her advanced age it’s more likely she’ll succumb to some other illness while she’s trying to recover from this one. If this isn’t the end, it’s certainly the beginning of it. Back in the day Joan Rivers was hilarious. I remember my roommate in college bought one of her comedy albums (maybe around 1984 or so) and the jacket had a picture of the Royal Family Wedding Photo from when Charles and Diana got married – and there was Joan, added into the picture, holding a blender with a bow on it. Cracked me right up, it did. From everything I’ve read and seen she’s very good to her friends and to her fans alike. I hope her death won’t be drawn out and protracted. That would be a cruel way to have it end for someone who was so energetic until this point. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2014, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joan-rivers-has-died-updated-thread-title/696771/52 "2014-08-31T20:32:20Z")
> [@Fiveroptic](#): > > I remember my roommate in college bought one of her comedy albums (maybe around 1984 or so) and the jacket had a picture of the Royal Family Wedding Photo from when Charles and Diana got married – and there was Joan, added into the picture, holding a blender with a bow on it. Cracked me right up, it did. [I had to find it](http://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/nwitimes.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/e/36/e36afc38-6763-520b-85d0-853c7643ddb1/4db9d9ce197ae.preview-620.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2014, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joan-rivers-has-died-updated-thread-title/696771/53 "2014-08-31T20:35:19Z")
A line of hers from an old, OLD routine that I use more frequently than I would like in my house with the old plumbing is: Don’t hit the rim! Don’t hit the rim! Yeah, that’s really old. I doubt anyone but me remembers it. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2014, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joan-rivers-has-died-updated-thread-title/696771/54 "2014-08-31T20:39:47Z")
Gee, Fiveroptic, make some positive waves! ---
**Author:** ![Fiveroptic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiveroptic/32/8257_2.png) [@Fiveroptic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiveroptic)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2014, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joan-rivers-has-died-updated-thread-title/696771/55 "2014-08-31T21:09:38Z")
Yeah, you’re right. I guess I just like to prepare for the worst. But man, I really do hope she can pull off something truly spectacular here – **Johnny L.A.** showed us exactly why. That picture is still cracking me up thirty years later. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2014, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joan-rivers-has-died-updated-thread-title/696771/56 "2014-09-01T11:33:40Z")
I’m reminded of one of her favorite jokes: “I’ve had so much plastic surgery, when I die, I’m donating my body to Tupperware.” ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2014, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joan-rivers-has-died-updated-thread-title/696771/57 "2014-09-03T19:24:57Z")
I’m guessing the family requested some private time with her. I feel so bad for her daughter. She’s got a tough decision to make. It’s never easy saying goodbye. > **[Joan Rivers moved to private room at hospital, daughter Melissa says](https://www.nydailynews.com/2014/09/03/joan-rivers-moved-to-private-room-at-hospital-daughter-melissa-says/)** > > Joan Rivers, after one week in the intensive care unit, was transferred Wednesday to a private room in an effort to ensure the comatose comedian’s comfort. The move was announced in a two-sen… > [@](#): > > Comatose comedienne Joan Rivers was shifted Wednesday from the intensive care unit to a private room at an Upper East Side hospital, her daughter announced. > > Melissa Rivers, in a two-sentence statement, offered no indication why the decision was made to move the “Fashion Police” star. > > Her mom, 81, has been kept alive by life support since the weekend. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2014, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joan-rivers-has-died-updated-thread-title/696771/58 "2014-09-03T19:32:07Z")
> **[Joan Rivers -- Out of Intensive Care, But No Sign of Improvement](https://www.tmz.com/2014/09/03/joan-rivers-out-of-intensive-care-melissa-statement/)** > > Joan Rivers has been moved out of intensive care -- but that does not necessarily mean her health has improved greatly. > [@](#): > > Melissa Rivers just released a very guarded update about her mother, saying … “My mother has been moved out of intensive care and into a private room where she is being kept comfortable.” > > It’s not a great sign that she’s been moved to a private room from intensive care – where she would be more closely monitored by doctors and nurses. > > As TMZ first reported … Joan has been on life support since being rushed to Mount Sinai hospital in NYC last Thursday. > > We don’t know if she’s still on life support. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2014, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joan-rivers-has-died-updated-thread-title/696771/59 "2014-09-03T19:38:46Z")
When we took Mama off life support, they put her in a private room and let me sit with her. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Diceman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Diceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diceman)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2014, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joan-rivers-has-died-updated-thread-title/696771/60 "2014-09-03T19:45:58Z")
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