<p>Joan Rivers, left, and her daughter, Melissa, from the TV Guide Channel on the red carpet for Oscar arrivals before the 77th annual Academy Awards in Los Angeles, Feb. 27, 2005.</p>
September 5, 2014
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September 5, 2014 9 p.m.
Comedian Rivers dies at 81
Joan Rivers, the raucous, acid-tongued comedian who crashed the male-dominated realm of late-night talk shows and turned Hollywood red carpets into danger zones for badly dressed celebrities, died Thursday. She was 81.