Remembering Joan Rivers
Memorial for Joan Rivers on the Marquee of the Gotham Comedy Club in New York City, Sept. 4, 2014.
Joan Rivers died on Sept. 4, 2014 after suffering respiratory and cardiac arrest during vocal cord surgery on Aug. 28, 2014.
Fans and friends pay their respects.
Los Angeles
A worker changes the marquee of the Improv comedy club to display a quote from the late comedian Joan Rivers on Sept. 4, 2014, in Los Angeles.
Los Angeles
Flowers placed on the Hollywood Walk of Fame Star for Joan Rivers are re-arranged as onlookers and the media gather in Hollywood on September 4, 2014, following news of the comedian's death in New York at the age of 81.
Los Angeles
Flowers are placed on the Hollywood Walk of Fame Star for Joan Rivers in Hollywood, Calif, Sept. 4, 2014, following news of the comedian's death in New York at the age of 81.
Los Angeles
Flowers and mementos are pictured on the star of comedian Joan Rivers on the Walk of Fame in Hollywood, Calif., Sept. 4, 2014.
Joan Rivers, the pioneering comedian known for her acerbic wit, classic put-downs and for asking "Can we talk?," died on Thursday at the age of 81 in a New York hospital a week after her heart stopped during an outpatient medical procedure.
Los Angeles
Television journalists report from the star of comedian Joan Rivers on the Walk of Fame in Hollywood, Calif., Sept. 4, 2014.
Los Angeles
A person walks by the marquee of The Laugh Factory comedy club put up in honor of comedian Joan Rivers in Los Angeles, Calif., Sept. 4, 2014.
New York
Flowers are placed on the ground in a makeshift memorial outside comedian Joan Rivers' former home following the news that the actress had died, in New York, Sept. 4, 2014.