Celebrity / Joan Rivers Joan Rivers, in Photos Comedian is dead at 81 By Newser Editors and Wire Services Posted Sep 4, 2014 3:04 PM CDT Copied Joan Rivers on April 12, 1965, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Dan Grossi, File) See 11 more photos The AP provides a look at Joan Rivers over the years in these images. The groundbreaking comedian died today at age 81. (More Joan Rivers stories.) Report an error This undated image released by NBC shows Joan Rivers and Johnny Carson. (AP Photo/NBC) Oct. 30, 1986: Joan Rivers, right, interviews Nancy Reagan on 'The Late Show Starring Joan Rivers.' (AP Photo, Reed Saxon, File) In this Aug. 13, 1975, photo released by the Las Vegas News Bureau, Joan Rivers performs at the MGM in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Las Vegas News Bureau) May 16, 1987: Joan Rivers, center, with her husband Edgar Rosenberg and daughter Melissa at Fox Broadcasting Studios in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Robert Galbraith, File) July 26, 1989: Joan Rivers poses next to her star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. (AP Photo/Doug Sheridan, File) Joan Rivers on Oct. 5, 2009. (AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau, File) In this Aug. 15, 1989, photo, Joan Rivers announces that she is starting a new syndicated talk show, 'The Joan Rivers Show,' in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Nick Ut, File) With daughter Melissa on April 30, 2012. (AP Photo/Evan Agostini, file) In this 2012 photo provided by Bravo, Joan Rivers appears on the 'Watch What Happens Live' show in New York. (AP Photo/Bravo, Peter Kramer, File) In this photo provided by NBC, Jimmy Fallon appears with Joan Rivers during his "The Tonight Show" debut on Feb. 17, 2014. (AP Photo/NBC, Lloyd Bishop) In this Nov. 11, 1969, photo released by the Las Vegas News Bureau, Joan Rivers performs at the Riviera Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Las Vegas News Bureau)