Joan Rivers was a comedienne, a pioneer, a fashion guru and a best-selling author. The 81-year-old cohost of E!'s "Fashion Police" was known for her sharp tongue, witty comments and celebrity jabs. Nothing was off topic for Rivers, including her own death.
On Thursday, Sept. 4, Rivers' daughter, Melissa Rivers, announced that the comedic legend had died after going into cardiac and respiratory arrest last week at a New York City clinic. According to Page Six, a funeral service for Rivers will be held at Emanu-El synagogue in Manhattan, but the comedienne had already mapped out how she wanted her memorial service, and of course the details are full of laughs and giggles.
In her 2013 book I Hate Everyone... Starting with Me, Rivers admitted that she "loves" funerals, calling them a "red carpet show for dead people," MTV reports.
"It's a chance for mourners from all walks of life to accessorize basic black," she wrote. "And to make a fashion statement that is bold enough to draw attention away from the bereaved, but subtle enough so that no one knows that it's happening. And it's a great way to have quiet fun."
Rivers also wrote about how she imagined her funeral would go: full of glitz and glam, paparazzi and Beyonce-inspired hair.
"When I die (and yes, Melissa, that day will come; and yes, Melissa, everything's in your name), I want my funeral to be a huge showbiz affair with lights, cameras, action... I want Craft services, I want paparazzi and I want publicists making a scene! I want it to be Hollywood all the way," Rivers joked, according to BuzzFeed.
"I don't want some rabbi rambling on; I want Meryl Streep crying, in five different accents. I don't want a eulogy; I want Bobby Vinton to pick up my head and sing 'Mr. Lonely,'" she continued. "I want to look gorgeous, better dead than I do alive. I want to be buried in a Valentino gown and I want Harry Wintson to make a toe tag."
And last but definitely not least: "I want a wind machine so that even in the casket my hair is blowing just like Beyonce's," Rivers declared.
