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. Read These Next Now we know why Ghislaine Maxwell may have opened up to the DOJ. South Park episode on Trump may be a real 'mess' for him. Trump isn't talking about a Ghislaine Maxwell pardon. The sheriff says he's never seen a worse case of child sex abuse. Report an error