The Fashion Police star has been left grief-stricken by the passing of
her sibling, lawyer Barbara Waxler, and has cancelled her 80th
birthday celebrations following the bereavement.
Rivers had planned a party for 300 people at the Metropolitan Club in
New York on Wednesday night to celebrate her reaching the milestone
age, but has postponed the bash, the New York Post newspaper reports.
Joan, who turns 80 on Saturday, has previously praised her family for
encouraging her sense of humour, particularly noting how comical her
sister was despite her high-pressure job.
'There is nothing I won't do'
"My father was a doctor and he was so funny people would laugh until
they died. And my sister is a lawyer but she has great humour. And my
grandson, Edgar, is funny and Melissa. You learn to see things
crooked. When the whole family laughs at funny things it makes a big
difference," Joan said.
The feisty comedian - real name Joan Alexandra Molinsky - has also
revealed she "can't afford" to stop working and admits she will do
anything to be in the limelight.
Joan, who has daughter Melissa with her late husband Edgar, added; "I
can't afford to stop. If I'm not working, money doesn't come in.
Barbra Streisand said 'I sit in the bathtub and I'm making money in
Hong Kong.' Well, I figured out that I get $7 a joke, but I love it.
"There is nothing I won't do for publicity. Humiliation does not exist
in my vocabulary. I never had the cushion to say, 'I won't do that.'"
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