Nothing taboo for Joan Rivers, queen of acid put-downs

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Nothing taboo for Joan Rivers, queen of acid put-downs

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/nothing-taboo-joan-rivers-queen-acid-put-downs-202918941.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/XZLBfO_KcFE9mciM8W94UQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2014-09-05T001536Z_1_LYNXMPEA84005_RTROPTP_2_PEOPLE-JOANRIVERS.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Flowers and mementos are pictured on the star of comedian Joan Rivers on the Walk of Fame in Hollywood" align="left" title="Flowers and mementos are pictured on the star of comedian Joan Rivers on the Walk of Fame in Hollywood" border="0" /></a>Joan Rivers, who became a comedic star with an act that was a mélange of insult, insecurity, over-the-top cattiness and a nothing-is-sacred philosophy, died on Thursday at the age of 81, her daughter Melissa Rivers said. Rivers, an outspoken advocate of the plastic surgery that gave her a preternaturally preserved appearance, died after suffering cardiac arrest during an outpatient procedure on her vocal cords on Aug. 28 at a clinic in New York that had left her on life support for several days. Although that is difficult to do right now, I know her final wish would be that we return to laughing soon,&quot; Melissa Rivers said in a statement announcing her passing. &quot;Can we talk?&quot; she would ask her audience in a husky New York accent before delivering a brutal put-down line, such as, &quot;Elizabeth Taylor's so fat she puts mayonnaise on her aspirin.&quot; When it came to getting a laugh or just being provocative, no topic was taboo for Rivers.</p><br clear="all"/>

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