Entertainment notables arrive for Joan Rivers funeral service
- 10 years ago
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Police set up barricades early on Sunday (September 7) as hundreds of fans gathered outside the New York temple where Joan Rivers, the outspoken comedian who became famous around the world for her acerbic wit, will be remembered in a private ceremony.
Rabbi Joshua M. Davidson will conduct the invitation-only service at Temple Emanu-El, a landmark synagogue on New York's Fifth Avenue where Rivers, 81, was a member of the congregation.
Fans, along with dozens of reporters, photographers and television crews watched as family, colleagues and friends of Rivers, who helped pave the road for women in comedy, began to arrive for the service.
Radio personality Howard Stern, comedian Whoopi Goldberg, fashion tycoon Carolina Herrera and actress Sarah Jessica Parker were among the first to arrive.
The sharp-tongued, Brooklyn-born comedian who jokingly wrote about wanting an elaborate funeral, died on Thursday at the New York hospital
Police set up barricades early on Sunday (September 7) as hundreds of fans gathered outside the New York temple where Joan Rivers, the outspoken comedian who became famous around the world for her acerbic wit, will be remembered in a private ceremony.
Rabbi Joshua M. Davidson will conduct the invitation-only service at Temple Emanu-El, a landmark synagogue on New York's Fifth Avenue where Rivers, 81, was a member of the congregation.
Fans, along with dozens of reporters, photographers and television crews watched as family, colleagues and friends of Rivers, who helped pave the road for women in comedy, began to arrive for the service.
Radio personality Howard Stern, comedian Whoopi Goldberg, fashion tycoon Carolina Herrera and actress Sarah Jessica Parker were among the first to arrive.
The sharp-tongued, Brooklyn-born comedian who jokingly wrote about wanting an elaborate funeral, died on Thursday at the New York hospital