Melissa Rivers and Joan Rivers

Joan Rivers: In this Oct. 30, 1986 file photo, talk show host Joan Rivers, right, talks with guest, first lady Nancy Reagan, during her appearance on "The Late Show Starring Joan Rivers," on Fox TV. The role of female talk-show hosts in late-night TV network history, all 50-plus years of it, can be summed up in two words: Joan Rivers. THE Enlarge Image , according to Winnipeg Free Press. LOS Calif. - On "The Ed Sullivan Show" in 1967, Joan Rivers joked about society double-standard for women. In this Aug. 13, 1975 photo released by the Las Vegas News Bureau, comedian Joan Rivers performs at the MGM in Las Vegas, Nev. Rivers, the raucous, acid-tongued comedian who crashed the male-dominated realm of late-night talk shows and turned Hollywood red carpets into danger zones for badly dressed celebrities, died Thursday, Sept. 4, 2014. She was 81. Rivers was hospitalized Aug. 28, after going into cardiac arrest at a doctor office. AP Photo/Las Vegas News Bureau Related Items Articles Canadian fashion observers remember 'fearles Rivers for red carpet commentary Celebrities reflect on Joan River life and contributions to comedy on her death at age 81 Ouch! 5 memorable zingers from Joan Rivers, who died Thursday at age 81 New York state health investigators look into Joan River case Enlarge Image TV personalities Joan Rivers, left, and daughter Melissa Rivers at the 2013 Matrix New York Women in Communications Awards. THE FILES (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.