Comedian Joan Rivers' Life in Photos

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Comedian Joan Rivers, known for her cutting putdowns and snappy one-liners, first became a household name in the 1960s.

Comedienne Joan Rivers with daughter Melissa as they leave Lenox Hill Hospital, Jan. 1968, where the baby, Joan's first, was born on January 20. Father is TV producer Edgar Rosenberg. (AP Photo) No SalesAP file

Sept. 4, 2014, 3:01 PM EDT / Updated Sept. 4, 2014, 4:05 PM EDT

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