Comedian and actor Joan Rivers passed away at the age of 81 yesterday, after a lengthy stay in hospital.
Having risen to fame on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson in the 1960s, Rivers soon became a household name and was well known for her outspoken nature. Indeed, she famously once remarked: "I succeeded by saying what everyone else is thinking."
Her one-liners are legendary, and we've rounded up some of the best of the lot – including some of Rivers' thoughts on life after death.
- "I don't exercise. If God wanted us to bend over, he'd put diamonds on the floor."
- "With all the plastic surgery I've had I'm worried that when I die, God won't recognise me."
- "I have become my own version of an optimist. If I can't make it through one door, I'll go through another door - or I'll make a door. Something terrific will come no matter how dark the present."
- "The fashion magazines are suggesting that women wear clothes that are 'age appropriate.' For me that would be a shroud."
- "At my funeral, I want Meryl Streep crying in five different accents."
- "On my bucket list, my number one is: wake up. I'm not afraid of death. My father was a doctor, so I was around death all my life, I was very used to it...because he was a sh***y doctor."
- "We all mourn in our own way. I mourn with a great steak."
- "I've had so much plastic surgery, when I die, they'll donate my body to Tupperware."
- "I enjoy life when things are happening. I don't care if it's good things or bad things. That means you're alive. Things are happening."
- "The first time I see a jogger smiling, I'll consider it."
