This person died in 2014 at age 81. In the 1960s, she joined the Chicago-based Second City comedy troupe. She was one of America’s first successful female stand-up comics in a tradition that had been almost exclusively male. In 2010 she became a star of the E! show “Fashion Police.” Today’s dead celebrity is Joan Rivers.  Famous & Gravy is created and co-hosted by Amit Kapoor and Michael Osborne. This episode was produced by Jacob Weiss. For updates on the show, please sign up for our mailing list at famousandgravy.com. Also, play our mobile quiz app at deadoraliveapp.com Transcript of this episode New York Times Obituary for Joan Rivers Famous & Gravy official website Dead or Alive Quiz Game Follow our show on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn HPB.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices