“Two years ago I couldn’t get a job. I was fired. My income dropped to 1/16th. It’s so sad my husband couldn’t be here. (committed suicide) You CAN turn things around” - Joan Rivers 1990

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Did he really?

Sadly he did in a hotel room

Yikes. That's terrible. Wow. You just added another layer of Joan's badassness for me.

Didn’t see quotes, thought you were talking about yourself, got real dark real fast

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