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Show business can be an addiction. ... An audience would laugh at me one night, and I would chase that high for another three months.

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Joan Rivers
Age: 81 †
Born: 1933
Born: June 8
Died: 2014
Died: September 4
Comedian
Film Actor
Film Director
Film Producer
Journalist
Screenwriter
Stage Actor
Television Actor
Television Personality
Brooklyn
New York
Joan Alexandra Molinsky
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Laugh
Shows
Hollywood
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Chase

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