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Comedy legend Joan Rivers lived and died, unapologetically

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buzzz worthy. . . Joan Rivers died on Sept. 4, 2014. Joe Behar called Joan Rivers the anti-thesis to political correctness in a  Good Morning America interview a day after the legendary comedian died.   She said the comic felt that being "PC" (politically correct) was killing comedy.   Rivers would let nothing kill her passion, which was to enjoy the freedom to  speak her mind.  The first woman to host a late night talk show made a career in comedy taking shots at anyone with a name.  No individual or subject was safe from her brash wise cracks.  The zingers she  hurled at her targets hurt their feelings, embarrassed them beyond the moment, zapped their egos and left even them laughing helplessly.  Joan Rivers was one funny mean girl. Ironically, on the outside she was such a lady with a decidedly feminine fashion sense. But on the inside, a ship full of cursing sailors couldn't hold a candle to the New York born comic's untamed tongue...