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# Watch Conan O’Brien's Moving Tribute to Joan Rivers

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## Video: Late-Night Highlight: Jimmy Fallon And Other Show Hosts Remember Joan Rivers

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_Published 2014-09-05. Joan Rivers passed away Thursday. Late-night hosts all paid tribute to the comedian._


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Sep 5, 2014 12:33 PM UTC

After hearing news of Joan Rivers’ death Thursday, late-night host Conan O’Brien reminisced about the influence the comic icon had on American culture when he was a child.

“Joan Rivers would fill in for Johnny Carson and when she did it was an event,” O’Brien said. “Everybody in the country would talk about it the next day. Media is so fractured now. There’s so many thousands of different shows and people competing for attention, it’s hard to explain to people today what an event that was.”

[Rivers](http://time.com/3270645/joan-rivers-dead-one-liners/) died Thursday at 81 due to complications following throat surgery. Her career as a comedian spanned six decades and paved a fresh path for female comics in an era when the comedy scene was even more dominated by men than it is today.

“At that time she was so, so outrageous. Her comedy felt so out of the bounds and people were just blown away.”

On _The Late Show,_ fellow late-night host David Letterman called Rivers “indefatigable” for her famously unrelenting work ethic.

“Here’s a woman, a real pioneer for other women looking for [careers in stand-up comedy](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/gallery/joan-rivers-life-career-pictures-730228),” he said. “And talk about guts — she would come out here and sit in this chair and say some things that were unbelievable.”


## Transcript

Iconic comedienne Joan Rivers died Thursday. Late Night Show hosts paid tribute to her Thursday night, and one of the most touching was Jimmy Fallon's. We had her on our very first Tonight Show. When I, when I took over. She came out, and she came over to me, and she started crying, and gave me a kiss. It was really emotional. It was really nice. Some fittingly emotional words, considering Rivers' long history with the show. The Tonight Show is where she got her start in the 60s, and she continued making appearances after that, guest hosting regularly for Johnny Carson. After a falling out with Carson, Rivers was banned for decades ,.

Fallon broke that ban letting her back on the show which made his tribute that much more special. Other hosts paid their respects too. Besides being a pioneer for women in comedy, for everyone in comedy Joan was a very lucky person because she loved her job so much she never wanted to stop and she didn't have to stop because she was so great at it. It's hard to explain to people. Today, what an event that was. She would go on, she would guest host for Johnny Carson. And, everybody, people would gather in the livingroom. [ INAUDIBLE ] At that time, she was so, so outrageous. And talk about guts.

She would come out here and sit in this chair. And say some things that were unbelievable. I haven't been doing this job very long but I have not sat next to anyone who told more jokes faster than Joan Rivers. And Craig Ferguson added some humor something Rivers surely would have appreciated. > Uh, we lost Joan Rivers today one of the old time greats, yes, I know it's terribly sad I just hope. That when Joan meets the Man Upstairs he's wearing something she can insult. I [ LAUGH ] Rivers' daughter Melissa released a statement following her mother's death. She said her mother loved to make people laugh.

And knows that her final wish would be that people return to laughing soon. Thanks for watching.

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