--- description: The posthumous post was quickly deleted title: Joan Rivers' Facebook Promotes iPhone 6 image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1a5ec47e2cac77f5/6986a48b55a8597c84a82b2b/4645124511.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Joan Rivers Promotes iPhone 6 on Facebook From Beyond the Grave ## Video: Apple's Iconic Product Releases of the Past [Watch (HLS stream): Apple's Iconic Product Releases of the Past](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/dgZyU3Dp.m3u8) (1:41)  _Published 2014-09-08. Take A Look Back at Apple's 7 Biggest Product Releases_  by [Nolan Feeney](/author/nolan-feeney/)  ## Nolan Feeney Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Sep 21, 2014 8:25 PM CUT  The late Joan Rivers in New York, Jan. 22, 2014. The late Joan Rivers in New York, Jan. 22, 2014.D Dipasupil—FilmMagic/Getty Images  by [Nolan Feeney](/author/nolan-feeney/)  ## Nolan Feeney Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Sep 21, 2014 8:25 PM CUT The late comedy icon Joan Rivers, who died Sept. 4 at age 81 from complications from throat surgery, gave her fans one last surprise on Friday when her [Facebook account promoted the new Apple iPhone 6](http://www.tmz.com/2014/09/19/joan-rivers-iphone-6-facebook-instagram/?utm%5Fmedium=twitter&utm%5Fsource=twitterfeed "undefined") with a posthumous post. The update called the new iPhone 6 a “great achievement in design” before it was quickly removed. Sites like TMZ speculate that the post was the result of a deal with Apple negotiated before her death. As TIME critic Richard Corliss [wrote in his obituary](http://time.com/3212274/joan-rivers-dead-81-remembrance/ "undefined"), “If Joan Rivers can no longer talk, she deserves to be talked about forever.” Facebook seems to be doing its part to make that happen. Here’s the full text of the post: --- > “” --- \[[_TMZ_](http://www.tmz.com/2014/09/19/joan-rivers-iphone-6-facebook-instagram/?utm%5Fmedium=twitter&utm%5Fsource=twitterfeed "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3415150/joan-rivers-iphone-6-facebook-post/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3415150/joan-rivers-iphone-6-facebook-post/"},"headline":"Joan Rivers Promotes iPhone 6 on Facebook From Beyond the Grave","datePublished":"2014-09-21T20:25:39.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:13:21.291Z","description":"The posthumous post was quickly deleted","url":"https://time.com/3415150/joan-rivers-iphone-6-facebook-post/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Social Media","Apple","celebrities","viral","facebook","iPhone 6 topic","joan rivers"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1a5ec47e2cac77f5/6986a48b55a8597c84a82b2b/4645124511.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Nolan Feeney","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/nolan-feeney/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1a5ec47e2cac77f5/6986a48b55a8597c84a82b2b/4645124511.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"92nd Street Y Presents: An Evening With Joan And Melissa Rivers","caption":"92nd Street Y Presents: An Evening With Joan And Melissa Rivers","creditText":"D Dipasupil—FilmMagic/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3415150/joan-rivers-iphone-6-facebook-post/","name":"Joan Rivers Promotes iPhone 6 on Facebook From Beyond the Grave"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Apple's Iconic Product Releases of the Past","description":"Take A Look Back at Apple's 7 Biggest Product Releases","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/dgZyU3Dp/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2014-09-08T18:16:08.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/dgZyU3Dp.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3415150/joan-rivers-iphone-6-facebook-post/","duration":"PT1M41S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3415150/joan-rivers-iphone-6-facebook-post/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```