"Joan Rivers: A Dead Funny All-Star Tribute," a comedy special honoring the life and legacy of the "Fashion Police" host will air May 13.

Comedian Joan Rivers died on Sept. 4, 2014, after complications arose during a throat surgery. Here's everything to know about Joan Rivers' cause of death.

"Joan Rivers: A Dead Funny All-Star Tribute," an NBC comedy special honoring the life and legacy of "Fashion Police" alum Joan Rivers airs May 13 at 10 p.m. ET/PT.

Our Take: The idea to pay tribute to Joan Rivers via her own jokes was a pretty good one Alon paper. After all, she wrote over 70,000 of them, and they’re all one-liners.

Joan Rivers' joke cards, displayed behind the scenes at "Joan Rivers: A Dead Funny All-Star Tribute" (Jordan Curtis Hughes/NBC). As for the ghosts of Rivers’ less defensible moments, they’re ...

Joan Rivers with daughter Melissa at home in November 1970 in New York City. I.C. Rapoport/Getty. Though both Joan and Rosenberg worked in Hollywood, they tried to give Melissa a normal childhood.

Melissa Rivers is thrilled that her mom Joan has "finally" been cited as an inspiration for "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel" – after revealing she felt "violated" by the show.

The talk show host, 70, remembered being interviewed by Rivers and shared her reaction to being called out over her weight while appearing on The Jamie Kern Lima Show podcast. 'I've been shamed on The ...

Say what you will about Joan Rivers, the legendary New York comedienne who died 10 years ago today at age 81, but her signature catchphrase was not misleading. Joan could talk — ingeniously ...

Joan Rivers at the 17th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards on June 28, 1990 Ron Galella, Ltd./Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images The Emmy Award won by Joan Rivers in 1990 for her daytime talk show is ...