Joan Rivers -- "A Piece Of Work" -- Comments On Suicide

Roger Ebert gave Joan's biopic, "Joan Rivers: A Piece Of Work" 3 and a half stars out of four.

"Piece Of Work" is currently streaming on Netflix.

http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/joan-rivers-a-piece-of-work-2010

Excerpt: "I think Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work is fascinating and has a lot of laughs in it. It's more than that. It's the portrait of a woman who will not accept defeat, who will not slow down, who must prove herself over and again. A brave and stubborn woman, smart as a whip, superbly skilled. You want to see what it looks like to rage, rage against the dying of the light? Joan Rivers will not go gentle into that good night."

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After her husband committed suicide in 1987, she too considered ending her life. However, she was saved by her dog, Spike. "I was sitting in this big empty house in Bel Air, with a phone with five extensions which we no longer needed. I had the gun in my lap, and the dog sat on the gun. I lecture on suicide because things turn around," she told the Daily Beast. "I tell people this is a horrible, awful dark moment, but it will change and you must know it’s going to change and you push forward. I look back and think, 'Life is great, life goes on. It changes.'" As she got older, she made sure to set aside money for her pets when she made her will. http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/things-knew-joan-rivers/story?id=25165312&google_editors_picks=true

NPR: "Learning How To Say Anything Has Freed Me Totally"

http://www.npr.org/2014/09/05/345945166/with-age-joan-rivers-learned-to-say-anything-it-has-freed-me-totally

Death Is Like Plastic Surgery
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/09/04/joan-rivers-queen-of-comedy-dies.html

Joan Rivers' 50 Best Jokes
http://www.vulture.com/2014/09/50-best-joan-rivers-jokes.html