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Stars react to the death of Joan Rivers

Sept 4, 2014

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Joan Rivers, the raucous, acid-tongued comedian who crashed the male-dominated realm of late-night talk shows and turned Hollywood red carpets into danger zones for badly dressed celebrities, died Thursday. She was 81.

Friends, celebrities and others offered their reactions on social media.

Here are a few of those social media posts:

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