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Legendary comedian Joan Rivers died on this day in 2014. Before she was the Queen of the Red Carpet, she was Joan Molinsky, an English lit major and member of Phi Beta Kappa at Barnard College. After college, she worked a series of odd jobs before entering show business. So where'd she get Rivers from? From her agent, Tony Rivers, who encouraged her to take a stage name. It seems she said, "Fine, I'll take yours."

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