When you talk about Joan Rivers, music and the Grammys don’t usually come up in the conversation. But the fact is that the late comedian was a Grammy winner, so she deserves her own Grammy Museum exhibit.
The museum in Los Angeles announced today that Joan Rivers: Can We Talk? will be open from June 8 through Sept. 20. The exhibit will include personal items like photographs and Louis Vuitton travel trunks, and several awards, like a Gold record for 1983’s What Becomes a Semi-Legend Most and her 1990 Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Talk/SErvice Show Host.
Other items include her stage costumes, book collection, 1984 Harvard Hasty Pudding Woman of the Year Award and her Walk of Fame Star award.
“Earlier this year, The Recording Academy awarded my mother her very first GRAMMY, which was truly an honor. On this occasion, which celebrates her 82nd birthday, it's also an honor to have her incredible legacy included in the GRAMMY Museum's ongoing tribute to the greatest comedic icons of all time,” Melissa Rivers, Rivers’ daughter, said in a statement.
“To her, comedy was music,” Melissa continued. “There was a rhythm, but instead of notes, there were words. And just like any of her fellow GRAMMY Award winners who have been on exhibition in the museum, you know she loved to play.”
Rivers won a posthumous Grammy this year for Best Spoken Word Album for Diary of a Mad Diva.
“Joan Rivers' unapologetic one-liners and brave, biting commentary on her personal life opened doors for other female comedians," Bob Santelli, Executive Director of the Grammy Museum added.
Rivers died on Sept. 4, 2014 following a botched surgery and Melissa did file a malpractice suit against the clinic. Melissa has just released a new book about life with her mother, The Book Of Joan.
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