Joan Rivers Death: 19 Of Her Best Fashion Police One-Liners

The 81-year-old's funniest jokes would make anyone wince but that's why we loved her

Comidienne and trailblazer Joan Rivers has died at the age of 81, after complications following throat surgery.

Joan made waves on the comedy scene for over 50 years, paving the way for female comedians and taking no prisoners.

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Younger audiences will know and love Joan from her stint hosting E!'s Fashion Police, where no celebrity great or small was safe from her razor sharp wit and uncomfortable truths.

We were all thinking it, Joan had the balls to say it.

To celebrate the unflinching talent that was Joan, we've picked 19 of her best zingers.

Warning: Not for the easily offended.

1. Princess Beatrice at the Royal Wedding – “C’mon, she’s wearing an IUD on her head!”

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2. Paris Hilton, Grammys 2012 – “Of all the times I’ve said ‘Wow, that’s a lot of white on Paris Hilton’ this is the first time I’ve meant fabric.”

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3. Country singer, Wynona Judd (left) at the Country Music Awards 2011 – “Black is slimming but it’s not f****** magic!”

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4. Keri Hilson, Pre-Grammys party in D&G leopard print – “I just wanna build a fire, pour champagne and make love on top of her.”

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5. Nicole Kidman in L'Wren Scott at Oscars 2013 – “If it hadn’t been for Bewitched, I would have said this is the worst thing I’ve seen her in.”

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6. Halle Berry in Versace, Oscars 2013 – “She’s gorgeous. She looks like an art deco vibrator.”

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7. Sandra Bullock, Oscars 2013 – “Her hair is more one-sided than a Scientology marriage.”

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8. Anne Hathaway in Prada, Oscars 2013 – “Everybody, I want you to meet Anne Hathaway and The Pointer Sisters!”

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9. Jennifer Garner in Gucci, Oscars 2013 – “The dress is gorgeous. Unfortunately, it’s like her career – the best is behind her.”

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10. Lupita Nyong’o in Casadei heels, MTV Movie Awards 2014 - “I love those shoes – they’re bluer than the Cookie Monster’s prostate!”

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11. Jessica Alba in Kenzo, MTV Movie Awards 2014 – “The top looks like the thing the doctor puts around my head after one of my surgeries. Last thing I saw that was that full and yellow was one of Hugh Hefner’s diapers.”

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12. Iggy Azalea in John Galliano, MTV Movie Awards 2014 – “What is with the hair? If I wanted to see something white and fried and strung out I would tune in to Lindsay Lohan’s reality show.”

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13. Shailene Woodley in Balmain, MTV Movie Awards 2014 - “She doesn’t wear deodorant! When they got the dress back, the leather smelt worse than when it was on the cow!”

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14. Florence Welch in Givenchy, Grammys 2011 – “She was so committed to that bird theme that halfway through she left the ceremony to go crap on somebody’s windshield”.

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15. Jennifer Lopez in Pucci, Grammys 2011 – “I love Jennifer Lopez’s dress but maybe it was a little too short. I’m thrilled she has twins but do we have to see where they came from?”

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16. Kim Kardashian in Pucci – “I love Kim but green with an ass that size? I was with her at the event and from behind she looked like a golf course! I kept saying what’s my tee time and why is the hole so big?”

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17. Helena Bonham Carter in Vivienne Westwood, Golden Globes 2012 - “She looks like a loofah that’s been passed around a homeless shelter.”

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18. The Beckham Family, Viva Forever premiere 2012 – “They look like such a nice happy family, except for the witch that is standing behind them.”

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19. The Spice Girls – “Does it or does it not look like Victoria is a society woman doing volunteer work with the poor?”

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