The second marriage of Joan Rivers was to Edgar Rosenberg and lasted 22 years until his death. 

Marriage Fast Facts - Joan and Edgar 
Met: July 1965 in New York
Married: July 15, 1965
Marriage Ended after 22 years: August 14, 1987 when Edgar died.
First Marriage: No.

Did You Know?
Joan was ordained by the Universal Life Church Monastery in 2013 and officiated at two gay marriages.

Joan: "Do the two of you understand what marriage is about?" she asked Aiello and Ryan.

"Adoring each other, standing behind each other, and forsaking all others, and really, honest to God, this is it, forever."
Source: Esther Lee. "Joan Rivers Officiates Gay Wedding at Book Signing in NYC." USMagazine.com. 7/02/2014.

Born:

Joan Rivers aka Joan Alexandra Molinsky: June 8, 1933 in Brooklyn, New York.

Edgar A. Rosenberg: 1925 in Germany.
 
Died:

Joan Rivers: At the age of 81, at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York, Joan died on September 4, 2014. Joan was rushed to Mount Sinani Hospital and put in a medically-induced coma when she went into cardiac arrest after having a routine outpatient throat procedure. Her daughter Melissa announced her mother's death by saying "... My mother’s greatest joy in life was to make people laugh. Although that is difficult to do right now, I know her final wish would be that we return to laughing soon.”

Edgar Rosenberg: At the age of 62, Edgar killed himself in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on August 14, 1987.

Wedding Date: 
On, July 15, 1967, just four days after they met, Edgar and Joan were married by a judge in New York City.

 

Edgar when asked why he married Joan so quickly: "I fell in love."
Source: Richard Meryman. "Joan Mourns Edgar." People.com. 8/31/1987. 

Joan: “It was a good match. We filled each other’s gaps like two pieces of a puzzle. I gave him warmth. He [Edgar] gave me style." 
Source: Richard Meryman. "Joan Mourns Edgar." People.com. 8/31/1987. 

Children:
Joan and Edgar had one daughter.

• Melissa Rivers aka Melissa Frida Warburg Rosenberg: Born January 20, 1968 in New York City. More >>

Occupations:  

Edgar: Writer, producer.

Joan: Talk show host, comedian, actress, director, writer, producer, reality television star.

Some of the Books by Joan Rivers That Talk About Marriage

• From Mother to Daughter: Thoughts and Advice on Life, Love, and Marriage (1998)
• Bouncing Back: I've Survived Everything ... (2010)
• Don't Count the Candles: Just Keep the Fire Lit! (1999)

Previous Marriage: 
Joan's first husband was James Bennat Sanger, a department store heir she married when she was 22 years old. The marriage only lasted six months and was annulled because Sanger did not want children and did not tell Rivers that before their wedding.

Marriage Fast Facts - Joan and Jimmy
Met: August 1955.
Married: September 1955
First Marriage: Yes.
Annulled: 1955 

Joan Rivers Quotes About Her Marriage and Life

"A girl, you're 30 years old, you're not married, you're an old maid," she said in one 1967 Ed Sullivan Show routine. "A man, he's 90 years old, he's not married, he's a catch. It's a whole different thing!"
Source: Eric Deggans. "Joan Rivers, An Enduring Comic Who Turned Tragedy Into Showbiz Success, Dies." NPR.org. 9/04/2014.

"My husband and I had always worked wonderfully together, I on stage and Edgar behind the scenes ... Ours was the kind you rarely see in Hollywood: genuine, deep, and abiding. We loved each other and our daughter, we loved the life we had built for ourselves, and the way we had seamlessly blended career and family. Like any couple, we had our fights and rough times. But we were as good a team as two people who live and work together can be. 
Source: Joan Rivers. Bouncing Back: I've Survived Everything ... and I Mean Everything ... and you can too! 2010. 

"It was only in the weeks and months after Edgar's death that I realized that every widow's experiences are as unique as the marriage she had."
Source: Joan Rivers. Bouncing Back: I've Survived Everything ... and I Mean Everything ... and you can too! 2010. 

"And so let me warn you: The game of might-have-been is one that's popular at the funny farm. Life is too random, too unfair, and too absurd to think that we can ever control more than half of it; almost everything we do involves luck. Caesar's Palace may have organized its luck, but you and I can't."
Source: Joan Rivers. Bouncing Back: I've Survived Everything ... and I Mean Everything ... and you can too! 2010. 

"Edgar suffered greatly and changed from a secure man into a selfdoubting, bitter, and depressed one ... He was angry all the time and frequently turned his anger on me. His black moods lasted longer and longer, until they were no longer moods but an endless despondency. It was so painful for me to see Edgar in such misery -- painful and frightening. What had happened to the man I had known and loved for so many years? ... All that summer I tried desperately to convince him to get psychiatric care, something beyond his occasional talks with a psychologist, but he ignored by pleas... Finally I had to accept the fact that Edgar was a drowning man, and that he was taking me down with him, to the bottom of a sea of despair where I could be no good to him, to myself, or to our daughter. I was so weary of fighting him, so tired of trying to help someone who refused my outstretched hand and my support, that I simply did not know how I could continue."
Source: Joan Rivers. Bouncing Back: I've Survived Everything ... and I Mean Everything ... and you can too! 2010.

"From the moment I heard about Edgar's suicide, many different emotions kept me from thinking clearly. First, I was overcome by despair ... And then came the anger ... At first I felt guilty about being angry, but I've since learned that it's all right and even healthy to feel anger at someone who has died, whether from suicide, sickness, or old age."
Source: Joan Rivers. Bouncing Back: I've Survived Everything ... and I Mean Everything ... and you can too! 2010. 

Joan: "Most healing processes begin with laughter. Laughter kept your father and me going for twenty unforgettable years -- until, tragically, he stopped laughing."
Source: Joan Rivers. From Mother to Daughter: Thoughts and Advice on Life, Love, and Marriage. 1998. pgs. 34-35.

Joan: "Whenever the latter part of this cycle takes a loved one from you and John, my darling, always remember that the human heart is our strongest organ, for it is undomitable. The musicians are right: The beat goes on. There is life after pain, after loss, after death. And no matter how dark things become, sunny days and laughter always, always return. God will help us to turn the page to begin the new chapter."
Source: Joan Rivers. From Mother to Daughter: Thoughts and Advice on Life, Love, and Marriage. 1998. pg. 68.
 

Joan: "I was losing everything – my best friend, the only stability in my life, the only person I totally trusted, my rock. Suddenly I realized that I drew all my strength from Edgar.”
Source: Tom Infield, Thomas J. Gibbons Jr. "Husband of Joan Rivers Found Dead in Hotel Room." Philly.com. 8/15/1987.

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