Joan Rivers: Daughter's Tearful Farewell As Body Is Transported

It was an incredibly emotional scene yesterday's morning as Joan Rivers' body was transported to a crematorium and her daughter and grandson said a heartfelt last goodbye to the comedy legend — kissing her casket and biting back tears. Covering her mouth to keep from sobbing, Melissa Rivers
bent over the mahogany casket for an emotional final farewell outside Frank E. Campbell funeral home on the Upper East Side. She then turned to her son, Cooper, 13, and touched him tenderly on the cheek before the black hearse pulled away with the casket.

Six pallbearers had carried the coffin, which was adorned with white orchids, to the hearse around 10 a.m. About a half hour later, drivers unloaded the casket at the Garden State Crematory in Union City, where Rivers’ body will be cremated before her funeral on Sunday at Temple Emanu-El on the Upper East Side of Manhattan,