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   The only thing missing was a red carpet outside — and the witty woman with a microphone at the end making wisecracks about what all the celebrities were wearing. 
   
   Fabulous comedienne Joan Rivers got the star-studded Upper East Side send-off she wanted Sunday, complete with a Howard Stern eulogy, standing ovations and bagpipers playing “New York, New York.” 
   
   “I hope Joan is somewhere right now chasing Johnny Carson with a baseball bat,’’ Stern quipped, referring to Carson’s infamous years-long snub of Rivers after she started a rival late-night talk show. 
   
   “She was my hero” — and the “crazy aunt at a bar mitzvah,’’ the shock jock said of Rivers, who died Thursday at age 81. 
   
   Rivers’ daughter, Melissa, on hand with her son, Cooper, 13, read a light-hearted letter she wrote to her mother. 
   
   In the crowd were stars including David Letterman, Kathy Griffin, Matthew Broderick and wife Sarah Jessica Parker, Diane Sawyer, Geraldo Rivera, Donald Trump, Whoopi Goldberg, Barbara Walters, Rosie O’Donnell, Charlie Rose and Kelly Osbourne. 
   
   “I’m grateful for everything you’ve done for Cooper and me,” Melissa Rivers said of her mother. 
   
   Film and Broadway star Hugh Jackman — who rode his bicycle to the service in a gray shirt and black pants with tie — sang a tune from “The Boy from Oz.’’ 
   
   “Joan, this is for you,” Jackman said before performing at Temple Emanu-El on Fifth Avenue, just a few blocks from Rivers’ condo at 1 E. 62nd St. “But since you asked for it, you already know that.” 
   
   In Rivers’ book, “I Hate Everyone . . . Starting with me,’’ she talked about her hopes for a funeral that’s “a huge showbiz affair with lights, cameras, action” and “Hollywood all the way.” 
   
   In a hilarious excerpt included in the funeral program, Rivers said she didn’t want a rabbi chatting away nonstop but instead wished for “Meryl Streep crying, in five different accents” and “a wind machine so that even in the casket my hair is blowing just like Beyoncé’s.” 
   
   The simple paper booklet listed three classic Rivers’ lines on the back: “Can we talk?”, “Who are you wearing?” and “Because I’m a funny person.” 
   
   During the service, there were jokes about Joan Rivers’ plastic surgery. There were jokes about her sex life. There were jokes about her jokes. 
   
   “There were a lot of tears mixed with laughter,” movie producer Howard Rosenman said. “It was packed. It was beautiful. ” 
   
   Some fans in the crowd lining the block outside wore designer duds to honor the late “Fashion Police” host. 
   
   “For me to get dressed up is very unusual, especially on a Sunday morning. but I did it for Joan,” said Jane Colton, 62, from the Upper East Side. “I thought, ‘It’s Joan, you have to.’ She would want us to. She’s one of us.” 
   
   TV host Deborah Norville recalled for the crowd how Rivers, during a recent Ice Bucket Challenge, dumped water over her head twice, just for laughs. 
   
   “I think the thing that set Joan apart was the fact that when you were with Joan, she made you better,” Norville told reporters later. “You upped your game.” 
   
   Sunday night, an emotional Melissa Rivers, still in her black funeral dress, came out of her mother’s home to address the 50 or so fans gathered outside, and had cupcakes sent out for them, too. 
   
   “I wanted to thank you all for showing support for me and my son and my mother,” Melissa said, fighting back tears. 
   
   “It has been heard by both me and Cooper, and it has truly gotten us through this.” 
   
   Megan Hodges, 22, of Midtown, who was among the fans, said afterward, 
   
   “I was so surprised when Melissa came out and addressed all of us. She was so beautiful and warm.” 
   
   Joan Rivers died after undergoing a throat procedure at an Upper East Side clinic on Aug. 28. 
   
   Additional reporting by Frank Rosario and David K. Li ||||| NEW YORK (AP) — Even in death, Joan Rivers got what she wanted: A star-studded funeral, with the worlds of Hollywood, fashion, media and money all among the mourners. 
   
   FILE - In this Feb. 14, 2012 file photo, Joan Rivers tours backstage with her camera crew for E!'s "Fashion Police," before the Badgley Mischka show during Fashion Week in New York. In the intense, high-stakes... (Associated Press) 
   
   On Sunday morning, a legion of notables turned out at New York's Temple Emanu-El to remember Rivers, who died Thursday at 81: Kathy Griffin, whose edgy, biting comedy career was largely made possible by Rivers; colleague and friend Kelly Osbourne; Sarah Jessica Parker and Whoopi Goldberg; Howard Stern. 
   
   Theater stars Bernadette Peters, Alan Cumming and Tommy Tune were there. Record producer Clive Davis arrived, too. Fashion designers Carolina Herrera and Michael Kors were there. Stars from TV such as Barbara Walters, Geraldo Rivera, Diane Sawyer, Kathie Lee, Hoda Kotb and Andy Cohen. And moguls Barry Diller, Donald Trump and Steve Forbes. 
   
   Mourners lined up outside the Fifth Avenue synagogue and waited for their names to be checked against a list before entering. Barricades lined several blocks of Manhattan's Fifth Avenue, and a crowd of fans and media stood watch across the street. 
   
   The comedian detailed in her 2012 book "I Hate Everyone ... Starting With Me" that she hoped for "a huge showbiz affair with lights, cameras, action" and "Hollywood all the way." Instead of a rabbi talking, Rivers asked for "Meryl Streep crying, in five different accents" and "a wind machine so that even in the casket my hair is blowing just like Beyonce's." 
   
   Rivers was a trailblazer for all comics, but especially for women. The raspy-voiced blonde with the brash New York accent was a TV talk show host, actress, fashion critic, and she sold a line of jewelry. 
   
   The cause of death is being investigated. Rivers was hospitalized on Aug. 28 after she went into cardiac arrest during a routine procedure at a doctor's office. The New York state health department is investigating the circumstances, and the New York City medical examiner said tests to determine the cause of death were inconclusive. 
   
   In her book, Rivers joked that dying of natural causes was boring. "It's the grand finale, act three, the eleven o'clock number — make it count. If you're going to die, die interesting! Is there anything worse than a boring death? I think not." 
   
   Her publicist said that in lieu of flowers, donations can be made to God's Love, We Deliver; Guide Dogs for the Blind; or Our House. 
   
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   Associated Press writer Alicia Rancilio contributed to this report.
target: – No word on whether Meryl Streep is crying in five different accents, but Joan Rivers' funeral is under way at Temple Emanu-El in New York, and the private event is basically one rather large name-drop. Luminaries including Howard Stern, Sarah Jessica Parker, Kathy Griffin, Whoopi Goldberg, Barbara Walters, Kelly Osbourne, Diane Sawyer began lining up this morning, reports the AP. Stern paid tribute to Rivers, notes People, calling her "the best friend in the world … a big sister ... a crazy aunt at Bar Mitzvah." Fans also turned out, with one telling Page Six, "I used to see her walking around Manhattan. She was so real. What you saw was who she was." The back of the program read thusly, as per People: "Can we talk?" "Who are you wearing?" " ... Because I'm a funny person ... " – JOAN RIVERS