Fit to Print Volume 23 Issue 4 December 2014 | Page 14

M e m b e r Pe r s p e c t i v e

By Christine Jelley

On Passings and Failings...
And Moving Forward
advice; are they ever wrong?
My own brother passed away two
weeks before Joan Rivers. Comedy
was also his passion and he made it
as far as frequent spots at the
iconic Comedy Strip comedy club
on the Upper East Side. Alcoholism
derailed his attempts to reinvent
himself, but, based on the fifteen
Alcoholics Anonymous coins that
rolled out of his computer bag as I
cleaned out his apartment, it
wasn't for lack of trying. During a

Original Artwork by Christine

I

never got around to watching,
“Joan Rivers – a Piece of Work,”
the critically acclaimed
documentary showing a year in the
life of