Rivers' father Edgar died when she was 19.
Thirty-two years later, Melissa talks about life after suicide with Dr. Jennifer Ashton. In this podcast called “Life after Suicide,” premiering May 1, Ashton focuses in on a journey to find courage, comfort and community in the aftermath of loss.
“Other people got to have their father daughter dance … everybody got to have those moments with the pretty song and this and that. And I knew that was going to be missing at my wedding.”“I was angry at my mom, I was angry at my dad,” she said. Edgar died by suicide in 1987, which drove a wedge between Melissa and her late mother, comedian Joan Rivers. His suicide also left his wife and daughter in a financial crisis.Ashton, who lost her husband of 22 years to suicide, bonds with Melissa Rivers over how to cope, especially since Melissa was around the same age as Ashton’s two children during the time they both suffered loss.
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