Melissa Rivers read an excerpt from her book "A Letter To My Mom" as a eulogy for her mother during the funeral held at Temple Emanu-El on Fifth Avenue and 65th Street on Sept. 7, Sunday.
"Mom, I received the note that you slipped under my bedroom door last night. I was very excited to read it, thinking that it would contain amazing, loving advice that you wanted to share with me," Rivers started the eulogy, The Hollywood Reporter reported.
"Imagine my surprise when I opened it and saw that it began with the salutation, "Dear Landlord." I have reviewed your complaints and address them below," she continued.
At one point, Rivers also mentioned her son, saying, "Re: Your fellow tenant (your word), Cooper. While I trust you with him, it is not okay for you to undermine my rules. It is not okay that you let him have chips and ice cream for dinner."
To end the eulogy, she said, "I hope I have satisfactorily answered your complaints and queries. I love having you live with me, and I am grateful for every minute Cooper and I have with you. You are an inspiration. You are also 30 days late with the rent. Much love, Melissa."
"Melissa is amazing. I told Melissa, 'Your mother would be so proud of you.' She handled everything. She did everything exactly as her mother would have wanted," one of the late comedian's closest friends Margie Stern told People.
Howard Stern, Cindy Adams and Deborah Norville also delivered eulogies at the funeral, which was also attended by Barbara Walters, Clive Davis, Diane Sawyer, Whoopi Goldberg and Hugh Jackman who sang "Quiet Please, There's a Lady on Stage" by Peter Allen.
In 2012, Joan Rivers wrote in her book "I Hate Everyone... Starting With Me" how she wanted her funeral to be done in a chapter entitled "Death Not Proud."
The late comedienne wrote she wanted Bobby Vinton to pick up her head and sing "Mr. Lonely" and Meryl Streep "crying, in five different accents."
However, neither Vinton nor Streep attended the funeral.
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With Glenn Close, the 65-year-old Oscar-winning actress joined "My Old Lady" director Israel Horovitz and star Kevin Kline on the carpet.