Celebrity Justice
Unlike Rodney, Dangerfield's Widow Gets Respect

Rodney Dangerfield's widow just became the big cheese when it comes to ownership of the comedian's act.

Joan Dangerfield filed suit in 2006 after Melanie Roy-Friedman, Rodney's daughter from a previous relationship, tried to distribute a 1988 vid of Rodney's Las Vegas show. No respect!

Joan just won, big time. Her attorney tells us: "All copyrights to Rodney Dangerfield's act are held by Joan Dangerfield, who owns all of her late husband's intellectual property."



Tags: copyright, joan dangerfield, JoanDangerfield, rodney dangerfield, RodneyDangerfield

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1. R.E.S.P.E.C.T.

Posted at 2:36PM on Aug 7th 2008 by Sandra

2. Good for her!!!

Posted at 2:48PM on Aug 7th 2008 by Barbara

3. I was such an ugle baby the Doc smack my mother : ) lol

Posted at 2:49PM on Aug 7th 2008 by Mik

4. Totally off topic.........

That Eric Violette dude is hot!

Posted at 2:50PM on Aug 7th 2008 by Victoria

5. Hey, SHE had to funnel his hog for years -- she deserves the payoff. Afterall, that's why she married him. You think she would have slept with him if he was the night manager of the local 7-11?

Posted at 3:05PM on Aug 7th 2008 by OooooNoooo!

6. The ruling should keep his widow with money for future face lifts.

Posted at 3:47PM on Aug 7th 2008 by Crabby

7. I am glad she won! She seems like a nice person, and they seem happy together.

Posted at 5:05PM on Aug 7th 2008 by Berreta

8. Well yes she was sleeping with old bones but still she was a good wife for Rodney and must have been a tremendous comfort for him in his older years. And hey, looks aren't everything. It must have been a blast being married to him just for the one liners....

Posted at 9:18PM on Aug 7th 2008 by Dana

9. Forget Eric Violette. Rodney was the hottest!

Posted at 5:28PM on Aug 7th 2008 by Mona Lisa

10. HOW MUCH DID THE WIDOW GET $$$$$ ?

Posted at 5:36PM on Aug 7th 2008 by GARY

11. She's cute!

Posted at 5:36PM on Aug 7th 2008 by Nancy

12. i guess blondes do have more fun and more money...oh, ya.

Posted at 6:02PM on Aug 7th 2008 by raggdoll

13. Joan had her own flower business before she met the Rod man. She was a millionaire in her own right. She took great care of Rodney and made him happy for the last years of his life! She deserves it. She is a beautiful woman inside and out!

Posted at 5:54PM on Aug 7th 2008 by I love Joan

14. I"m bleaching my hair. Tonight.

Posted at 6:14PM on Aug 7th 2008 by Betty th'2nd

15. Daaaaaaang! Rodney had game.

Posted at 6:36PM on Aug 7th 2008 by Mr. White

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