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Joan Dangerfield
Global businesswoman and entrepreneur Joan Dangerfield is the managing partner and co-founder of "The Opus 73 Group", a consulting firm currently providing investment promotion services to the Chinese government. "Opus 73" specializes in Hollywood entertainment and media companies with expertise in all facets of investment promotion, attraction and retention.
Prior to founding "The Opus 73 Group", Dangerfield spent 20 years running her international floral distribution company "Jungle Roses", recipient of the United Nations' "Business of the Future" award. The Utah native never would have imagined that comedy icon "I can't get no respect" Rodney Dangerfield would walk into her Santa Monica-based flower shop and sweep her off her feet. The couple married in 1993.
In 1995, the always-forward-thinking Joan developed a website for her now-late husband, earning him the distinction of the first celebrity to have his own official site. He was later listed as one of the "Top 100 Most Influential People on th
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Living with Rodney Dangerfield: Widow talks about love, laughs and legacy
Prior to his passing in 2004, Rodney Dangerfield was a regular guest on “The Tonight Show,” appearing alongside either Johnny Carson or Jay Leno on almost 100 occasions. Born in New York’s Suffolk County and raised in Queens, the bug-eyed, tie-fidgeting, comedian cracked up audiences for decades with his often self-deprecating "no respect"-style of rapid-fire one-liners.
Joan Dangerfield — formerly Utah native Joan Child — married the comedian 25 years ago this year, the pair having dated for 10 years after meeting by chance in 1983 as Rodney strolled passed Joan’s Santa Monica flower shop.
“He lived in New York but was in town staying at the nearby Pritikin Longevity Center trying to lose weight and get healthier,” Joan recalled from her West Hollywood home. “Part of their program included taking morning walks. Being a die-hard fan, I recognized Rodney immediately. I was 16 when I first saw him on ‘The Tonight Show’ and suddenly there he was, 14 years later, walking towards me, the funniest man in the
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Rodney Dangerfield’s widow slashes luxe LA mansion’s price
Even comedian Rodney Dangerfield’s home gets no respect.
The late comedian’s wife is having a hard time finding an audience to buy this snazzy estate.
Joan Dangerfield, 70 — who was married to the popular comic until his death at age 82 on Oct. 5, 2004 — initially listed her luxe Los Angeles compound for $17.8 million last February but, unable to find a compatible buyer, has cut its price down $16.995 million.
“I figured it would sell in a week, but didn’t quite work out that way,” she recently told the Wall Street Journal of the mansion, which she purchased for $6.25 million in the early 2000s, adding that its failure to sell has been quite a surprise. “It was a shock for me to just watch it sit there on the market.”
The listing is held by Aaron Kirman of AKG | Christie’s International Real Estate, who told The Post that it’s “an honor to represent Mrs. Dangerfield on this one-of-a-kind, trophy, legacy estate. The combination of privacy, architectural integrity and incredible view is a one-in-a
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