Not even her passing could keep her from having her moment. Joan Rivers, the legendary comedian who died in September at the age of 81, won her first Grammy award on Sunday for Best Spoken Word album.

Rivers had released her last memoir, Diary of a Mad Diva, in July, a mere month before she went into cardiac arrest during an outpatient procedure in New York City on August 28 and died September 5. She was nominated posthumously for the audio book, which was written in the form of a diary and dedicated to her daughter Melissa and grandson Cooper.

According to EW, River had been nominated once before for a comedy album. This year, Rivers won by beating such competitors as James Franco, Jimmy Carter, and John Waters.

The award was given out during a non-televised section of the show, and as Yahoo reports was accepted by Rivers’ daughter Melissa, who spoke on her behalf. “My mother would be absolutely thrilled to be here,” Melissa said. “She loved getting anything, and if she thought she could get something at a Waffle House in Secaucus she would be there.”

Melissa also acknowledged her mother’s talent and passion for her career, reporting that Rivers “felt that comedy was music. There was a rhythm, but instead of notes there were words, and just like any of the great musicians who are here tonight, she loved to play.”

Melissa, who walked the red carpet for the event with her 14-year-old son Cooper, joked on stage that her mother would have copied the award and have been selling it on QVC later that evening.  “So I gotta go,” she ended.