US Comedienne Joan Rivers Dead At 81 After Suffering Cardiac Arrest
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After
suffering
a
cardiac
arrest,
the
legendary
American
Comedienne
Joan
Rivers
died
on
Thursday
in
a
New
York
hospital.
Joan
was
admitted
a
week
ago
after
suffering
from
cardiac
arrest,
her
daughter
said.
The
comedian
was
81.
"It
is
with
great
sadness
that
I
announce
the
death
of
my
mother,
Joan
Rivers.
She
passed
peacefully
at
1.17
p.m.
surrounded
by
family
and
close
friends," Efe
quoted
Melissa
Rivers
as
saying
in
a
statement.
The
comedian,
host
of
E!
television's
Fashion
Police,
was
admitted
on
an
urgent
basis
to
Mount
Sinai
Hospital
last
Thursday
after
having
respiratory
problems
during
throat
surgery
and
she
was
kept
on
life
support.
"My
son
(Cooper)
and
I
would
like
to
thank
the
doctors,
nurses,
and
staff
of
Mount
Sinai
Hospital
for
the
amazing
care
they
provided
for
my
mother,"
Melissa
Rivers
said.
Joan
Alexandra
Molinsky,
the
daughter
of
Russian
Jewish
immigrants,
grew
up
in
suburban
New
York
and
graduated
from
Barnard
College.
She
performed
in
New
York
comedy
clubs
in
the
early
1960s
and
her
first
television
appearance
was
on
"The
Tonight
Show",
then
hosted
by
Jack
Paar.