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TRIBUTE TO JOAN RIVERS

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Comedian Joan
Rivers died in a New York hospital Thursday afternoon, a week after suffering
cardiac arrest during a medical procedure, her daughter said.
 “She passed
peacefully at 1:17 p.m. surrounded by family and close friends,” Melissa Rivers
said in a written statement.
Rivers, 81, had
been on life support at Manhattan’s Mount Sinai hospital, where she was taken
after she stopped breathing at the Yorkville Endoscopy clinic last Thursday. Rivers was
undergoing an apparently minor elective procedure at the clinic when she
suffered cardiac and respiratory arrest, according to the New York Fire
Department. Paramedics took her
by ambulance to Mount Sinai Hospital, about a mile from the clinic, where she
was initially listed in critical condition.
The outpatient
clinic is now being investigated by the New York State Department of Health,
spokesman James O’Hara said.
 Her death also has
triggered an investigation by the New York medical examiner’s office, its
spokeswoman, Julie Bolcer ,told CNN. “The cause and manner of death will be
announced at some point,” she said.
The Rivers family
made very little information about her medical condition public, finally
confirming Tuesday that she was on life support.
 “My son and I would
like to thank the doctors, nurses, and staff of Mount Sinai Hospital for the
amazing care they provided for my mother,” her daughter said. “Cooper and I
have found ourselves humbled by the outpouring of love, support, and prayers we
have received from around the world. They have been heard and appreciated.’

Melissa Rivers and
her son Cooper have spent the past week by Rivers’ hospital bedside, rushing
there last Thursday when they learned of her illness.
 ‘My mother’s
greatest joy in life was to make people laugh,” Melissa Rivers said. “Although
that is difficult to do right now, I know her final wish would be that we
return to laughing soon.”
Tributes to Rivers
and her long career included one from former CNN host Larry King, who knew her
for 45 years.
“She knew no
boundaries,” King said. “Everything was funny to her. You couldn’t’ really
object because she took no prisoners.”
Donald Trump, who
chose her as the winner on a season of “Celebrity Apprentice,” said Rivers “was
stronger at the end than she was at the beginning. She had unbelievable
stamina.”
Ryan Seacrest, who
worked with her on E! shows, called Rivers “a trailblazer in so many ways.”
Liza Minnelli said
Rivers was “my dear friend.”
“I will miss her
but I will always remember the laughter and friendship she brought into my
life,” Minnelli said.
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