The comedian died Thursday, a week after suffering cardiac and respiratory arrest during routine throat surgery. “My mother’s greatest joy in life was to make people laugh,” her daughter said in a statement. “Although that is difficult to do right now, I know her final wish would be that we return to laughing soon.”
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Joan Rivers, the pioneering comedian, died Thursday the age of 81, a week after she suffered cardiac arrest during a routine surgery, her daughter Melissa said in a statement.
Rivers underwent throat surgery at Yorkville Endoscopy in Manhattan on Aug. 28 when a 911 call was placed saying the comedian stopped breathing. She was immediately rushed to Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City where she was placed on life support in a medically induced coma, her family said.
On Wednesday, Melissa Rivers said that her mother had been moved from the intensive care unit and into a private room where she was being "kept comfortable."
Melissa Rivers released the following statement on Thursday: "My mother's greatest joy in life was to make people laugh. Although that is difficult to do right now, I know her final wish would be that we return to laughing soon."
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