Joan Rivers Is Dead at 81

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Joan Rivers, a comedian and TV personality whose relentless humor and sharp tongue fueled a career that spanned more than four decades, has died, her daughter said in a statement. She was 81

Rivers was rushed to the hospital in New York City last week after she stopped breathing during a surgical throat procedure — reportedly an endoscopy — at a clinic. Later that day, it was said that Rivers, mother to Melissa Rivers, with whom she co-hosted E! Fashion Police series, was placed in a medically induced coma

Rivers, a Brooklyn native, got her start on the theater circuit, starring in a play with Barbara Streisand. But her big break came on The Tonight Show, where she often subbed for Carson Read more...

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