Joan Rivers on November 19, 2013 in New York City. Daniel Zuchnik/Getty Images
The comedian Joan Rivers died on Thursday in New York a week after suffering cardiac arrest during an outpatient medical procedure, her daughter said in a statement. She 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,” Melissa Rivers said.
SOURCE: Reuters
(Reporting by Eric Kelsey, editing by G Crosse
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