Fashion Police’s Joan Rivers dies at 81
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Comedian and TV host Joan Rivers has died, her daughter has said.
Rivers, 81, had been on life support in Mount Sinai Hospital since having a cardiac arrest in New York last week.
In a statement, her daughter Melissa said she died surrounded by family and friends, and she thanked hospital staff for their “amazing care”.
The comedian stopped breathing during a procedure on her vocal chords at an outpatient clinic last Thursday.
“My mother’s greatest joy in life was to make people laugh,” said Melissa Rivers.
“Although that is difficult to do right now, I know her final wish would be that we return to laughing soon.”
The actress and stand-up comedian is well known for her acerbic wit and has more recently turned it on the red carpet’s worst dressed celebrities, hosting the E! network’s Fashion Police.
Both Rivers and her daughter have appeared together in reality TV show Joan & Melissa: Joan Knows Best?
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