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September 5, 2014

Comic Joan Rivers Dies at 81; Clinic Under Investigation 
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The comedian Joan Rivers has died at the age of 81. Rivers passed away
Thursday days after going into cardiac arrest during an outpatient
procedure. New York authorities are now investigating the clinic,
Yorkville Endoscopy, where she was undergoing the operation, but no
wrongdoing is suspected.

 

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