Joan Rivers Unconscious Since Being Rushed to Hospital

[Randy]

news from: http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/joan-rivers-unconscious-rushed-hospital-source/story?id=25181737

Joan Rivers has been unconscious since she was rushed to a hospital Thursday morning suffering from reported cardiac arrest, a source familiar with the situation told ABC News.

Rivers' doctors were intentionally keeping her sedated and under close supervision at Mt. Sinai Hospital in New York City until they were more comfortable with the 81-year-old's condition, the source said.

Rivers' daughter, Melissa Rivers, said in a written statement today that her mother's condition remained serious.

"My mother would be so touched by the tributes and prayers that we have received from around the world. Her condition remains serious but she is receiving the best treatment and care possible," Melissa Rivers said. "We ask that you continue to keep her in your thoughts as we pray for her recovery."

Melissa Rivers arrived at the hospital around 8 p.m. Thursday night and has been joined by Rivers' personal assistant, publicist and reps from E!, the network that airs her show, "Fashion Police," the source familiar with the situation said.

On Thursday morning, Rivers was rushed to Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City after an emergency call that she was in cardiac arrest at an Upper East Side clinic, Yorkville Endoscopy, sources said. TMZ reported that Rivers was undergoing a procedure on her vocal chords at the clinic.

 

[DrLeftover]

She's probably still spouting unfunny cracks and insults while under.

 

[Fatal Dawn]

Just to update this thread. Joan Rivers has passed away today after being hospitalized.

Joan Rivers, a talk-show host, actress and red-carpet critic who rose to the top of comedy's ranks while unapologetically skewering everyone and everything she passed along the way, died Thursday in New York following complications from a medical procedure. She was 81 years old.

"She passed peacefully at 1:17 p.m. surrounded by family and close friends," her daughter, Melissa Rivers, said in a statement.

Full Story from Wall Street Journal: http://online.wsj.com/articles/comedian-joan-rivers-dies-at-81-1409858019

 

[Dee]

My store manager told me this a few hours ago when she went onto her lunch break. This is very sad and a great loss to many people; not just her family, who I'm certain are grieving from the loss of a mother, grandmother, and all-around (from what I hear) kind and loving person. She had a good run, and Melissa says that her mother would want us all to laugh again. Joan was fully aware that she could have gone at any moment, but laughter is what she wishes for, and we can remember her by how hilarious she was.

 

[DrLeftover]

Joan Rivers: Why Johnny Carson "Never Ever Spoke to Me Again"
12/06/2012 by Joan Rivers

When I started out, a pretty girl did not go into comedy. If you saw a pretty girl walk into a nightclub, she was automatically a singer. Comedy was all white, older men. It was Jack Benny, Fred Allen, Bob Hope, Shelley Berman, Red Skelton ... even Amos and Andy were white men, which is hilarious if you think about it.

Phyllis Diller was happening right before me. But even Phyllis was a caricature, and I didn’t want to be a caricature. I was a college graduate; I wanted to get married.

I didn’t even want to be a comedian. Nobody wanted to be a comedian. Nowadays, everyone wants to be a comedian. You look at a Whitney Cummings, who is so beautiful -- she wanted to be a comedian! I wanted to be an actress. I was an office temp when one secretary said to me: “You’re very funny. You should go do stand-up, be a comedian. They make $6 a night some places.” And I said, “That’s more than I’m making as an office temp” -- I made eight, but I had to also pay for my Correcto-Type because I was a lousy speller -- so I thought, “Oh, I could do that and have days free to make the rounds.” And that’s why I became a comedian.

I had no idea what I was doing. The white men were doing “mother-in-law” and “my wife’s so fat …” jokes. It was all interchangeable. Bob Hope would walk into a town and say, “The traffic lights in this town are so slow that ...” and it could be any town. When I went onstage, that just didn’t feel right. So I just said, “Let me talk about my life.” It was at the moment when Woody Allen was saying, “Let me talk about my life,” and George Carlin was saying, “Maybe I'll talk about my life.” So I came in at the right moment.

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