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September 4th marks the first anniversary of Joan Rivers' death

Thursday, September 03, 2015 - 01:01

Comedian Joan Rivers died on September 4th, 2014, after complications during an outpatient procedure in New York. John Russell reports.

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Joan Rivers being remembered, the brash, pioneering comedian who paved the way for women in stand-up comedy, passed away on September 4th, 2014, at the age of 81. Only a week earlier, Rivers was having an examination of the back of her throat and vocal cords at a New York clinic when she stopped breathing and was rushed to Mount Sinai Hospital, where she died. Following her death, the State Health Department launched an investigation into Yorkville Endoscopy where Rivers was treated. It reviewed records and documents and questioned doctors at the clinic which opened in 2013. Rivers' only child, Melissa Rivers, filed a malpractice lawsuit in January 2015 against the New York medical clinic that treated her mother days before her death, saying doctors there posed for selfies with their sedated celebrity patient even as her vital signs were plunging. Her career as a stand-up comedian, author, talk show host and reality TV star spanned five decades.

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September 4th marks the first anniversary of Joan Rivers' death

Thursday, September 03, 2015 - 01:01