The daughter of Joan Rivers filed a malpractice lawsuit on Monday against the New York clinic that treated her mother days before her death last year, saying botched medical procedures by poorly trained doctors there cost the entertainer her life. Rivers, who was 81, suffered a loss of oxygen to her brain on Aug. 28…
The New York clinic where comedian Joan Rivers suffered cardiac arrest during an outpatient procedure last year will lose its federal accreditation and funding at the end of this month, a government health agency said on Monday. Rivers died on Sept. 4 at the age of 81 in a New York hospital a week after…
Getty Images Comedian Joan Rivers’ will left money to several charitable organizations to which she was connected. Among the Jewish organizations which received bequests were the Jewish Guild for the Blind, Jewish Home and Hospital Foundation, and the Simon Wiesenthal Center in Los Angeles. The amount received by each organization is unknown, since they will…
Lior Zaltzman Illustration Generally, the passing of celebrities affects me none. My Facebook feed fills up with heartfelt tributes, links to a flood of articles recounting their career and quotes from that particular celebrity’s most famous films, songs or shows. I casually glance, maybe even click, but I never really get absorbed, let alone shed…
The New York City clinic that treated comedian Joan Rivers made several errors, including not noticing her deteriorating vital signs during surgery, according to a federal investigation. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services released its report on Monday. Rivers, 81, died on Sept. 4, a week after being rushed to Manhattan’s Mount Sinai…
The New York outpatient clinic where the late Joan Rivers suffered cardiac arrest did not follow all the standard protocols during the throat procedures it conducted on the comedian, according to a government agency report released on Monday. Rivers died on Sept. 4 at the age of 81 in a New York hospital a week…
Melissa Rivers, the daughter of comedian Joan Rivers, has hired a New York law firm to investigate the circumstances behind her mother’s death from a complication during an outpatient throat procedure, the firm said on Tuesday. The investigation could ultimately lead Melissa Rivers to file a civil lawsuit against the clinic where her mother was…
Comedian Joan Rivers, who passed away last month at the age of 81, died of a complication during a medical procedure, the New York Chief Medical Examiner’s Office said on Thursday. Rivers was having an examination of the back of the throat and vocal cords at a New York clinic when she stopped breathing and…
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