Comedy Icon, Tony Nominee & Broadway Cheerleader Joan Rivers Dead at 81 by Ryan McPhee

Legendary comedian and Tony nominee Joan Rivers died on September 4, following surgery complications, according to Reuters. As previously reported, Rivers stopped breathing while undergoing a throat procedure at Yorkville Endoscopy on the Upper East Side and was rushed to the Mt. Sinai Hospital. She was 81 years old. Born Joan Alexandra Molinsky in Brooklyn in 1933, Rivers graduated from Barnard College with a deg…

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