Joan Rivers passed away Today at 81

[Chris Stern]

in a statement from her Daughter Melessa, Joan Rivers passed away at 1:17pm at Mount Sinai Hospital. She was initially admitted for surgery on the 28th of August where she suffered cardiac arrest during the procedure and was placed on life support as her condition worsened on Sept. 2nd.

Source: http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/joan-rivers-dead-81/story?id=25160389