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Joan Rivers dies at 81 in New York hospital
The comedian Joan Rivers died at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York at age 81 after a hospitalization for cardiac arrest following a routine procedure. The New York State Health Department probes the circumstances while colleagues and public figures mourn her trailblazing career in late night comedy and fashion commentary.
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