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The daughter of late comedienne Joan Rivers filed a medical malpractice lawsuit on Monday against the New York outpatient clinic that treated the entertainer a week before her death last year.

NEW YORK: Comedy legend and acerbic television presenter Joan Rivers died as a result of a "predictable complication" while being sedated for a medical procedure, the New York medical examiner said Thursday.

NEW YORK: Joan Rivers, the pioneering comedian known for her acerbic wit, classic put-downs and for asking "Can we talk?," died on Thursday at the age of 81 in a New York hospital a week after her heart stopped during an outpatient medical procedure.

NEW YORK: Acerbic comedian Joan Rivers died in New York on Thursday, a week after her heart stopped during an outpatient medical procedure, her daughter said in a statement. She was 81.