Joan Rivers update: Comedienne remains on life support

Joan Rivers remains on life support at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York, her daughter Melissa announced on September 2.

“On behalf of my mother and our family, we are extremely grateful for all the love and support we’ve received. At this time she does remain on life support,” Melissa Rivers wrote.

“I know my mother would be overwhelmed by the continued outpouring of kindness and I want to thank everyone for keeping us in their prayers,” she added.

Joan Rivers, 81, was taken last week to Mt. Sinai Hospital in New York after she stopped breathing during a throat surgery at her doctor’s office.

She was later placed in a medically-induced coma.

On September 1, anonymously sourced reported that Joan Rivers was being brought out of the medically-induced coma.