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Joan Rivers -- Yorkville Clinic No Longer Up to Snuff for the Federal Government

Published: 01/12/2015
Joan Rivers' throat clinic just got a huge slap on the wrist after a federal investigation -- and now a ton of patients will have to get treatment somewhere else. As we've previously reported ... the Dept. of Health and Human Services found a ton of flaws at Yorkville Endoscopy Center after Joan's…
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Joan Rivers Surgeon Thinks Anesthesiologists Are a Waste of Money for Throat Procedure

Published: 01/08/2015
The surgeon who performed the throat procedure on Joan Rivers the day she went into cardiac arrest wrote an article telling his fellow doctors it's not cost-effective to have an anesthesiologist present for procedures like the one that killed Joan. Dr. Lawrence Cohen -- who was also the Medical…
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Melissa Rivers -- XMAS Wish ... I Want My Son to Laugh Again

Published: 12/24/2014
This will make you cry. Melissa Rivers had a very simple Christmas wish, which encapsulates the sadness and loss she experienced this year over what seems like the preventable death of her mom, Joan Rivers. Melissa was leaving Craig's restaurant in West Hollywood when a photog asked the simple…
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Joan Rivers -- Clinic Overhauls Procedures to Avoid Repeat Tragedies

Published: 12/16/2014
The clinic where Joan Rivers' throat procedure turned deadly ... just filed a plan to make a slew of major changes to avoid getting shut down by the feds. According to docs obtained by TMZ ... Yorkville Endoscopy is responding to flaws found by the Department of Health and Human services ... by…
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Joan Rivers -- Doctors Reportedly Kept Operating As Vital Signs Plummeted

Published: 11/30/2014
Doctors performing Joan Rivers' fatal procedure were rooting around in her throat with a surgical instrument even as her vital signs deteriorated ... this according to a new report. And the doctors delayed calling 911 for a critical 10 minutes and instead tried reviving her themselves ... this…
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Kathy Griffin to Replace Joan Rivers on Fashion Police

Published: 11/18/2014
Kathy Griffin will be Joan Rivers' replacement on "Fashion Police" ... TMZ has learned. Sources connected with the show tell TMZ it's a done deal. Kathy will join Melissa Rivers, Kelly Osbourne and Giuliana Rancic. We don't know the fate of George Kotsiopoulos. We're told the show will no longer…
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Joan Rivers -- Critical Drug Missing During Fatal Procedure

Published: 11/11/2014
Joan Rivers would be alive today if the clinic where she stopped breathing had a proper crash cart ... sources connected with her family's legal team tell TMZ. TMZ broke the story ... there were a number of screw ups, including doctor's notes that showed an alarming amount of Propofol in her body.…
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Joan Rivers -- Screw Up Over Propofol During Fatal Surgery

Published: 11/10/2014
Doctors who performed the procedure that led to Joan Rivers' death screwed up by not following the proper procedure before sedating her with Propofol ... according to a federal report. The Dept. of Health and Human Services examined the Yorkville Endoscopy Center, where Joan stopped breathing. The…
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Melissa Rivers ... Lawyered Up and Ready to Sue Over Joan's Death

Published: 10/28/2014
Joan Rivers' daughter Melissa has retained a law firm that will file a major lawsuit over her mom's death ... TMZ has confirmed. We're told the firm -- Gair, Gair, Conason, Steigman, Mackauf, Bloom & Rubinowitz -- will file a medical malpractice and wrongful death lawsuit against the clinic where…
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Joan Rivers -- Melissa Rivers Has 'No Choice' But to Sue

Published: 10/23/2014
Melissa Rivers will sue the medical center where Joan died and the doctors as well because it's the only way she can find out what really happened to her mom.Sources connected to the Rivers family tell TMZ ... after the New York Dept. of Health and Human Services came out with its findings that…
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Joan Rivers -- Cause of Death May Remain Mystery ... Because NO AUTOPSY

Published: 10/19/2014
We may never know exactly what killed Joan Rivers ... because a decision was made NOT to do an autopsy ... TMZ has learned. Sources connected to the NYC Medical Examiner tell us ... Melissa Rivers was despondent when Joan died and told doctors she did not want an autopsy performed. According to…
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Conrad Murray -- Joan Rivers Death Doesn't Dirty Propofol

Published: 10/18/2014
Conrad Murray is weighing in on Joan Rivers' death ... because, after all, he IS an expert on Propofol. Murray was nursing a frothy drink in Barbados when a photog screwed up the question ... she suggested to Murray Propofol was somehow the cause of Joan's death ... which is wasn't. Nevertheless…
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