National Comic Legend Joan Rivers Dies by Gary Kopycinski on September 4, 2014 Gary Kopycinski Author More in National: Rep. Kelly Condemns FDA Approval of Flavored E-Cigarettes May 6, 2026 Wisconsin Legislative Black Caucus Introduces Constitutional Amendment to Ban Slavery in Wisconsin February 24, 2026 Martha Washington’s Enslaved Maid Ona Judge Made a Daring Escape to Freedom – but the National Park Service Has Erased Her Story From Philadelphia Exhibit February 14, 2026 NEW YORK—(ENEWSPF)—September 4, 2014. Comedian Joan Rivers died today at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York surrounded by family and close friends. She was 81.