--- description: Joan Rivers, the 81-year-old comedian and television host, was rushed to a hospital following a heart attack Thursday morning title: Joan Rivers Hospitalized in New York City image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt97681aa31382080a/6986a15013c79f3839193a49/joan-rivers1.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [celebrities](/tag/celebrities/) ## celebrities Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Joan Rivers 'Resting Comfortably' in New York City Hospital  by [Noah Rayman](/author/noah-rayman/)  ## Noah Rayman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 28, 2014 6:55 PM CUT  Joan Rivers attends the 2009 Mardi Gras VIP party at the Zeta Bar of the Hilton Hotel in Sydney on March 5, 2009 Joan Rivers attends the 2009 Mardi Gras VIP party at the Zeta Bar of the Hilton Hotel in Sydney on March 5, 2009Mike Flokis—Getty Images  by [Noah Rayman](/author/noah-rayman/)  ## Noah Rayman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 28, 2014 6:55 PM CUT **Updated 7:39 a.m. Friday** Joan Rivers, the 81-year-old comedian and television personality, was rushed from a doctor’s office to a New York City hospital on Thursday morning after she went into cardiac arrest, [according](http://bigstory.ap.org/article/police-officials-joan-rivers-rushed-hospital "undefined") to the Associated Press. “This morning, Joan Rivers was taken to The Mount Sinai Hospital in New York, where she is being attended to. Her family wants to thank everybody for their outpouring of love and support,” Sid Dinsay, a spokesman for the hospital, said in a statement. Rivers’ daughter, Melissa, [said](http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/joan-rivers-resting-comfortably-cardiac-arrest/story?id=25161302 "undefined") Thursday that Rivers is “resting comfortably” after the episode. Rivers, who rose to national fame with her 1965 appearance on _The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson_, was scheduled to perform on Friday in Red Bank, N.J. The Count Basie Theatre said in a [statement](http://www.countbasietheatre.org/calendar/show/show.asp?id=43249221 "undefined") on its website that Rivers’ show has been postponed and that they “look forward to hosting the iconic comedienne in the near future.” The entertainer gave a talk on Wednesday at the Time-Life building, where TIME is based, and had told the audience she had no physical ailments — even calling herself “lucky” — according to a reporter who was at the event. Rivers said she does not restrict what she eats and joked that the processed foods and fake sugar may be what preserves the body. — _With reporting by Dan Kedmey_ ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3209094/joan-rivers-hospitalized-in-new-york-city/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3209094/joan-rivers-hospitalized-in-new-york-city/"},"headline":"Joan Rivers 'Resting Comfortably' in New York City Hospital","datePublished":"2014-08-28T18:55:19.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T09:55:04.593Z","description":"Comedian was scheduled to perform Friday in Red Bank, N.J.","url":"https://time.com/3209094/joan-rivers-hospitalized-in-new-york-city/","keywords":["celebrities","Comedy","jimmy fallon","joan rivers"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt97681aa31382080a/6986a15013c79f3839193a49/joan-rivers1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Noah Rayman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/noah-rayman/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt97681aa31382080a/6986a15013c79f3839193a49/joan-rivers1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"FILE Comedian Joan Rivers Hospitalised After She Stops Breathing Following An Operation On Her Vocal Chords","caption":"FILE Comedian Joan Rivers Hospitalised After She Stops Breathing Following An Operation On Her Vocal Chords","creditText":"Mike Flokis—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/celebrities/","name":"celebrities"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3209094/joan-rivers-hospitalized-in-new-york-city/","name":"Joan Rivers 'Resting Comfortably' in New York City Hospital"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Late-Night Highlight: David Letterman Walks Out During Joan Rivers Interview","description":"“Late Show” host David Letterman teased Joan Rivers by walking out during his interview with her. 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