--- title: Joan Rivers Hospitalized in New York City description: Joan Rivers, the 81-year-old comedian and television host, was rushed to a hospital following a heart attack Thursday morning canonical: https://time.com/3209094/joan-rivers-hospitalized-in-new-york-city/ author: Noah Rayman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-08-28T18:55:19.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T08:00:47.438Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Joan Rivers Hospitalized in New York City og:description: Comedian was scheduled to perform Friday in Red Bank, N.J. og:url: https://time.com/3209094/joan-rivers-hospitalized-in-new-york-city/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt97681aa31382080a/6986a15013c79f3839193a49/joan-rivers1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2058 og:image:height: 1158 og:image:alt: FILE Comedian Joan Rivers Hospitalised After She Stops Breathing Following An Operation On Her Vocal Chords og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Joan Rivers Hospitalized in New York City twitter:description: Comedian was scheduled to perform Friday in Red Bank, N.J. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt97681aa31382080a/6986a15013c79f3839193a49/joan-rivers1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Joan Rivers 'Resting Comfortably' in New York City Hospital > Sponsored content. 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He was playing off her CNN interview, where she walked off the set during an interview._  by [Noah Rayman](https://time.com/author/noah-rayman/)  ## Noah Rayman Aug 28, 2014 6:55 PM UTC  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, 2009 Mike Flokis—Getty Images  by [Noah Rayman](https://time.com/author/noah-rayman/)  ## Noah Rayman Aug 28, 2014 6:55 PM UTC **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) 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) 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) 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_ ## Transcript For your late night highlight, David Letterman poked a little fun at Joan Rivers. [ NOISE ]. In case you missed it the late show host was teasing Rivers for this moment over the weekend when she angrily walked out of a CNN interview. You are not the one to interview, a person who does human. Sorry! Are we serious? While Rivers does have a new book out, she told the rep she never does PR stunts. And the CNN interview was no exception. In talking about the CNN anchor, Rivers said, she did not seem to understand we were talking about a comedy book. Every question was an accusatory one. Designed to put me on the defensive. But, Rivers took Letterman's walk out in stride then jokingly began interviewing herself. Classic Joan. Thanks for watching. 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