The 81-year-old comedienne was supposed to only have a routine procedure at Yorkville Endoscopy Aug. 28, but it took an ultimately fatal turn. Her personal doctor paused to snap a self-portrait while she was under anesthesia, CNN reported.
famous comedienne was under anesthesia, just moments before she went into cardiac arrest, CNN reported Tuesday.
Rivers, 81, was getting a routine scoping of her throat at Yorkville Endoscopy Aug. 28 when her own physician performed an unplanned biopsy on her vocal cords, a source told the Daily News.
The procedure sent the famed funny woman into a death spiral.
Jeff Bachner/for New York Daily News An unplanned biopsy was performed on Joan Rivers at outpatient clinic Yorkville Endoscopy on E. 93rd St, a source told the Daily News.
A staff member at the Upper East Side clinic told CNN that the personal physician — who was not authorized to practice medicine at the private facility — paused to snap a self-portrait.
Rivers was at the clinic for a routine endoscopy by gastroenterologist Dr. Lawrence Cohen.
Cohen has since been let go by the clinic. Rivers’ personal physician has not yet been named.
Rivers died Sept. 4 at Mount Sinai hospital. She never regained consciousness after the botched biopsy.
