One Year After Joan Rivers's Death, Melissa Is Still 'Amazed by the Outpouring of Love'
One year ago, on September 4, 2014, Joan Rivers passed away, having spent a week in a medically induced coma after she stopped breathing during a routine endoscopy. The past 365 days have been a blur of he saids, she saids, medical malpractice suits, and we won't even venture to mention the disaster that is E!'s Fashion Police without its anchor.
But on the one year anniversary of that loss, Joan's daughter Melissa wrote a few words on Instagram to mark the anniversary and thank Joan's fans for their continued love.
"Today marks one year since my mother passed," she wrote on her mother's account. "This was the year of firsts: first holidays, first birthdays, first everythings without mom, without grandma. While it's been difficult, I've been amazed by the outpouring of love and overwhelming kindness we've received from family, friends, and people whose lives were touched by the woman they knew as Joan — a woman we all miss so very much."
In the wake of Rivers's death, federal investigators determined that a number of mistakes had been made which lead to her passing. Perhaps the most shocking among them was the Health Department's report which found that one of the doctors in the operating room took a selfie with Rivers during the procedure.
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Melissa Rivers has filed a malpractice suit against Yorkville Endoscopy, where the procedure took place.
Thursday night, in celebration of Joan Rivers's life and career, E! aired a special called Fashion Police: Celebrating Joan.
