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Finally: Joan Rivers' Cause of Death Is (Possibly) Confirmed

Joan rivers cause of death

Sept. 10 2014, Published 12:50 p.m. ET

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While Joan Rivers' autopsy has thus far been inconclusive, more details are coming out on Joan's possible cause of death. We know that she had stopped breathing during routine throat procedure which is what brought her to the hospital, but turns out that it wasn't that routine surgery—but rather the spur-of-the-moment biopsy performed during the surgery—that cut off Joan's air supply.

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