Joan Rivers has been placed in a medically induced coma

Popular comedienne and E! Fashion Police host, Joan Rivers who was rushed to Mount Sinai hospital in New York City yesterday after she stopped breathing during a surgery on her throat has been placed on a medically induced coma. 

 

According to E! the 81 year old Rivers' heart stopped beating shortly after a routine surgery on her throat began at a clinic in New York City. Her daughter Melissa who flew into New York from Los Angeles on Thursday night to be by her mother's side, said in a statement, 

"I want to thank everyone for the overwhelming love and support for my mother. She is resting comfortably and is with our family. We ask that you continue to keep her in your thoughts and prayers."