 On July 28, 2014, in a facility in Yorkville, Manhattan, Joan Rivers, a sharp-tongued and sharp-witted comedy superstar, stopped breathing during a simple throat surgery on her voice cords. Rivers experienced heart arrest on the way to Mount Sinai Hospital and was placed into a medically-induced coma. Doctors reportedly took the first efforts to awaken Rivers from the induced coma three days later. Fortunately, Rivers passed away at age 81 on September 4, 2014, three days after being transferred from the intensive care unit to a private room. I detest those who pass away from natural causes because they simply cannot grasp the present. Make it count. It's the big finale. Act 3, the 11 o'clock number. If you're going to pass away, make it memorable. Joan Rivers.