Joan Rivers has passed...

[ChisolmTrailDem]

Breaking now...

[MineralMan]

1. Just heard that on CBS Radio news.

Not unexpected.

[ChisolmTrailDem]

4. Totally expected. The days since Ms. Rivers has been in the hospital mirror exactly

the end of my mother's life last October, though my mom suffered a massive heart attack.

My mom was also in an induced coma and had to be brought out so neurological tests could be done and she failed those tests.

As I'm sure Mr. Rivers' daughter had to do, that of deciding to "pull the plug", I also had to decide with my family. Mom had a DNR and did not want to be kept alive by machines. We honored that wish.

[NYC_SKP]

2. RIP.

I know she'll be missed.

[superpatriotman]

3. So sad

Rest in peace, Joan

[Hell Hath No Fury]

5. Pretty much thought that was going to be the case. :(

She was a pioneer for women in comedy. Godspeed, you sassy broad.

[narnian60]

11. Sassy broad.

Perfect description of her.

[mnhtnbb]

6. Been waiting to hear this after the move out of ICU.

[Renew Deal]

7. That was a bad sign?

[NYC_SKP]

8. Coming home to die. I did this for my mom.

Sister wanted to keep her in a long term care facility and sell the house. I kept the house until she was better.

I was able to bring her home where, after a month without dad and while in hospital for a short stay she asked for hospice.

I moved her bed into the living room and the family gathered, and then she passed, with us, in her home.

Not identical to the Rivers case, I know, but I'll bet this is the root of it.

I don't want to die in a hospital, either.

[Hell Hath No Fury]

9. Very bad sign

If she had been recovering she would have been in ICU for longer -- the move to a private room was a way for the family to gather around the bedside privately while they let her go.

[mnhtnbb]

10. Yes. If she was on life support and it wasn't reported

that she was conscious, they were simply putting her in a more 'home-like'
setting for the privacy to pull the plug.