Joan Rivers may have been given the same drug that killed Michael Jackson when she went into cardiac and respiratory arrest at a New York clinic, it has been sensationally claimed today. The 81-year-old comedy legend slipped into a coma and never regained consciousness after being sedated for an endoscopy procedure. She died this afternoon. The New York State Department of health has launched an investigation into Yorkville Endoscopy, the out-patient  clinic where Rivers went into arrest. The clinic has said it is cooperating fully. RadarOnline reports that Rivers was given Propofol, which is often used was an anesthetic for simple medical procedures.
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Rivers' daughter Melissa has been bringing hairdressers and makeup artists to her mother's suite in Mount Sinai Hospital daily
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Celebrity event planner Preston Bailey decorated her room with plants, flowers and bows
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Rivers lies covered with a designer faux mink blanket and has a CD of Oklahoma! playing in the background
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Hospital staff allow her two dogs to be brought in to spend time with the comatose star
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E! network announced Rivers' show Fashion Police has been put on hiatus
The long-running program, which normally airs fresh episodes on Fridays, is on break this week and next, the network stated, 'as we await @placeholder and Melissa's return in front and behind the camera.'