Report: Joan Rivers on life support

(JTA) — Comic and talk show host Joan Rivers reportedly is on life support. Doctors are reportedly attempting to reverse the medically-induced coma over the course of the next day.

The family will have to decide whether to keep Rivers, 81, on life support in the coming days, the website TMZ reported over the weekend.

The “Fashion Police” host was undergoing throat surgery on Aug. 28 at a clinic when she stopped breathing. Rivers was immediately rushed to Manhattan’s Mount Sinai Hospital and placed into an induced coma.

“The family remains hopeful that if they do decide to turn off the machines, she will make a turn for the better and fight through it,” according to TMZ.

The New York Daily News reported Sunday that Rivers’ daughter, Melissa, is “in denial” over her mother’s condition.

Rivers, a standup comic and a reality star with a career launched in the 1950s, in recent weeks drew attention for her vigorous defenses of Israel during its war with Hamas in the Gaza Strip.

Reports also claim Melissa is seriously considering pursuing litigation for malpractice against the clinic.