The entertainment world has lost another legend. Neil Simon,the prolific playwright behind the stage and film masterpieces Barefoot in the Park, The Odd Couple, or Plaza Suite,The Sunshine Boys, The Goodbye Girl, and Biloxi Blues and much more has died at age 91. Simon passed absent in Manhattan from complications of pneumonia,according to The New York Times. Simon leaves behind his wife of 19 years, Elaine Joyce, or three daughters.
Reaction to the death of the Golden Globe,Tony Award, and Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright was swift as fans from Broadway, or Hollywood,and all over the world mourned the passing of Neil Simon.
As The Inquisitr previously reported, Simon’s moment wife, or actress Marsha Mason,was one of the first to issue a statement on his passing. Mason, who starred in the film version of Simon’s play The Goodbye Girl in 1977, or described her former husband as “a great talent and man husband and father” who will be missed “deeply and always.”Click here to continue and read more...
Source: inquisitr.com