Joanna Simon, a renowned opera singer, died Wednesday of thyroid cancer at the age of 85.
In one of her last messages to me she said ‘I was going to ask you to carry my voice onward’ and I sat and wept,” Boggess wrote on Instagram. Carly Simon paid tribute to her two older sisters Saturday after they both died of cancer a day apart. And it was all due to the brilliant musical mind of Lucy Simon.
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It’s where I fell in love with Rebecca Luker. Carly Simon's two sisters, acclaimed mezzo-soprano and Emmy-winning TV correspondent Joanna Simon and composer Lucy Simon, died within a day of each other last week, the singer confirmed. "The Secret Garden was the first show I saw on Broadway. That Secret Garden score goes right in the pantheon," Pasquale wrote on Twitter. Members of the Broadway community, including actors Steven Pasquale, Jessica Vosk and Sierra Boggess, wrote condolence messages. Legendary singer Carly Simon is mourning the loss of her two sisters, Lucy and Joanna, who both died just a day apart this week after battling cancer.
Lucy Simon, a Tony Award-nominated Broadway composer, died of metastatic breast cancer. Lucy and her husband, David Levine, produced two Grammy-winning children’s albums, “In Harmony” (1981) and “In Harmony 2” (1983). Carly Simon is mourning the death of both her sisters, who died of cancer one day apart from each other.
The eldest Simon sister was married to novelist and journalist Gerald Walker from 1976 until his death in 2004 and was the companion of Walter Cronkite from 2005 until his death in 2009.Ĭarly and Lucy once performed together as the Simon Sisters, opening for other acts in Greenwich Village folk clubs.Īfter marrying and having children, Lucy Simon recorded two solo albums, “Lucy Simon” (1975) and “Stolen Time” (1977), for RCA. Carly Simon shared a heartbreaking tribute Saturday with People, following the deaths of her two sisters who died one day apart last week.
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