Simon, who died of thyroid cancer, won an Emmy in 1991 for a report she had done as an arts correspondent for PBS’s “MacNeil-Lehrer News Hour.”
NEW YORK — Joanna Simon, an acclaimed mezzo-soprano, Emmy-winning TV correspondent and one of the three singing Simon sisters who include pop star Carly, has died at age 85.
“In the last 2 days, I’ve been by the side of both my mother and my aunt, Joanna, and watched them pass into the next world. I can’t truly comprehend this,” Julie wrote on Facebook. “I am filled with sorrow to speak about the passing of Joanna and Lucy Simon. Their loss will be long and haunting. As sad as this day is, it’s impossible to mourn them without celebrating their incredible lives that they lived,” Carly Simon said in a statement Saturday.
Joanna Simon was married to novelist and journalist Gerald Walker from 1976 until his death in 2004. She was the companion of Walter Cronkite from 2005 until his death in 2009.
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Carly Simon loses sisters Lucy, Joanna to cancer just one day apartOpera singer and eldest sister Joanna died of thyroid cancer on Wednesday, and Broadway composer Lucy died of metastatic breast cancer on Thursday.
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Joanna Simon, acclaimed singer, TV correspondent, dies at 85NEW YORK (AP) — Joanna Simon, an acclaimed mezzo-soprano, Emmy-winning TV correspondent and one of the three singing Simon sisters who include pop star Carly, has died at age 85. Simon, the eldest of four, died Wednesday, just a day before her sister Lucy died, according to Lucy's daughter, Julie Simon.
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Joanna Simon, acclaimed singer, TV correspondent, dies at 85Simon, who died of thyroid cancer, won an Emmy in 1991 for a report she had done as an arts correspondent for PBS’s “MacNeil-Lehrer News Hour.”
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Carly Simon Loses Both Sisters to Cancer: Broadway Composer Lucy Simon And Opera Singer Joanna Simon Die One Day ApartMusician Carly Simon has lost both of her sisters, Lucy and Joanna, to cancer one day apart from each other. Lucy, known throughout her life and career as a composer on Broadway, died of metastatic…
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Lucy Simon, Tony-Nominated Composer and Sister of Carly Simon, Dies at 82She recorded in a folk act with the 'You're So Vain' singer, then worked on Broadway in 'The Secret Garden' and 'Doctor Zhivago.'
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