Carly Simon Loses Two Sisters to Cancer in One Week
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Joanna Simon, a former opera singer, died from thyroid cancer, and Broadway composer Lucy Simon lost her battle with breast cancer.
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Singer Carly Simon’s talented older sisters Lucy and Joanna died of cancer this week, one day apart, Deadline reported. Joanna Simon, 85, was an opera singer, an arts correspondent for PBS, and the companion of CBS newsman Walter Cronkite; she died from thyroid cancer on Wednesday. Lucy Simon, 82, was Carly’s first singing partner before becoming a solo artist and Broadway composer; she died Thursday of breast cancer.
