Der US-amerikanische TV-/Film-Produzent und «Simpsons»-Miterfinder Sam Simon ist gestorben

Der am 6. Juni 1955 in Los Angeles geborene US-amerikanische TV- und Film-Produzent, Autor und Regisseur Sam Simon (Bild) ist am 8. März 2015 ebenda gestorben.

Foto: Matt Waldron, 2008 – CC-Lizenz: Attribution 2.0 Generic – Zur Original-Datei: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sam_Simon.jpg

Simon machte sich vor allem als Co-Autor der US-Zeichentrickserie «Die Simpsons» einen Namen. Er gewann neun Emmy-Awards für seine Arbeit als Autor, Regisseur und Produzent.

http://www.spiegel.de/kultur/tv/sam-simon-simpsons-produzent-ist-tot-a-1022637.html 

Nine-time Emmy winner Sam Simon, who wrote episodes of «Taxi,» «Cheers» and «It’s Garry Shandling’s Show» before co-creating landmark animated series «The Simpsons« and eventually becoming a philanthropist, died Sunday of colorectal cancer at his home in Los Angeles, his reps confirmed. He was 59 and was diagnosed with terminal cancer in late 2012.

Carmel Dagan

http://variety.com/2015/tv/news/sam-simon-co-creator-of-the-simpsons-dies-at-59-1201448945/

Sam Simon, who was one of the major creative forces behind «The Simpsons« and who left the show after its fourth season in a lucrative arrangement that allowed him to spend much of the rest of his life giving his money away, died on Sunday at his home in the Pacific Palisades area of Los Angeles.

William Yardley

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/10/arts/television/sam-simon-who-helped-shape-the-simpsons-dies-at-59.html?_r=0

Mehr:

Sam Simon Foundation

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0800376/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Simon