On Monday, the representative of SAM Simon Foundation founded by Simon Foundation confirmed the tragic news on Facebook, stating that "For those of us who knew him, his voice would always sound in our country; His sense of humor will continue to make us laugh; And his generosity and compassion will continue to influence our lives. "
After Simon has discovered cancer, he distributed his state (which was estimated at 100 million dollars) between a number of charitable foundations. Part of the Money Sam transmitted to his Charitable Foundation The Sam Simon Foundation, which helps veterans of wars. In the past, 2014, Simon was awarded the Writers of America's writers for contributing to charity.
Simon, winner of nine awards "Emmy", worked on "Simpsons" for many years in a row, and was a producer and a screenwriter of a number of other popular TV projects - including the TV series "Taxi" and "Show Drew Carey". One of his last works was the series "Growney Management", which was broadcast from 2012 to 2014 - Simon acted as director.