Carly Simon Loses Both Sisters to Cancer

Joanna Simon, Opera Singer from Famously Musical Family, Dies at 85

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Broadway Composer Lucy Simon And Opera Singer Joanna Simon Die One Day Apart

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Lucy, known throughout her life and career as a composer on Broadway

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died of metastatic breast cancer at the age of 82

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on Thursday in her Piermont, N.Y. home

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Joanna, the oldest of the sisters who was known as an opera singer

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died of thyroid cancer at 85 on Wednesday,

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Carly Simon Loses Both Sisters to Cancer

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Joanna Simon, Opera Singer from Famously Musical Family, Dies at 85

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Broadway Composer Lucy Simon And Opera Singer Joanna Simon Die One Day Apart

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Lucy, known throughout her life and career as a composer on Broadway

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died of metastatic breast cancer at the age of 82

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on Thursday in her Piermont, N.Y. home

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Joanna, the oldest of the sisters who was known as an opera singer

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died of thyroid cancer at 85 on Wednesday,

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