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 ...

Sam Simon, an original developer of "The Simpsons" has died at the age of 59. His passing was announced on Monday by The Sam Simon Foundation. Post by The Sam Simon Foundation. In 2013, Simon was ...

Ricky Gervais, Hank Azaria, Larry King and 'Simpsons' co-creators Matt Groening and James L. Brooks were among those remembering the Emmy Award-winning comedy writer and producer who died after a ...

Sam Simon, who was a creative force 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 ...

Sam Simon, a co-creator of “The Simpsons” who made a midlife career shift into philanthropy and channeled much of his personal fortune into social causes including animal welfare, has died after a ...

Sam Simon, the writer credited with giving life to “The Simpsons,” the prime-time animation hit that became the longest-running scripted show in television history, has died. He was 59. His death was ...

Simon passed away at his Pacific Palisades home from colon cancer, which he was diagnosed with in February 2013. “He was a genius and a great humanitarian in ways public and private. I personally owe ...

Simon's previous experience as a writer and producer helped make the show a success. And the money Simon made from the animated sitcom allowed him... Sam Simon, the philanthropist and multiple ...

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Sam Simon, a co-creator of Fox's long-running hit animated series "The Simpsons" and an ardent philanthropist for animals, died after a battle with colon cancer, his agent said ...

Sam Simon, a co-creator of "The Simpsons" and animal-rights advocate who made a midlife career shift into philanthropy and channeled much of his personal fortune into social causes, has died. Simon ...