This is one of Carly Simon’s many songs, written about her older sister.
But she had two, both older than she. Both as talented as she in their own ways. And both dying within the past few days.
Lucy Simon, a singer-songwriter and composer who received a Tony nomination in 1991 for her work on the long-running Broadway musical “The Secret Garden,” died Oct. 20 at her home in Piermont, N.Y. She was 82.
Ms. Simon, an older sister of pop superstar Carly Simon, had breast cancer, according to a family spokesperson who confirmed the death to the Associated Press. She died a day after her older sister, Joanna Simon, a former opera singer and cultural correspondent for “The MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour” on PBS.
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Lucy and Carly performing as The Simon Sisters
One of Lucy’s Tony winning numbers from The Secret Garden
Joanna Simon, singer
And Joanna Simon in her role as a TV interviewer/commentator, interviewing sister Carly after her Oscar win.
"I am filled with sorrow to speak about the passing of Joanna and Lucy Simon," Carly Simon said in a statement. "Their loss will be long and haunting. As sad as this day is, it's impossible to mourn them without celebrating their incredible lives that they lived."…."We were three sisters who not only took turns blazing trails and marking courses for one another, we were each others' secret shares," Simon said. "The co-keepers of each other's memories. I have no words to explain the feeling of suddenly being the only remaining direct offspring of Richard and Andrea Simon."
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