Carly Simon pays tribute to her two sisters who died of cancer a day apart |



Carly Simon and sisters Lucy Simon and Joanna Simon successful 1994. Ron Galella, Ltd./Ron Galella Collection/Getty Images

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Singer Carly Simon paid tribute to her 2 sisters, Joanna and Lucy, who died conscionable a time isolated of each antithetic this week, each from astir cancers.

Joanna Simon, eighty five, died of thyroid astir cancers connected Wednesday and Lucy Simon, 82, died of metastatic bosom crab Thursday, Simon’s supervisor, Larry Ciancia, confirmed to .

“I americium filled with sorrow to speech astir the passing of Joanna and Lucy Simon. Their nonaccomplishment mightiness beryllium agelong and haunting,” Simon stated successful a announcement to .

All 3 sisters were musically talented. Joanna Simon became an opera vocalist and Lucy Simon turned into a performer and composer who go nominated for a Tony Award for the people of the “The Secret Garden” musical.

“As bittersweet arsenic this time is, it’s intolerable to mourn them without celebrating their awesome lives that they lived,” Simon said. “We were 3 sisters who present not handiest took turns blazing trails and marking courses for each other, we were each others enigma shares. The co-keepers of each different’s memories.”

“I haven't immoderate words to springiness an mentation for the sensation of abruptly being the champion eventual nonstop offspring of Richard and Andrea Simon,” the “Anticipation” and “You’re So Vain” vocalist persisted.

Simon’s brother, Peter, died successful 2018.

“They touched each and sundry they knew and radical of america they’ve near astatine the backmost of mightiness beryllium fortunate and commemorated to clasp their reminiscences forward,” she introduced.