Carly Simon pays tribute to sisters who died of cancer one day apart: "I am filled with sorrow" - CBS News

Carly Simon honors 2 sisters who died 1 time isolated

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Carly Simon's 2 sisters, acclaimed mezzo-soprano and Emmy-winning TV analogous Joanna Simon and composer Lucy Simon, died wrong a time of each different past week, the vocalist confirmed successful a connection connected Sunday.

"I americium filled with sorrow to talk astir the passing of Joanna and Lucy Simon," Carly Simon said successful a statement. "Their nonaccomplishment volition beryllium agelong and haunting. As bittersweet arsenic this time is, it's intolerable to mourn them without celebrating their unthinkable lives that they lived."

Joanna Simon, the eldest of four, died Wednesday, conscionable a time earlier her sister Lucy died, according to Lucy's daughter, Julie Simon. Their member Peter, a photographer, died successful 2018 astatine 71. All 3 had cancer.  

"We were 3 sisters who not lone took turns blazing trails and marking courses for 1 another, we were each others' concealed shares," Simon said. "The co-keepers of each other's memories. I person nary words to explicate the feeling of abruptly being the lone remaining nonstop offspring of Richard and Andrea Simon."

Singer Carly Simon, right, is joined by her sisters and parent astatine a enactment successful New York connected Thursday, March 23, 1990, to observe the merchandise of her caller medium "My Romance." From near are Lucy, Andrea, Joanna and Carly Simon. Ed Bailey / AP

Carly Simon added that "they touched everyone they knew and those of america they've near down volition beryllium fortunate and honored to transportation their memories forward."

"In the past 2 days, I've been by the broadside of some my parent and my aunt, Joanna, and watched them walk into the adjacent world. I can't genuinely comprehend this," Lucy's girl Julie wrote connected Facebook.

Joanna Simon, who was 85 and died of thyroid cancer, roseate to fame successful the opera satellite and arsenic a performance performer successful the 1960s. She was a predominant impermanent connected TV speech shows. After her status from singing, she became an arts analogous for PBS's "MacNeil-Lehrer NewsHour," wherever she won an Emmy successful 1991 for a study connected intelligence unwellness and creativity.

Joanna Simon was joined to novelist and writer Gerald Walker from 1976 until his decease successful 2004. She was the companion of Walter Cronkite from 2005 until his decease successful 2009.

On stage, she made her nonrecreational debut successful 1962 arsenic Cherubino successful Mozart's "The Marriage of Figaro" astatine New York City Opera. That year, she won the Marian Anderson Award for promising young singers. Simon took connected a scope of material. As a performance performer, she leaned into classical and modern songs of her time.

The siblings were calved to publishing elephantine Richard Simon and his wife, Andrea. Carly and Lucy erstwhile performed arsenic the Simon Sisters, opening for different acts successful Greenwich Village people clubs.

Lucy Simon, 82, was nominated for a Tony for penning the people of "The Secret Garden." She died of metastatic bosom cancer, according to CNN.