Photo: Disney General Entertainment Content/GettyCarly Simonis mourning the loss of hertwo sisters, Joanna and Lucy Simon, who both died of cancer this week.The musician, 75, opened up about the loss in a statement to PEOPLE after it was revealed that Joanna, 85, died of thyroid cancer on Wednesday and Lucy, 82, died of metastatic breast cancer on Thursday.“I am filled with sorrow to speak about the passing of Joanna and Lucy Simon. Their loss will be long and haunting,” Simon told PEOPLE in a statement. “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 other’s secret shares. The co-keepers of each other’s memories.“Ron Galella, Ltd./Ron Galella Collection/GettyThe deaths of Lucy, who was aTony Award-nominated Broadway composer, and Joanna, who was an opera singer, were confirmed toDeadlineon Friday. Their younger brother Peter Simon, a longtime photographer onMartha’s Vineyard, died in 2018at 71after he was diagnosed with lung cancer.“I have no words to explain the feeling of suddenly being the only remaining direct offspring of Richard and Andrea Simon,” Simon said, adding that her sisters “touched everyone they knew and those of us they’ve left behind will be lucky and honored to carry their memories forward.“Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.Musician Van Dyke Parks, a collaborator of Simon’s, shared condolences to Twitter following the news, calling the “You’re So Vain” singer “one of the most decent artists for whom I’ve arranged.“Lucy and Carly were early collaborators in the 1960s when she formed the iconicfolk duo, The Simon Sisters, with Carly. Together, the pair sharedthe song"Wynken, Blynken & Nod” in 1964, before Lucy went to nursing school andmarried David Levinein 1967. Simon and Levine share two children together, Jamie and Julie.After producing twoGrammy-winning children’s albumsin the ’80s —In HarmonyandIn Harmony 2— Lucy eventually became thethird female composer on Broadway, having earned a Tony nomination in 1991 for herThe Secret Gardenscore.Joanna debuted in Mozart’s “The Marriage of Figaro” at the New York City Operain 1962, per Playbill, and performed at the Seattle Opera and with the New York Philharmonic, the Vienna Philharmonic and the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra during her career.She eventually became anEmmy-winning arts correspondentfor PBS’The MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour, up until 1992, and gotmarried to Gerald Walkerfrom 1976 until his death in 2004.
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Carly Simonis mourning the loss of hertwo sisters, Joanna and Lucy Simon, who both died of cancer this week.The musician, 75, opened up about the loss in a statement to PEOPLE after it was revealed that Joanna, 85, died of thyroid cancer on Wednesday and Lucy, 82, died of metastatic breast cancer on Thursday.“I am filled with sorrow to speak about the passing of Joanna and Lucy Simon. Their loss will be long and haunting,” Simon told PEOPLE in a statement. “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 other’s secret shares. The co-keepers of each other’s memories.“Ron Galella, Ltd./Ron Galella Collection/GettyThe deaths of Lucy, who was aTony Award-nominated Broadway composer, and Joanna, who was an opera singer, were confirmed toDeadlineon Friday. Their younger brother Peter Simon, a longtime photographer onMartha’s Vineyard, died in 2018at 71after he was diagnosed with lung cancer.“I have no words to explain the feeling of suddenly being the only remaining direct offspring of Richard and Andrea Simon,” Simon said, adding that her sisters “touched everyone they knew and those of us they’ve left behind will be lucky and honored to carry their memories forward.“Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.Musician Van Dyke Parks, a collaborator of Simon’s, shared condolences to Twitter following the news, calling the “You’re So Vain” singer “one of the most decent artists for whom I’ve arranged.“Lucy and Carly were early collaborators in the 1960s when she formed the iconicfolk duo, The Simon Sisters, with Carly. Together, the pair sharedthe song"Wynken, Blynken & Nod” in 1964, before Lucy went to nursing school andmarried David Levinein 1967. Simon and Levine share two children together, Jamie and Julie.After producing twoGrammy-winning children’s albumsin the ’80s —In HarmonyandIn Harmony 2— Lucy eventually became thethird female composer on Broadway, having earned a Tony nomination in 1991 for herThe Secret Gardenscore.Joanna debuted in Mozart’s “The Marriage of Figaro” at the New York City Operain 1962, per Playbill, and performed at the Seattle Opera and with the New York Philharmonic, the Vienna Philharmonic and the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra during her career.She eventually became anEmmy-winning arts correspondentfor PBS’The MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour, up until 1992, and gotmarried to Gerald Walkerfrom 1976 until his death in 2004.
Carly Simonis mourning the loss of hertwo sisters, Joanna and Lucy Simon, who both died of cancer this week.
The musician, 75, opened up about the loss in a statement to PEOPLE after it was revealed that Joanna, 85, died of thyroid cancer on Wednesday and Lucy, 82, died of metastatic breast cancer on Thursday.
“I am filled with sorrow to speak about the passing of Joanna and Lucy Simon. Their loss will be long and haunting,” Simon told PEOPLE in a statement. “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 other’s secret shares. The co-keepers of each other’s memories.”
Ron Galella, Ltd./Ron Galella Collection/Getty
The deaths of Lucy, who was aTony Award-nominated Broadway composer, and Joanna, who was an opera singer, were confirmed toDeadlineon Friday. Their younger brother Peter Simon, a longtime photographer onMartha’s Vineyard, died in 2018at 71after he was diagnosed with lung cancer.
“I have no words to explain the feeling of suddenly being the only remaining direct offspring of Richard and Andrea Simon,” Simon said, adding that her sisters “touched everyone they knew and those of us they’ve left behind will be lucky and honored to carry their memories forward.”
Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.
Musician Van Dyke Parks, a collaborator of Simon’s, shared condolences to Twitter following the news, calling the “You’re So Vain” singer “one of the most decent artists for whom I’ve arranged.”
Lucy and Carly were early collaborators in the 1960s when she formed the iconicfolk duo, The Simon Sisters, with Carly. Together, the pair sharedthe song"Wynken, Blynken & Nod” in 1964, before Lucy went to nursing school andmarried David Levinein 1967. Simon and Levine share two children together, Jamie and Julie.
After producing twoGrammy-winning children’s albumsin the ’80s —In HarmonyandIn Harmony 2— Lucy eventually became thethird female composer on Broadway, having earned a Tony nomination in 1991 for herThe Secret Gardenscore.
Joanna debuted in Mozart’s “The Marriage of Figaro” at the New York City Operain 1962, per Playbill, and performed at the Seattle Opera and with the New York Philharmonic, the Vienna Philharmonic and the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra during her career.
She eventually became anEmmy-winning arts correspondentfor PBS’The MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour, up until 1992, and gotmarried to Gerald Walkerfrom 1976 until his death in 2004.
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