Sam Simon

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Sam Simon playing poker (2008)

Samuel "Sam" Michael Simon (born June 6, 1955 in Los Angeles , California - † March 8, 2015 ) was an American television producer. Together with James L. Brooks and Matt Groening , he produced the first two seasons of The Simpsons .

Life

Simon graduated from Stanford University in 1977. He began his career in the early 1980s as a screenwriter, including for the sitcoms Taxi and Cheers , and later supervised both series as a producer. Between 1988 and 1990 he worked as executive producer on the Tracey Ullman Show , in which the animated series The Simpsons had its premiere as a short film. When the broadcaster decided to produce the Simpsons as an independent television series, Simon was one of the main ideas behind Matt Groening. Simon developed the characters Mr. Burns and Dr. Hibbert . After the end of the fourth season, Simon left the series due to irreconcilable differences of opinion with Groening. Although he had not worked on the series since 1993, he was still named as an executive producer and received several million dollars annually for it.

From 1984 to 1997 Simon was married to Jennifer Tilly . For many years he was committed to his foundation, which rescues street dogs and advocates the education of disabled people. He was the manager of former WBO world champion Lamon Brewster and was nominated as the world's best boxing manager in 2004. He supported Sea Shepherd , who named their ship Sam Simon - a former Japanese research vessel - after him in 2012 .

As a hobby poker player, Simon took part in the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas several times . At the beginning of March 2010, he won a poker tournament in Los Angeles with a prize of just under 60,000 US dollars . Overall, he earned more than $ 350,000 in prize money.

In November 2012, Simon was diagnosed with colon cancer. He made this public in July 2013 and announced that he would donate all of his assets to charity. Simon died on March 8, 2015 of complications from cancer.

Web links

Commons : Sam Simon  - collection of images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Stanford University (English)
  2. ^ Daniel Schorn: Meet Sam Simon, The Dog Nut . In: CBS News . July 15, 2007. Retrieved February 9, 2011: "He estimates he makes well over $ 10 million a year from a show he hasn't worked on since 1993"
  3. ↑ Sam Simon Foundation (English)
  4. ↑ PR Newswire (English)
  5. ↑ seashepherd.org: The M / V Sam Simon to join the Sea Shepherd Fleet for the Next Voyage to Antarctica . In: see shepherd . June 12, 2012. Archived from the original on June 24, 2012. Retrieved December 11, 2012: “The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society is going to add a fourth ship to the fleet. The Sam Simon will soon join the Bob Barker, Steve Irwin, and Brigitte Bardot. Sam Simon generously donated the funds to purchase the ship and we have found the perfect candidate, in of all places - Germany! "
  6. ↑ Sam Simon in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed June 27, 2020.
  7. ↑ Dailymail (English)
  8. ↑ TMZ STAFF: 'Simpsons' co-creator Dies After Long Battle With Cancer . In: TMZ . March 9, 2015. Retrieved March 9, 2015: “Simon passed away Sunday at his LA home, following a long, difficult battle with colon cancer. Simon was diagnosed in 2012 and was very public that his disease was terminal. "
personal data
SURNAME Simon, Sam
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Simon, Samuel Michael (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American television producer
DATE OF BIRTH June 6, 1955
PLACE OF BIRTH los Angeles
DATE OF DEATH March 8, 2015
Place of death los Angeles