Singer Carly Simon’s two older sisters died this week after losing their battles with cancer.
Joanna Simon died on Wednesday after a battle with thyroid cancer, one day before her 86th birthday. Her sister Lucy, 82, died on Thursday of breast cancer.
Joanna Simon, known for her smoky-voiced mezzo-soprano opera, was the eldest of the four Simon siblings.After making her NYC opera debut in 1962, she would go on to perform in hundreds of shows internationally including with the Vienna Philharmonic and the American Symphony Orchestra. Joanna Simon’s post-opera career saw her become an arts correspondent for PBS, winning an Emmy award in 1991 for her report on bipolar disorder and creativity for the MacNeil-Lehrer News Hour.
She has been credited with appearances on The Tonight Show, was the co-host of Ovation magazine’s Classical awards, and was a presenter at the 1971 Grammy Awards.Lucy Simon rose to fame when she joined her younger sister Carly as a member of the folk music duo, the Simon Sisters. The two released three albums from 1964 to 1969, including their debut album “Meet the Simon Sisters” which contains “Winkin’, Blinkin’ And Nod” the duo’s hottest single that reach 73 on the Billboard Hot 100.
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