August 26, 2018
RIP: NEIL SIMON, BROADWAY’S LONG-REIGNING KING OF COMEDY, DIES AT 91. “Simon, the Pulitzer- and Tony-winning author of plays such as ‘The Odd Couple,’ ‘Barefoot in the Park’ and ‘Lost in Yonkers,’ who died Aug. 26 at 91, was often called the world’s most popular playwright after Shakespeare.”