![]() ![]() Tributes are pouring in for Neil Simon, the Broadway playwright behind classic such comedies as "The Odd Couple" and "The Sunshine Boys." His classic comedies include "The Odd Couple" and "The Sunshine Boys." Television journalist Dan Rather said Simon "brought a unique eye for life to stage and screen." Rather says Simon's sharp characters and dialogue prodded his audience, in laughter and tears, "to contend with the traits that make us human." Doubtfire," tweeted that, "If you write comedy, if you write period, you learned something from Neil Simon. Randi Mayem Singer, whose screenwriting credits include the 1993 hit "Mrs. "Star Wars" actor Mark Hamill tweeted that Simon was a "GIANT of the American Theatre." Mason had appeared in his stage comedy "The Good Doctor" and who went on to star in several films written by Simon, including "The Goodbye Girl," ''The Cheap Detective," ''Chapter Two," ''Only When I Laugh" and "Max Dugan Returns."Īctors, writers and other celebrities are taking to social media to pay tribute to Neil Simon, the American theater's most successful and prolific playwright in the second half of the 20th century. With his passing, his work and plays live on and will be enjoyed by many generations to come. ![]() She says: "He was a great talent and man, husband and father. Marsha Mason, who was married to Simon from 1973 to 1983 and acted in his creations, added her voice to the tributes for the playwright, who died Sunday at age 91. One of Neil Simon's ex-wives says he will be "sorely missed" but his work will live on. Broderick says it was his "great good fortune" that both his first film and Broadway play were among Simon's trove of work. ![]()
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