Niel Simon, right, shown with his brother Danny Simon in 1984. Together, the brothers wrote for such 1950s television series as Sid Caesar’s “Your Show of Shows.”
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From left, Cyd Charisse, “Oh, God” screenwriter Larry Gelbart and “The Sunshine Boys” screenwriter Neil Simon pose with a life–size cutout of George Burns at a news conference before a 100th birthday celebration for Burns at the Four Seasons Hotel in Los Angeles on Jan. 16, 1996.
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Neil Simon, right, with Joe Mantello, who directed Simon’s play “Proposals” at the Ahmanson, on July 2, 1997.
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