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If you happened to be planning to buy, say, 100 dozen donuts but would rather have your hard-earned money feed a worthy cause, plop down on the couch and check this out. All nine Emmys won by The Simpsons co-creator Sam Simon during his career — seven for the toon phenom and two for The Tracey Ullman Show — are going…

Fusion will air its documentary about TV producer/writer/director Sam Simon this Sunday. In August, Fusion announced Simon had given the network exclusive rights to document “the final months of his life” as he battled terminal cancer and his work to promote animal rights. Rebel with a Cause: The Sam Simon Story will…

As we remember the life and career of Sam Simon, who died Sunday of cancer at 59, here are some lesser-known facts about the The Simpsons co-creator, philanthropist and dog lover as told by his longtime collaborator and friend, The Simpsons executive-producer/showrunner Al Jean. Jean started on The Simpsons as…

Hollywood and animal lovers are honoring the life and legacy of The Simpsons‘ co-creator Sam Simon who died today following a very public battle with cancer at the age of 59. The nine-time Emmy winner (he co-shared seven for The Simpsons) produced Cheers and Taxi before he co-developed the iconic animated series The Si…

Sam Simon — a nine-time Emmy winner who co-created The Simpsons with Matt Groening and James L. Brooks and later became showrunner — died Sunday at his home in Pacific Palisades, CA, after a very public battle with cancer. He was 59. His foundation made the announcement on Facebook: “It is with much sadness that we…

Fusion today announced it has been given exclusive rights to document the life of television writer-producer Sam Simon. The Simpsons co-creator has “given Fusion exclusive access to the final months of his life, allowing the network to document the powerful and emotional story of his fight in two battles — one against…

Los Angeles – The Writers Guild of America, West (WGAW) has named The Simpsons co-developer, Emmy-winning television writer/director/producer, and philanthropist Sam Simon as its 2014 Valentine Davies Award honoree in recognition of his humanitarian efforts and community service on behalf of writers. Simon will be…

Los Angeles – Veteran television writer-producer Sam Simon, who co-developed Fox's long-running animated series The Simpsons and has been a writer, producer, and director on Taxi, Cheers, The Tracey Ullman Show, and The Drew Carey Show, will receive the Writers Guild of America, West Animation Writers Caucus' (AWC)…