Theatre and comedy fans are mourning the loss of Neil Simon, one of the greatest - and most successful - comedy writers of all time.
Best known for The Odd Couple, he wrote an amazing number of shows and helped "fix" an untold number of other plays.
He enjoyed a long, successful career on stage, television and movies, and we can take comfort that his shows will continue providing laughs for generations to come.
You can read the Associated Press coverage right here. Here's an excerpt of the story by Mark Kennedy:
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Playwright Neil Simon, a master of comedy whose laugh-filled hits such as The Odd Couple, Barefoot in the Park and his Brighton Beach trilogy dominated Broadway for decades, has died. He was 91.
Simon died early Sunday of complications from pneumonia at New York Presbyterian Hospital in Manhattan, said Bill Evans, a longtime friend and spokesman for Shubert Organization theaters.
In the second half of the 20th century, Simon was the American theater's most successful and prolific playwright, often chronicling middle class issues and fears. Starting with Come Blow Your Horn in 1961 and continuing into the next century, he rarely stopped working on a new play or musical. His list of credits is staggering.
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