Neil Simon, Pulitzer Prize-Winning Playwright, Dies At 91

NEW YORK (CNN) — Neil Simon, the playwright and screenwriter whose indestructible comedies — including “The Odd Couple,” “Barefoot in the Park,” “The Sunshine Boys” and “Brighton Beach Memoirs” — made him one of the most successful writers in American history, has died. He was 91. The cause of death was complications with pneumonia, according to his publicist, Bill Evans. Simon died around 1 a.m. Sunday (Aug. 26) at New York-Presbyterian Hospital in New York City. A member of the famed […]