Acclaimed mezzo-soprano Simon dies of cancer at 85

Joanna Simon, an acclaimed mezzo-soprano and one of the three singing Simon sisters who include pop star Carly, has died of thyroid cancer at age 85.

Simon, the eldest of four, died Wednesday, just a day before her sister Lucy died, according to Lucy’s daughter. A brother Peter, a photographer, died in 2018 at 71. All three had cancer.