Following a profile of Simon on 60 Minutes in 2007, CBS writer Daniel Schorn wrote in an online article that Simon was "perhaps the Renaissance man of the baffling, uncertain age we live in."

Simon was diagnosed with terminal colorectal cancer in 2012 and given only three to six months to live. He bequeathed his $100 million estate to various charities that he actively supported during his lifetime. He died on March 8, 2015.

Early life

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