Editing Neil Simon (section)

== Personal life ==
Simon was married five times. {{anchor|Ellen Simon}}For 20 years (1953–73), he was married to Joan Baim, a [[Martha Graham]] dancer; they had two daughters. Simon became a widower in 1973 when Baim died of bone cancer at age 41. One daughter, Ellen, wrote a semi-autobiographical play which was subsequently filmed as ''[[Moonlight and Valentino]]''. Simon married actress [[Marsha Mason]] (1973–1983), that same year. After his divorce from Mason, he married actress Diane Lander two separate times (1987–1988 and 1990–1998). He adopted Lander's daughter from a previous relationship. His subsequent marriage to actress [[Elaine Joyce]] in 1999 lasted until his death.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Cerio |first=Gregory |title=Write of Passage |magazine=[[People (magazine)|People]] |date=October 9, 1995 |url=https://people.com/archive/write-of-passage-vol-44-no-15/ |quote=That included not only the pain of her husband's death, but also her mother's. }}</ref>

Simon's nephew is U.S. District Judge [[Michael H. Simon]] and his niece-in-law is U.S. Congresswoman [[Suzanne Bonamici]].<ref>{{cite news |first=Jeff |last=Mapes |url=http://blog.oregonlive.com/mapesonpolitics/2011/05/suzanne_bonamici_brings_financ.html |title=Suzanne Bonamici brings financial assets to potential congressional race |work=[[The Oregonian]] |location=Portland, OR |date=May 27, 2011 |access-date=February 1, 2012}}</ref>

Simon was on the board of selectors of [[Jefferson Awards for Public Service]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.jeffersonawards.org/board |title=Jefferson Awards for Public Service board of selectors 2010 |work=[[Jefferson Awards for Public Service|Jefferson Awards for Public Service board of electors]] |publisher=[[Jefferson Awards for Public Service]] |location=Wilmington, DE |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101124055949/http://www.jeffersonawards.org/board |archive-date=November 24, 2010 |url-status=dead |access-date=December 5, 2013}}</ref>

In 2004, Simon received a [[kidney transplantation|kidney transplant]] from his long-time friend and publicist Bill Evans.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2004-mar-04-wk-quick4.4-story.html |title = Neil Simon's pal gives him kidney |agency = [[Reuters]] |date = March 4, 2004 |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |access-date = May 15, 2017 }}</ref>

Neil Simon died from [[pneumonia]] at [[New York–Presbyterian Hospital]] in Manhattan on August 26, 2018, while hospitalized for [[kidney failure]].<ref>{{cite news |url = https://www.cnn.com/2018/08/26/entertainment/neil-simon-playwright-dies/index.html |title = Neil Simon, Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright, dies at 91 |first = Todd |last = Leopold |publisher = [[CNN]] |date = August 26, 2018 |access-date = August 26, 2018 }}</ref><ref name="NYTimes">{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/26/obituaries/neil-simon-dead.html |title=Neil Simon, a Master of Comedy on Broadway and Beyond, Is Dead at 91 |first=Charles |last=Isherwood |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=August 26, 2018 |access-date=August 26, 2018}}</ref> He was 91 and also had [[Alzheimer's disease]].<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/neil-simon-pulitzer-prize-winning-playwright-dead-at-91-715939/ |title=Neil Simon, Pulitzer Prize-Winning Playwright, Dead at 91 |first = Daniel |last=Kreps |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |date = August 26, 2018 |access-date = August 26, 2018 }}</ref>