Richard L. Simon

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Richard L. Simon (1899 - July 29, 1960) was an American businessman, the co-founder of the publishing house Simon & Schuster. His brother was music critic and author George T. Simon. A graduate of Columbia University, he had four children with wife Andrea (Heinemann) Simon: former opera singer and New York real estate agent Joanna Simon; Broadway score writer Lucy Simon; singer-songwriter Carly Simon; and photographer Peter Simon.

Simon died in 1960 after suffering a heart attack. Simon was a resident of Fieldston, an area within Riverdale in the Bronx.[1]

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  1. ^ Jackson, Nancy Beth. "If You're Thinking of Living In/Fieldston; A Leafy Enclave in the Hills of the Bronx", The New York Times, February 17, 2002. Accessed May 3, 2008. "After World War II, Richard Simon, founder of Simon & Schuster, bought a Georgian red-brick Baum house where he brought up his three musical daughters: Joanna, Lucy and Carly."
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