(Simon’s marriages to Jennifer Tilly and Playboy Playmate Jami Ferrell were childless, or child-free, depending on your point of view.) “I think it’s really nice for him that he’s doing it now and he gets to see the results of his philanthropy,” says Tilly. He confirmed during a May 16 WTF With Marc Maron podcast that he was given the prognosis of three to six months to live and that he will donate nearly all of his sizable Simpsons royalties - which he has said earn him “tens of millions” annually - to charity. He also turned a Malibu spread into a canine haven that rescues dogs from kill shelters and trains them as companions for the deaf.įive months ago, the nine-time Emmy winner - whose post- Simpsons projects have included directing ( The Drew Carey Show), hosting (the short-lived poker reality series Sam’s Game for Playboy TV) and consulting (currently on FX’s Anger Management) - was diagnosed with terminal colon cancer. His contributions led it to name one of the four ships in its fleet of vessels, used to hinder whaling and illegal fishing, the M/Y Simon in 2012. His other pet charities include PETA, which in February thanked him for his support by naming its Norfolk, Va., headquarters the Sam Simon Center international nonprofit Save the Children and the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, a global marine conservation organization. His contributions include founding the Malibu-based Sam Simon Foundation (worth nearly $23 million as of 2011) that rescues the hungry (humans - but with vegan foods only) and strays (dogs, of any variety). A Stanford grad who grew up in Beverly Hills and Malibu - and rose in the industry at a young age to become the showrunner of Taxi at 24 - Simon confesses, “I don’t know,” when it comes to estimating his charitable donations to date. Michael BrianĬalled both “brilliantly funny” and “mentally unbalanced” by Simpsons co-creator Matt Groening, television writer-producer Sam Simon, 58, has become known throughout Hollywood for his philanthropy since leaving the iconic animated series in 1993 (he retained a highly lucrative executive producer title). He was photographed with his dogs, Gerti (left), an Irish wolfhound, and Colombo, a Cane Corso, at his Malibu home. “It’s very smart for big charities to get their donors involved and get some hands-on experience and see what they really do,” notes Simon, who left The Simpsons in 1993 to create the Malibu-based Sam Simon Foundation that rescues the hungry (humans - but with vegan foods only) and strays (dogs, of any variety). “It’s very smart for big charities to get their donor involved and get some hands-on experience and see what they really do,” notes Simon, who left the The Simpsons in 1993 to create the Malibu-based Sam Simon Foundation that rescues the hungry (humans - but with vegan foods only) and strays (dogs, of any variety) - with his dogs, Gerti (left), an Irish wolfhound, and Colombo, a Cane Corso, at his Malibu home - about how he got hooked into donating to his causes.
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