Breaking News: The playwright Neil Simon died at 91

He was a master of Broadway comedy and beyond with hits like "The Odd Couple" and "Barefoot in the Park."

Early in his career, Mr. Simon wrote funny for television greats, including Phil Silvers and Sid Caesar. Later he wrote funny for the movies, too. But it was as a playwright that he earned his lasting fame, with a long series of expertly tooled laugh machines that kept his name on Broadway marquees virtually nonstop throughout the late 1960s and ’70s.

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