Musician Carly Simon lost her two sisters, Lucy and Joanna, to cancer just a day apart from each other. 

Joanna, the oldest of the Simon sisters who was known as an opera singer, died of thyroid cancer at 85 on Wednesday. Lucy, who was a composer on Broadway, died of metastatic breast cancer at the age of 82 on Thursday.

According to reports, Joanna died in a Manhattan hospital while Lucy died at her home in Piedmont, New York.

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Who is Carly Simon?

Carly Simon, who is a singer and children’s author, rose to fame in the 1970s with a series of hit records. Her 13 Top 40 US hits include Anticipation, The Right Thing to Do, Haven’t Got Time for the Pain, You Belong to Me, and several others. She has authored five children’s books as well as two memoirs.

Carly was born on June 25. The year of her birth is unconfirmed, and is said to be either 1943 or 1945. Her father, Richard L. Simon, was the co-founder of Simon & Schuster and a classical pianist. Her mother was Andrea Heinemann Simon was a civil rights activist and singer.

She was raised in the Riverdale neighborhood of the Bronx,  and had two elder sisters, Joanna and Lucy, and a younger brother, Peter.

Her brother, who was a famous photographer, died in 2018 of cardiac arrest. At the time, he too was battling cancer.

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Carly attended Riverdale Country School and spent at least four semesters at Sarah Lawrence College. She also attended Juilliard School of Music.

In 1963, Carly began performing with her sister Lucy Simon as the Simon Sisters. The duo released three albums. After Lucy left the group, Carly became a solo artist with her 1971 self-titled debut album. The album won her the Grammy Award for Best New Artist.

She achieved international fame with her third album, No Secrets (1972), which was at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 for five weeks and was certified Platinum.

She was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1994. She was honored with the Boston Music Awards Lifetime Achievement in 1995, and received a Berklee College of Music Honorary Doctor of Music Degree in 1998.

In 2005, she was nominated for a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, but she has yet to claim her star.

In 2012, she was honored with the Founders Award from the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers. On November 5, 2022, Simon will be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.