stories making news around the world pope francis has said mass to around half a million people on the last day of his visit to ireland earlier he asked for forgiveness for the catholic church in his sex abuse scandals the pont of said it had taken the church had to take firm and decisive action in the pursuit of truth and justice the. german turkish journalist i m a solid tolu has returned to germany after being jailed in turkey for seven months on terror related charges she vowed to continue fighting for colleagues imprisoned in turkey s crackdown after a failed coup two years ago to lose was freed last december but was not allowed to leave the country until now. u.s. playwright neil simon has died at the age of ninety one in new york the tony award winner was one of broadway s most prolific and popular writers has his include the odd couple the sunshine boys and barefoot in the park much of his work focused on
(vo) ask your healthcare provider if ozempic® is right for you. eric: we have some sadness in the world of arts and entertainment. legendary writer neil diamond has died at the age of 91. simon is best-known for the classic such as the odd couple in barefoot in the park was made in two films. the couple became a hugely popular. a writer for television in the 1950s. before becoming the iconic committee playwright who was so prolific, 60 plays and screenplays from promises promises the sunshine boys, lost in yonkers, and on and on. simon died early this morning due to complications of pneumonia. he was around by his family at a new york city hospital. once again, american legendary playwright neil simon has passed away. he was 91 years old yet but a
country before barack obama came into office and then withdrew american forces. jon: judy miller, our fox news contributor, we wish you well on your trip to ukraine. check back with us when you are back. thank you very much, jon. jon: another passing to report today. pulitzer prize winning play right neil simon has died at 91 of complications from pneumonia. he died at a new york city hospital surrounded by his family. his many classic stage comedies include tony winners the odd couple, and lost in yonkers, as well as the sunshine boys, barefoot in the park and plaza suite. many of his plays made into movies and the odd couple also a long-running television show. the only major incomplete 9/11 memorial site in this country gets its finishing touches next month, 17 years after the terrorist attack. michelle chavez has more. she was the cool older sister
in college, he met a young actress named elaine may and they started the famous comedy duo nichols and may. he directed his first play barefoot in the park and received his first tony. then the movies starting with who is afraid of virginia woolf. then carnal knowledge, heartburn, postcards from the edge and charlie wilson s war. but he said that for him, life didn t truly begin until he was age 54 and met diane sawyer, a legend in her own right. thus began a decades long romance and marriage. diane was right by his side when nichols was honored with a lifetime achievement award. at 80, he won a tony for a revival of death of a salesman. you see before you re a happy man. reporter: he was working on master class starring meryl streep when he died at home
study, a lot are older movies. barefoot in the park, days of wine and roses, funny girl, gone with the wind. do you think it s because movies now don t depict that when men were men and women with women and that old school romance that most women crave? i think it reflected the time they were made in. people stayed married for a long time, and the movies were made for those people and that s probably the way it is. but i can t stand romantic comedy or romantic dramas or sic-flicks, it doesn t matter. any guy who goes and sits down, maybe your husband secretly i s. you re talking chick flicks, craig. i can imagine what happens here. the girl sees the movie and says why don t you ever write me love letters like he does? or why don t you throw rocks at my door, have the boom box, like they did on 16 candles. that s say anything. see, you do watch them. i have a theory.