{"id":31130,"date":"2013-08-30T23:55:36","date_gmt":"2013-08-30T19:55:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/?p=31130"},"modified":"2013-08-30T23:55:36","modified_gmt":"2013-08-30T19:55:36","slug":"terminally-ill-simpsons-creator-who-has-vowed-to-give-away-his-fortune-to-charity-before-he-dies-tells-how-he-has-been-inundated-with-time-wasters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/en\/?p=31130","title":{"rendered":"Terminally-ill Simpsons creator who has vowed to GIVE AWAY his fortune to charity before he dies tells how he has been inundated with time wasters"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Sam<\/a>The producer of The Simpsons who revealed in July that he is dying of colon cancer has received countless offers from people interesting in his money.<\/p>\n

Since word got out about Sam Simon\u2019s cancer and his desire to give away his vast fortune he has heard from countless people online asking to help rid him of his sizable wealth.<\/p>\n

\u2018Some people just want a million dollars. Or help with college tuition. And the rest have business propositions,\u2019 he laughed. \u2018Like that should be my legacy: to lose money on your movie or your moisturizer line.\u2019<\/p>\n

Simon created the hit cartoon alongside Matt Groening in 1991. He technically retired from The Simpsons in 1993, but still receives tens of millions in royalties every season.<\/p>\n

In November Simon was diagnosed with advanced colon cancer after a year of inconclusive tests and mysterious discomfort.<\/p>\n

Having defied that diagnosis\u2019 original death sentence – he was given three to six months to live – Simon continues to push ahead with no whiff of \u2018Why me?\u2019<\/p>\n

The 58-year-old fervent philanthropist is spending his final months funding projects that feed homeless people and save animals from being killed in animal shelters.<\/p>\n

\u2018I\u2019m supporting the charities that I supported during my lifetime,\u2019 he states, \u2018and I want to continue to do that.\u2019<\/p>\n

Although Simon remained the least-known of the three creators, by many accounts he was the most hands-on.<\/p>\n

Among his charitable efforts, he established the Sam Simon Foundation, which rescues dogs from animal shelters and trains them to assist disabled veterans and the hard-of-hearing.<\/p>\n

Simon’s largesse carries over to humans, too, including a Los Angeles food bank feeding 200 families each day in Simon style: with a vegan menu.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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