Mezzo-Soprano Joanna Simon has died at the age of 85. Simon died from thyroid cancer in Manhattan on October 19, 2022, a day before her 86th birthday. Born on Oct. 20, 1936 in New York City, Simon grew up in  Riverdale, Bronx. Her father, Richard L. Simon, was the founder of the Simon & Schuster publishing company and she had {…}