Sam Simon, Who Helped Shape ‘The Simpsons,’ Dies at 59http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/10/arts/television/sam-simon-who-helped-shape-the-simpsons-dies-at-59.html?_r=1despite being a massive Simpsons fan, I didn't recognise the name, but the article above is an interesting piece about a man who was there from the beginning, but was sadly another victim of cancer :(worked on a lot of great showshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Simon