Via: People Against Captivity The Simpsons’ Co-Creator, Sam Simon, Tells Maria Shriver Why He’s Giving His Fortune to Charity We love you #SamSimon- you are our inspiration & our hero. All of us and our brothers and sisters land & sea are thankful for each day you are with us. Two years ago, Sam Simon, co-creator of The Simpsons, was diagnosed with terminal colon cancer. Given three-to-six months to live, Simon has now been living with his diagnosis for two years and in an awe-inspiring move, decided to give away his multi-million dollar fortune to charity. Simon is using his fortunes to help causes close to his heart, including work done on behalf of animals by PETA and his own charity, The Sam Simon Foundation, which offers hearing dog training, adoption services and a mobile pet clinic. “A lot of it’s selfish, I get to watch these animals, that have been in concrete bunkers their whole lives, take their first steps on grass.” He also gives to Save the Children (of which, Mark Shriver, brother of Maria, is president) and Feeding Families organizations. “The Feeding Family program feeds 400 families a day in Los Angeles,” Simon noted Watch the interview here: mariashriver/blog/2014/11/the-simpsons-co-creator-sam-simon-tells-maria-shriver-why-hes-giving-his-fortune-to-charity/
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