Carly Simon Pays Tribute to Her Two Sisters Who Died a Day Apart

Carly Simon is mourning the loss of her two sisters, Joanna and Lucy Simon, who both died of cancer this week. The musician, 75, opened up about the loss in a statement to PEOPLE after it was revealed that Joanna, 85, died of thyroid cancer on Wednesday and Lucy, 82, died of metastatic breast cancer on Thursday. “I am filled with sorrow to speak about the passing of Joanna and Lucy Simon. Their loss will be long and haunting,“ Simon told PEOPLE in a statement. “As sad as this day is, it’s impossible to mourn them without celebrating their incredible lives that they lived. We were three sisters who not only took turns blazing trails and marking courses for one another, we were each other’s secret shares. The co-keepers of each other’s memories.“ The deaths of Lucy, who was a Tony Award-nominated Broadway composer, and Joanna, who was an opera singer, were confirmed to Deadline on Friday. Their younger brother Peter Simon, a longtime photographer on Martha’s Vineyard, died in