Singer Carly Simon has paid tribute to her sisters Joanna and Lucy, who lost their battles with cancer last week.
People magazine reports that acclaimed mezzo-soprano Joanna Simon died of thyroid cancer last Wednesday at the age of 85.
Tony Award-nominated composer Lucy Simon died of metastatic breast cancer on Thursday at the age of 82.
In a statement, Carly Simon said: "I am filled with sorrow to speak about the passing of Joanna and Lucy Simon. Their loss will be long and haunting.
"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."
"I have no words to explain the feeling of suddenly being the only remaining direct offspring of Richard and Andrea Simon," said Carly Simon.
"They touched everyone they knew and those of us they've left behind will be lucky and honored to carry their memories forward."
The Oscar and Grammy winner signed her statement: "With great and eternal love and respect."
The Simon sisters' brother, photographer Peter Simon, died at the age of 71 in 2018.
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