Simon, That was my Name (Stories of Simon Book 1)

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On one appearance in the late s, he worked with the politician who shared his name, Illinois Senator Paul Simon. Prior to that, he appeared in the March 9, episode hosted by Justin Timberlake as a member of the Five-Timers Club. In one SNL skit from when he was promoting Graceland , Simon plays himself, waiting in line with a friend to get into a movie. He amazes his friend by remembering intricate details about prior meetings with passers-by, but draws a complete blank when approached by Art Garfunkel , despite the latter's numerous memory prompts.

About halfway through the song, Simon tells the band to stop playing because of his embarrassment. After giving a frustrating speech to the audience, he leaves the stage, backed by applause. Lorne Michaels greets him positively backstage, but Simon is still upset, yelling at him because of the humiliating turkey outfit.

This is one of SNL ' s most played sketches. Simon was the musical guest on the October 13th episode, with host Seth Meyers in addition they showed much of the Thanksgiving episode from described above as the Prime Time special from pm.

It was also his 77th birthday. On that show, he performed " The Boxer " to the audience and the NYC firefighters and police officers. He is also a friend of former SNL star Chevy Chase , who appeared in his video for " You Can Call Me Al " lip synching the song while Simon looks disgruntled and mimes backing vocals and the playing of various instruments beside him. Chase would also appear in Simon's video for the song "Proof" alongside Steve Martin.

Simon and Lorne Michaels were the subjects of a episode of the Sundance Channel documentary series, Iconoclasts. He is one of only six artists to have won the Grammy Award for Album of the Year more than once as the main credited artist. The following year, he was one of the five recipients of the annual Kennedy Center Honors , the nation's highest tribute to performing and cultural artists.

As of , he has amassed nearly 75 million broadcast airplays, according to BMI surveys. Named in honor of George and Ira Gershwin , this new award recognizes the profound and positive effect of popular music on the world's culture.

On being notified of the honor, Simon said, "I am grateful to be the recipient of the Gershwin Prize and doubly honored to be the first. I look forward to spending an evening in the company of artists I admire at the award ceremony in May. I can think of a few who have expressed my words and music far better than I.

I'm excited at the prospect of that happening again. It's a songwriter's dream come true. The event was professionally filmed and broadcast and is now available as Paul Simon and Friends. In , Simon received an honorary degree from Brandeis University , where he performed "The Boxer" at the main commencement ceremony. At the induction ceremony, he performed " American Tune.

In , Simon was awarded the Polar Music Prize. She was 16, and he was 22, when they began a relationship. Later that year they visited the U. When Simon returned to the U. Simon has been married three times, first to Peggy Harper in They had a son Harper Simon in and divorced in The song "Train in the Distance," from Simon's album Hearts and Bones , is about this relationship. His second marriage, from to , was to actress and author Carrie Fisher to whom he proposed after a New York Yankees game.

The song "Graceland" is also thought to be about seeking solace from the end of this relationship by taking a road trip. This song marks the end of the post-marriage relationship and was an album track on Paul Simon's album The Rhythm of The Saints. He is now married to singer Edie Brickell whom he married on May 30, They have three children: Adrian, Lulu, and Gabriel. Simon is a proponent of music education for children.

Advertised in the Village Voice , the auditions brought hundreds of hopefuls to perform for Simon. Simon invited the six teens to experience recording at Columbia studios with engineer Roy Halee.

Manchester later paid homage to Simon, on her recorded song, "Ode to Paul. Laird-Clowes has credited Simon with helping to shape the band's biggest hit, " Life in a Northern Town ". In , Simon signed on as a supporter of Little Kids Rock, a nonprofit organization that provides free musical instruments and free lessons to children in public schools in the U. He sits on the organization's board of directors as an honorary member.

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Simon is also a major benefactor and one of the co-founders, with Dr. Irwin Redlener , of the Children's Health Project and The Children's Health Fund [88] [89] which started by creating specially equipped "buses" to take medical care to children in medically underserved areas, urban and rural.

It has expanded greatly, partnering with major hospitals, local public schools and medical schools and advocating policy for children's health and medical care. This discography does not include compilation albums, concert albums, or work with Simon and Garfunkel. Simon's solo concert albums often have songs he originally recorded with Simon and Garfunkel, and many Simon and Garfunkel concert albums contain songs Simon first recorded on solo albums.

Finally, Paul Simon has a few songs that appear on compilation albums and nowhere else. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. For other people named Paul Simon, see Paul Simon disambiguation. Simon performing at the 9: Folk rock pop world. Retrieved December 6, Retrieved November 12, Retrieved December 8, Archived from the original on December 9, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Retrieved April 4, Retrieved May 17, Archived from the original on May 11, Retrieved June 22, Retrieved August 30, Retrieved March 19, Retrieved January 23, Retrieved March 19, — via Google Books.

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Now that explains why they did nothing. We never signed a DNR. You know, if he was a typical, healthy 3 month old, it would be an ER moment with people running to save my child. But because he was a child with trisomy, nobody in the NICU did a thing. On top of that, the only food he was given through his nasogastric tube was comfort feeds.

This means the minimal amount of food. Would you administer medication if you knew it was contraindicated? The value of children with trisomy, remind us of our humanity, family and valuing every day. These children are very compatible with life, the best way to DO life. Our children with trisomy remind us that nobody is perfect. We are not valued by our intelligence, athleticism, etc. God values us as human beings.

And families, like ours, clearly see that quality of life is measured in love. Like our Simon, once and if these babies are born alive and the diagnosis is made after birth, care and treatment is many times withheld. Comfort care is the only option sometimes given to these parents and their babies are not fed, or only given drops of sugar water-sucrose. If the child has apnea, many times they are not assisted and die. And too often, medication given by medical professionals is overdosed and the child dies.

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In many cases we know that children are being administered medications that are contraindicated for their symptoms resulting in their premature death. We may call this euthanasia of children with trisomy. Simon had a name and continues to have a purpose. He showed us to treasure life and love. He gave us the gift of knowledge. He confirmed for us that life is fragile and that every moment counts.

He taught us to soak in love, like he sweetly accepted the love given so tenderly by his wonderful family. He proved for us the need to slow down and enjoy the sweetness of one so pure from God. He blessed us with understanding that all life is beautiful end to end and encouraged us not to be afraid of living or of letting go. October 8 was a challenging day.

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Simon had four apnea episodes. The doctors and nurses told us that the frequency and severity of episodes usually indicated declining health. At that point, I was getting very nervous about the weekends. Eventually we worked out a schedule where I stayed overnight during the week and Scott would stay overnight with Simon on the weekends. It was great bonding time for Daddy and Simon. It was also nice for Mommy to be with the big brothers at home. During the week, I went home to shower every three days and then rushed back to the hospital.

Fortunately, we only lived nine miles away. My distraction led to me being pulled over by a police officer for speeding. I also said I was trying to get home to shower quickly so I could get back to the hospital to be with my son.

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He agreed and asked me where I lived and told me to be careful. On the way back to the hospital I noticed people taking walks and smiling. Have they ever lost a child? I wondered if he was deaf in his right ear.

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When Grandma stopped snoring, Simon would suck on his pacifier and close his eyes. Maybe Simon could hear better than the test gave him credit for.

We wanted to take Simon home, and we continued to ask his medical team about that possibility. Prostaglandins, they added, are a short-term medication used before a patient undergoes surgery. His medical team advised us to consider stopping the prostaglandins so that nature could take its course. We resisted this advice because we believed this approach amounted to pulling the plug on our son.

They thought that if we stopped the medicine, his PDA would close and that Simon would pass shortly after. If we stopped treatment in the hospital and took him home, he would probably die within hours after we got him home. We still believed taking our little boy home was the best choice for him and his family. At least if we were at home we could spend a few days with him. We were deeply disappointed to learn the pharmacist was not even planning on giving us more than a day or two of medicine.

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