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Robyn Asleson

Curator of Prints and Drawings for the National Portrait Gallery

Stories from this author

Neil Simon by David Hume Kennerly, 1986. National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; Gift of Time magazine; © David Hume Kennerly

Neil Simon (1927–2018)

Neil Simon defined American comedy for a generation of television, theater, and movie audiences.