Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  Kua mate te kaiwhakahaere toa Tony Award nāna i kawe mai te nuinga o ngā mahi a Neil Simon ki runga i te atamira me te mata. Ko te tama a Gene Saks, ko Daniel Saks, e kii ana i mate tana papa i te pneumonia i te Rahoroi i tana whare i East Hampton i New York. E 93 ōna tau. He kaitapere o mua i tahuri ki te whakahaere me te 'Enter Laughing' i Broadway i te 1963, i toa a Saks i a Tony mo te waiata a Cy Coleman-Michael Stewart 'I Love My Wife' me te 'Biloxi Blues' a Simon. I mate a Gene Sak, te kaiwhakahaere toa Tony, i te Rāhoroi i tōna kāinga i East Hampton, New York i te pneumonia. I whakaahuatia i runga ake nei i te Paenga-whāwhā 1977. I whakahaeretia e ia nga putanga kiriata o nga whakarereketanga a Simon 'The Odd Couple,' 'Barefoot in the Park,' 'Last of the Red Hot Lovers' and 'Brighton Beach Memoirs.' I whakahaeretia hoki e ia te waahanga whakaari me te kiriata o 'Mame', i wheturangitia e tana wahine a Bea Arthur. I whakahaeretia e Saks a Goldie Hawn ki te Oscar mō te kaitapere tautoko i roto i 'Cactus Flower.' 'Ka taea e ia te whakahaere i nga kaiwhakaari kia ngahau, engari kaore ia i ngahau ia ano,' Emanuel Azenberg, nana i whakaputa e iwa nga whakaaturanga Broadway i whakahaeretia e Saks, i kii ki te New York Times. 'Ka mea ia, "He ngahau tenei", i roto i te ara tino nui. A ka kata koe, nā te mea he mea whakamiharo. 'Ko aua mea taketake katoa - te whakatere, te wā, te pānui rārangi - e pā ana ki: Ki te mea koe i te reira i roto i tenei ara e waiho te reira ngahau, engari ki te mea koe i te reira i roto i te tahi atu ara e kore e waiho te reira ngahau. Koinei te mea pai ki a ia,' ka tapiritia e Azenberg. I ora a Saks i tana wahine a Keren, i ta raua tamahine, me ana tama whangai tokorua mai i tana marena tuatahi ki te whetu Golden Girls a Bea Arthur. Ko Saks rāua ko Arthur. E toru tekau tau a Saks raua ko Arthur i marena i mua i te wehenga i te tau 1980. I mate ia i te tau 2009.
Ko te kaiwhakahaere toa Tony Award i mate i te pneumonia i te Rahoroi i tona kainga i East Hampton, New York. Hei taapiri ki te whakahaere i te The Odd Couple, he kaiwhakaari a Saks me te whakahaere i etahi mahi a Neil Simon penei i te Biloxi Blues. I ora a Saks i tana wahine a Keren, i whanau ai tana tamahine kotahi. I marenatia hoki a Saks ki te whetu Golden Girls o mua a Bea Arthur (i mate i te tau 2009) mo nga tau e toru tekau, a ka tohaina e raua nga tama tokorua.