"<a href=""http://www.cnn.com/2015/03/09/entertainment/feat-obit-sam-simon-simpsons-thr/index.html"" target=""_blank"">Sam Simon</a>, the nine-time Emmy Award-winning writer and producer who helped develop ""The Simpsons,"" made millions after leaving the show in 1993 and then donated his riches to charity, has died, his foundation announced on Facebook on March 9. He was 59."