John Simon (critic)

John Ivan Simon (né Simmon; May 12, 1925 − November 24, 2019) was a Serbian-born American author and literary, theater, and movie critic.
Career.
Simon wrote theater, movie, music, and book reviews for publications such as "New York", "Esquire", "The Hudson Review", "National Review", "Opera News", "The New Leader", "Commonweal", "The New Criterion" and "The New York Times Book Review".
He also wrote essays to "The Weekly Standard". Simon was the theater critic at "New York" for 36 years from October 1968 until May 2005. He wrote theater reviews for Bloomberg News from June 2005 through November 2010. He also reviewed theater for "The Westchester Guardian".
Simon played himself in a 1975 television episode of "The Odd Couple".
Death.
Simon died at a hospital in Valhalla, New York from stroke-related problems on November 24, 2019, at age 94.