Sam Simon, co-creator of 'The Simpsons,' dies at 59

Sam Simon, the often-overlooked but instrumental co-creator of "The Simpsons," which popularized the hapless patriarch Homer ("D'oh!") and his puckish son, Bart ("Eat my shorts!"), and became a phenomenon in the new genre of irreverent animated sitcoms, died March 8 at his home in Los Angeles. He was 59.