by Jennie Matthew / with Issam Ahmed in Washington © Agence France-Presse NEW YORK, United States (AFP)–Neil Simon, the prolific and Pulitzer Prize-winning US playwright celebrated as the king of comedy who won more Oscar and Tony nominations combined than any other showbiz writer, died on Sunday. He was 91. The brains behind more than 30 plays, 20 screenplays and five musicals, Time magazine dubbed him the “patron saint of laughter.” Many of his […]