23:1823:18, 18 September 2022diffhist+664
Joanna Simon (mezzo-soprano)
Cherry picking much? This was a syndicated article that appeared in many newspapers. It came out before Joanna Simon started shaving 4 years off. The syndicated article is no less "authoritative" than some book that took her publicist's word at face value. Birth records are the only way to verify when somebody was born; Simon's birth records are publicly accessible and show that she was born on October 20, 1936. Both the 1940 and 1950 U.S. censuses corroborate her being born in '36.Tag: Reverted
21:5721:57, 18 September 2022diffhist+692
Joanna Simon (mezzo-soprano)
Joanna Simon's year of birth is disputed. A nationally syndicated April 1963 article gave her age as 26, which means she was born in 1936. This is corroborated by primary sources (i.e., birth and census records) that apparently are forbidden in a BLP article. The Internet Movie Database gives her date of birth as October 20, 1936. Simon's management would have ample opportunity to correct it if her preferred birth year were indeed true.Tag: Reverted
23:0823:08, 16 September 2022diffhist+599
Carly Simon
Add SongFacts since none of the other links actually address the dispute. Restore Associated Press because there is no valid reason not to include it.
22:2922:29, 16 September 2022diffhist−22
Carly Simon
IBDB link does not support text. It used to say "1945", but that year has since been removed, and no birth year is currently listed there. The Associated Press says she turned 79 on June 25th.
20:3520:35, 5 July 2022diffhist+900
Carly Simon
She's 79 according to ABC News. Both 1943 and 1945 have been given by mainstream outlets, so both years should be included.