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Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department Sergeant Matthew Dunn
told CNS that someone from the foundation called to report the
theft of two paintings, including a $200,000 work by American
pop artist Roy Lichtenstein, late on Friday.
Dunn said the department put out a call for help to the public
in locating the pieces on Wednesday, CNS reported.
A representative for the sheriff's department could not be
immediately reached for details on Wednesday.
Simon, a co-creator of Fox's long-running hit animated series
"The Simpsons" and an ardent philanthropist, died after a battle
with colon cancer last month at the age of 59.
Simon won nine Emmy awards for his work as a writer and
executive producer of the situation comedy, which premiered in
1989 and won over a global audience with its portrait of a
bumbling father and his wayward family.
Simon, who had founded the Sam Simon Foundation in 2002, decided
to give away his fortune, estimated by media at $100 million.
(Reporting by Curtis Skinner in San Francisco; Editing by
Michael Perry)
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