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This page is about the Hollywood film producer. For the article about the comic book artist, see Don Simpson
Don Simpson (cartoonist)

Don Simpson is an United States freelance cartoonist, comic book artist and illustrator, most noted for creating Bizarre Heroes, Megaton Man, Border Worlds, and the official comic adaption of King Kong....
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Donald Clarence Simpson (October 29, 1943 - January 19, 1996) was an American film producer
Film producer

A film producer is someone who creates the conditions for making film. The producer initiates, co-ordinates, supervises and controls matters such as fund-raising, hiring key personnel and arranging for distributors....
. He is known for such hits as Flashdance
Flashdance

Flashdance is a musical film/romance film released in April 1983. The film was the first collaboration of film producers Don Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer and its presentation of some sequences in the style of music videos was an influence on other 1980s films including Top Gun , Simpson and Bruckheimer's most famous production....
, Beverly Hills Cop
Beverly Hills Cop

Beverly Hills Cop is a 1984 in film Cinema of the United States action film-comedy film directed by Martin Brest and starring Eddie Murphy. Murphy stars as Axel Foley, a street-smart Detroit cop, who heads to Beverly Hills, California to solve the death of his best friend....
, Top Gun
Top Gun (film)

Top Gun is a 1986 American film directed by Tony Scott and produced by Don Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer in association with Paramount Pictures....
 and The Rock. In 1985 and again in 1988, he and his producing partner, Jerry Bruckheimer
Jerry Bruckheimer

Jerome Leon Bruckheimer , better known by his professional name Jerry Bruckheimer, is an United States film producer and television producer....
, were named Producers of the Year by the National Association of Theater Owners.

son was born in Seattle, Washington
Seattle, Washington

Seattle is the most populous city in the US state of Washington and the Northwestern United States. The encompassing Seattle metropolitan area is the 15th largest in the United States, and the largest in the Pacific Northwest....
, grew up in Anchorage, Alaska
Anchorage, Alaska

Anchorage is a consolidated city-Borough in the U.S. state of Alaska. With an estimated 279,671 municipal residents in 2007 , it is Alaska's largest city and constitutes more than 40 percent of the state's total population....
, and attended West Anchorage High School
West Anchorage High School

West Anchorage High School is a public high school in Anchorage, Alaska in the U.S. state of Alaska and part of the Anchorage School District....
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This page is about the Hollywood film producer. For the article about the comic book artist, see Don Simpson
Don Simpson (cartoonist)

Don Simpson is an United States freelance cartoonist, comic book artist and illustrator, most noted for creating Bizarre Heroes, Megaton Man, Border Worlds, and the official comic adaption of King Kong....
.


Donald Clarence Simpson (October 29, 1943 - January 19, 1996) was an American film producer
Film producer

A film producer is someone who creates the conditions for making film. The producer initiates, co-ordinates, supervises and controls matters such as fund-raising, hiring key personnel and arranging for distributors....
. He is known for such hits as Flashdance
Flashdance

Flashdance is a musical film/romance film released in April 1983. The film was the first collaboration of film producers Don Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer and its presentation of some sequences in the style of music videos was an influence on other 1980s films including Top Gun , Simpson and Bruckheimer's most famous production....
, Beverly Hills Cop
Beverly Hills Cop

Beverly Hills Cop is a 1984 in film Cinema of the United States action film-comedy film directed by Martin Brest and starring Eddie Murphy. Murphy stars as Axel Foley, a street-smart Detroit cop, who heads to Beverly Hills, California to solve the death of his best friend....
, Top Gun
Top Gun (film)

Top Gun is a 1986 American film directed by Tony Scott and produced by Don Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer in association with Paramount Pictures....
 and The Rock. In 1985 and again in 1988, he and his producing partner, Jerry Bruckheimer
Jerry Bruckheimer

Jerome Leon Bruckheimer , better known by his professional name Jerry Bruckheimer, is an United States film producer and television producer....
, were named Producers of the Year by the National Association of Theater Owners.

Early life

Simpson was born in Seattle, Washington
Seattle, Washington

Seattle is the most populous city in the US state of Washington and the Northwestern United States. The encompassing Seattle metropolitan area is the 15th largest in the United States, and the largest in the Pacific Northwest....
, grew up in Anchorage, Alaska
Anchorage, Alaska

Anchorage is a consolidated city-Borough in the U.S. state of Alaska. With an estimated 279,671 municipal residents in 2007 , it is Alaska's largest city and constitutes more than 40 percent of the state's total population....
, and attended West Anchorage High School
West Anchorage High School

West Anchorage High School is a public high school in Anchorage, Alaska in the U.S. state of Alaska and part of the Anchorage School District....
. He then went on to attend the University of Oregon
University of Oregon

The University of Oregon is a State university, coeducational research university in Eugene, Oregon, United States. The second oldest public university in the state, and the flagship school of the Oregon public university system, UO was founded in 1876, and graduated its first class two years later....
, where he was a member of the Phi Delta Theta
Phi Delta Theta

Phi Delta Theta is an international Fraternities and sororities founded in 1848 and headquartered at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. Phi Delta Theta, Beta Theta Pi, and Sigma Chi form the Miami Triad....
 fraternity.

Documented personal life

Simpson's unusual personal life has been documented in a number of sources. A chapter in the book You'll Never Make Love in This Town Again
You'll Never Make Love in This Town Again

You'll Never Make Love In This Town Again is a book published in January 1996 which describes four prostitutes' stories about their sexual encounters with Hollywood celebrities, including Warren Beatty, David Crosby, Jack Wagner, Vanna White and Billy Idol, among others....
 (which describes four prostitutes' stories about their sexual encounters with Hollywood celebrities
Celebrity

A celebrity is a widely-recognized or notable person who commands a high degree of public and media attention. The word stems from the Latin verb "celebrare" but one may not become a celebrity unless public and mass media interest is piqued....
) discusses his preferences for S & M
Sadism and masochism

Sadism refers to sexual or non-sexual gratification in the infliction of pain or humiliation upon another person. Masochism refers to sexual or non-sexual gratification from receiving the infliction of pain or humiliation....
 and videotaping
Videotape

Videotape is a means of recording images and sound onto magnetic tape as opposed to film stock.In most cases, a helical scan video head rotates against the moving tape to record the data in two dimensions, because video signals have a very high bandwidth, and static heads would require extremely high tape speeds....
 of their sessions. He is also known to have had several plastic surgeries
Plastic surgery

Plastic surgery is a medical :Category:Surgical specialties concerned with the correction or restoration of form and function. While famous for aesthetic surgery, plastic surgery also includes a variety of fields such as craniofacial surgery, hand surgery, burn surgery, microsurgery, and reconstructive surgery....
, allegedly including a collagen
Collagen

Collagen is the main protein of connective tissue in animals and the most abundant protein in mammals, making up about 25% to 35% of the whole-body protein content....
 injection to his penis
Penis

The penis is an external sex organ of certain biologically male organisms, in both vertebrates and invertebrates.The penis is a reproductive organ, technically an intromittent organ, and for Eutheria, additionally serves as the external organ of urination....
. People magazine, in an article after his death, alleged that he was a fan of snuff films.

Death

Simpson was found dead in his home in Los Angeles
Los Ángeles

Los ?ngeles is the Capital of the Biob?o Province, in the municipality of the same name, in Regions of Chile VIII , in the center-south of Chile....
. The cause of death was a cardiac arrest from Combined Drug Intoxication
Combined Drug Intoxication

Combined Drug Intoxication or CDI, also known as Multiple Drug Intake , is an Unnatural death cause of human death. While it is sometimes reported as a simple "drug overdose", it is distinct in that it is due to the simultaneous use of multiple drugs, whether the drugs are Prescription drug, Over-the-counter drug, Recreational dru...
 (CDI). According to High Concept, a Simpson biography by reporter Charles Fleming, Simpson had a $60,000 per month drug habit at the time of his death. His job as an executive at Paramount Pictures
Paramount Pictures

Paramount Pictures Corporation is an American motion picture production company and distribution company, located on Melrose Avenue in Hollywood, California....
 came to an end when he allegedly passed out in the middle of a meeting.

The Rock is dedicated to the memory of Don. This fact is mentioned at the end of the movie; the beginning identifies him as co-producer with Jerry Bruckheimer
Jerry Bruckheimer

Jerome Leon Bruckheimer , better known by his professional name Jerry Bruckheimer, is an United States film producer and television producer....
.

The Sopranos
The Sopranos

The Sopranos was an United States television drama series created and Executive producer#Television by David Chase. It was originally broadcast in the United States on the premium television cable television HBO from January 10, 1999 to June 10, 2007, spanning List of The Sopranos episodes....
 references Simpson's death -- in the episode "He Is Risen," at the funeral of Gigi Cestone (who dies of heart failure while on the toilet), Anthony Soprano states that it's "..how Elvis went." Silvio Dante
Silvio Dante

Silvio Manfred Dante, often referred to as "Sil", played by Steven Van Zandt, is a fictional character on the HBO television series The Sopranos....
 mistakenly replies, "That guy in Hollywood, too. 'Don' something. Producer of The Simpsons
The Simpsons

The Simpsons is an Television in the United States animated cartoon Situation comedy created by Matt Groening for the Fox Broadcasting Company....
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Filmography

  • Flashdance
    Flashdance

    Flashdance is a musical film/romance film released in April 1983. The film was the first collaboration of film producers Don Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer and its presentation of some sequences in the style of music videos was an influence on other 1980s films including Top Gun , Simpson and Bruckheimer's most famous production....
     (1983) (producer)
  • Beverly Hills Cop
    Beverly Hills Cop

    Beverly Hills Cop is a 1984 in film Cinema of the United States action film-comedy film directed by Martin Brest and starring Eddie Murphy. Murphy stars as Axel Foley, a street-smart Detroit cop, who heads to Beverly Hills, California to solve the death of his best friend....
     (1984) (producer)
  • Thief of Hearts
    Thief of Hearts

    Thief of Hearts is a 1984 film produced by Don Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer. It was written and directed by Douglas Day Stewart.A burglar; Scott , robs the home of a couple....
     (1984) (producer)
  • Top Gun
    Top Gun

    Top Gun may refer to:* The United States Navy Fighter Weapons School, commonly referred to as TOPGUN* Top Gun , a 1986 movie starring Tom Cruise set at the school...
     (1986) (producer)
  • Beverly Hills Cop II
    Beverly Hills Cop II

    Beverly Hills Cop II is a 1987 in film action film-comedy film starring Eddie Murphy and directed by Tony Scott. It is the first sequel in the Beverly Hills Cop ....
     (1987) (producer)
  • Days of Thunder
    Days of Thunder

    Days of Thunder is an auto racing drama film released in 1990 by producers Don Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer and director Tony Scott. The cast includes Tom Cruise, Nicole Kidman, Robert Duvall, Randy Quaid, Cary Elwes and Michael Rooker....
     (1990) (producer)
  • The Ref
    The Ref

    The Ref is a 1994 black comedy film film director by Ted Demme....
     (1994) (executive producer)
  • Bad Boys
    Bad Boys (1995 film)

    Bad Boys is a 1995 in film Action movie comedy film, directed by Michael Bay, produced by Don Simpson/Jerry Bruckheimer, producers of Top Gun and Beverly Hills Cop, and starring Martin Lawrence and Will Smith....
     (1995) (producer)
  • Crimson Tide
    Crimson Tide (film)

    Crimson Tide is a 1995 in film Hollywood submarine film starring Denzel Washington and Gene Hackman, produced by Don Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer, directed by Tony Scott and written by Michael Schiffer and Richard P....
     (1995) (producer)
  • Dangerous Minds
    Dangerous Minds

    Dangerous Minds is a 1995 in film drama film based on LouAnne Johnson's autobiography account of her experience as a United States Marine Corps who left her career to become a teacher at a well-off high school attended by bussed-in students from a ghetto....
     (1995) (producer)
  • The Rock (1996) (producer)


Quotes

  • "We have no obligation to make history. We have no obligation to make art. We have no obligation to make a statement. Our obligation is to make money."
  • "To make money, it may be important to win the Academy Award, for it might mean another ten million dollars at the box office."


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