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- Died
- Simon L. Leis Jr. was born on June 12, 1934 in Hamilton County, Ohio, USA. He was a producer, known for Cellblock 6: Female Lock Up (2010), Larry Flynt: The Right to Be Left Alone (2007) and Back Issues: The Hustler Magazine Story (2014). He was married to Margery. He died on June 27, 2026 in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.
- SpouseMargery(? - June 27, 2026) (his death, 3 children)
- In 1977, he had shut down a Cincinnati production of the musical "Oh! Calcutta!" for a day, objecting to scenes that included nude actors. Some of those actors showed a banner reading "Simon Sez: No-No," prompting roars from the audience. A few years later, a gay bar opened near Fountain Square called "Simon Says".
- Once said his sense of right and wrong, by having Jesuit education and a father who worked for years as a mob-busting prosecutor, guided every decision he made.
- Former Hamilton County Sheriff and prosecutor.
- Took on pornographers, go-go clubs and the Robert Mapplethorpe photo exhibit.
- Elected Hamilton County sheriff in 1987 and served until retiring in 2012.
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