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==Personal life and death== [[File:10 August 1942 face detail, Simone Simon Cat People promotional photo (cropped).jpg|left|thumb|upright|''Cat People'' promotional photo taken on 10 August 1942]] Simon never married. It was alleged by her secretary that she gave a gold key to her boudoir to any man she was interested in, including [[George Gershwin]]. The film historian, Greg Mank, reports in his audio commentary for the DVD of ''Cat People'', the secretary was then on trial for extorting money from her employer, and her word on this matter cannot be taken at face value (the secretary was later convicted, and the terms of her probation required that she never speak of the "gold key" scandal again). In the 1950s, Simon was romantically involved with the French banker and racehorse owner–breeder [[Alec Weisweiller]] whose wife [[Francine Weisweiller|Francine]] was one of [[Jean Cocteau|Jean Cocteau's]] patrons. She was at one time in a relationship with World War II [[double agent]] [[Dušan Popov|Duško Popov]], codenamed "Tricycle".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://archives.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/europe/05/08/britain.agent/ |title=UK exposes secret agent's sex life |work=CNN.com |date=8 May 2002}}</ref> Simon died in Paris, France, on 22 February 2005 from natural causes. A few days later, French Minister of Culture [[Renaud Donnedieu de Vabres]] issued a statement in which he extolled Simon's "charm, her irresistible smile ... With Simone Simon's passing, we have lost one of the most seductive and most brilliant stars of the French cinema of the first half of the 20th century."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.culture.gouv.fr/culture/actualites/communiq/donnedieu/ssimon.htm |title=Renaud Donnedieu de Vabres rend hommage à Simone Simon |work=French Ministry of Culture |date=23 February 2005 |first=Renaud |last=Donnedieu}}</ref> In 2011, British actor and writer Stephen Mosley paid tribute to her in his acclaimed book of strange tales ''The Boy Who Loved Simone Simon''. {{clear}}
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