From Page One/World Standard-Examiner Simpson _ From 1A he'can remove, he will remove,” said Simpson’s wife, Charity Simpson. * A United Kingdom documentary company is filming Simpson’s daily life this week and will record much of his surgery. The said he’d had enough of the surgical table, but late last year, an anonymous donor came forward, offering to pay for Simpson to have the tumors removed. Simpson agreed, as his condition — with the lesions srowing into his brain — was beginning to threaten his health. Because of this danger, Simpson said, his insurance — provider agreed to pay for the extensive operations, leaving his donor to pay only his deductible for the year. Besides the anonymous donor, the community also has stepped forward with donations to the Simpson family to help with expenses while he is off work recovering. While the expected change in appearance makes Simpson and his family d happy, they also are worrie High al as he goes in for more faci , restructuring. and b: “There’s a lot emotionally she sa said ” that you don’t realize, he’d b all took “It n. pso Sim Charity ’t his muscle mass. He didn he sait have his strength.” collap; find She was surprised to The in d apse her husband coll have fi e the road next to their hous active ing play one day when he fell photog , basketball with his daughter to get é on ed Shayla, 13, who has play to beh r unio J Bell T.H. the team at ial | yd | | t documentary is to be aired on the Discovery Channel. « Videographers attended New Zion Baptist Church in Ogden with Simpson recently as part of the project. They also will film him at his job as manager of Arby’s in Ea Bountiful. ~ In January, Simpson had his first major surgery, which lasted more than 12 hours s and required nearly 30 unit | d. of bloo « Doctors focused mainly on tumors that were affecting his brain and building up in t » areas behind his now-vacan eye socket.. “Tt wasn’t incredibly noticeable,” Simpson said. “That’s one thing I got a lot of was ‘So when’s your surgery?’ People are expecting me to come out looking like Billy Dee AS Williams.” Charity Simpson said even - Maurice was surprised the first surgery didn’t change his appearance more. “When they took out the tumors, it caused him to bleed a lot,” she said. “They couldn’t do more than they | did.” Simpson’s condition has left him with only one eye. His mouth slants at about a 45-degree angle. While a number of people _éarry the genes for the disease, his family knows of only one other case with symptoms as severe aS his. Growing up, Simpson had many surgeries to remove tumors, but they kept growing back. At 17 he 31) : t | pr. Norman Bro\ rman Brown No at home on passed away to heart fail e du 10 43th, 20 rman was No the age of 78.h, 1932. to 47t "Tug: an d Ruth ee n Giles in O gde fro graduated He Dr.