Simplify the following text for a Grade 8 native English-speaking person.
Original: Zevon was born in Chicago , Illinois to William Zevon and Beverly Cope Simmons , a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints ( Mormon ) from Salt Lake City , Utah .
Simplified: Zevon was born in Chicago , Illinois . His parents were to William Zevon , a Secular Jew and Beverly Cope Simmons , a Mormon from Salt Lake City , Utah .