Acting veteran George Segal, popular for his role for ABC’s “The Goldbergs” has passed away at the age of 87 in Santa Rosa, California. His wife announced his death on Tuesday 23rd March.
“The family is devastated to announce that this morning George Segal passed away due to complications from bypass surgery,” said Sonia Segal in a statement issued to the local media outlets.
Segal was Oscar-nominated for the 1966 black comedy-drama “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf”.
“Today we lost a legend. It was a true honour being a small part of George Segal’s amazing legacy. By pure fate, I ended up casting the perfect person to play Pops. Just like my grandfather, George was a kid at heart with a magical spark.” Goldbergs creator Adam F. Goldberg said in a tweet late Tuesday.
His manager Abe Hoch also wrote a sad note: “I am saddened by the fact that my close friend and client of many years has passed away. I will miss his warmth, humour, camaraderie and friendship. He was a wonderful human.”
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Meanwhile, Segal dramatic and comedic roles were par excellence. His performance at New York’s Carnegie Hall in 1981 with his group, the Beverly Hills Unlisted Jazz Band was one of the highest moments of his life.
Segal’s acting career began on the New York stage and television in the early 1960s. He quickly moved into films, playing an artist in the star-studded ensemble drama “Ship of Fools”. Then he played a scheming, wily American corporal in a World War Two prisoner-of-war camp in “King Rat” in 1965.
Two years later, he earned an Academy Award nomination as best supporting actor in the harrowing, marital drama “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” with Burton and Elizabeth Taylor.
For the past eight years, George Segal had been the patriarch of ABC’s “The Goldbergs.” He was also arguably best known for his starring role on NBC’s “Just Shoot Me”. His final Goldbergs episode will reportedly air on 7th April.
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