Tributes and remembrances began pouring in for the Oscar-nominated George Segal after his wife, Sonia Segal, confirmed the actor’s passing Tuesday at age 87.
In addition to his long résumé, Segal has been a regular on ABC’s The Goldbergs. That show’s creator, Adam F. Goldberg, was among the first to weigh in today, posting a collage of photos: Segal playing banjo, Segal dressed as a Transformer, Segal in full Batman attire, Segal with his Hollywood Walk of Fame star.
“Today we lost a legend,” wrote Goldberg. “It was a true honor 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.”
Today we lost a legend. It was a true honor being a small part of George Segal’s amazing legacy.
In addition to his long résumé, Segal has been a regular on ABC’s The Goldbergs. That show’s creator, Adam F. Goldberg, was among the first to weigh in today, posting a collage of photos: Segal playing banjo, Segal dressed as a Transformer, Segal in full Batman attire, Segal with his Hollywood Walk of Fame star.
“Today we lost a legend,” wrote Goldberg. “It was a true honor 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.”
Today we lost a legend. It was a true honor being a small part of George Segal’s amazing legacy.
- 3/24/2021
- by Tom Tapp
- Deadline Film + TV
Acting vet George Segal, who had been playing ‘Pops’ on ABC’s The Goldbergs for the past eight years, but who was arguably best known for his starring role on NBC’s late, great Just Shoot Me, died on Tuesday. He was 87.
“The family is devastated to announce that this morning George Segal passed away due to complications from bypass surgery,” Segal’s wife, Sonia, said in a statement. Added his manager Abe Hoch: “I am saddened by the fact that my close friend and client of many years has passed away. I will miss his warmth, humor, camaraderie and friendship.
“The family is devastated to announce that this morning George Segal passed away due to complications from bypass surgery,” Segal’s wife, Sonia, said in a statement. Added his manager Abe Hoch: “I am saddened by the fact that my close friend and client of many years has passed away. I will miss his warmth, humor, camaraderie and friendship.
- 3/24/2021
- by Michael Ausiello
- TVLine.com
George Segal, whose long career included playing Albert “Pops” Solomon on “The Goldbergs,” and garnering an Oscar nom for supporting actor for “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf,” died Tuesday. He was 87.
His wife Sonia announced his death, saying, “The family is devastated to announce that this morning George Segal passed away due to complications from bypass surgery.”
Segal’s longtime manager Abe Hoch said, “I am saddened by the fact that my close friend and client of many years has passed away. I will miss his warmth, humor, camaraderie and friendship. He was a wonderful human.”
Some of the top directors of the 1960s and ’70s, including Robert Altman, Mike Nichols, Paul Mazursky and Sidney Lumet cast Segal for his gently humorous everyman quality, and he often played an unlucky-in-love professional or a writer who gets in over his head.
In Nichols’ 1967 Edward Albee adaptation “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?,...
His wife Sonia announced his death, saying, “The family is devastated to announce that this morning George Segal passed away due to complications from bypass surgery.”
Segal’s longtime manager Abe Hoch said, “I am saddened by the fact that my close friend and client of many years has passed away. I will miss his warmth, humor, camaraderie and friendship. He was a wonderful human.”
Some of the top directors of the 1960s and ’70s, including Robert Altman, Mike Nichols, Paul Mazursky and Sidney Lumet cast Segal for his gently humorous everyman quality, and he often played an unlucky-in-love professional or a writer who gets in over his head.
In Nichols’ 1967 Edward Albee adaptation “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?,...
- 3/24/2021
- by Pat Saperstein
- Variety Film + TV
George Segal, the Oscar-nominated actor from “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” and “The Goldbergs,” has died due to complications from bypass surgery, his family confirmed. Segal was 87.
Segal received five Golden Globe nominations, an Academy Award nomination, a BAFTA nomination, and won two Golden Globes during the course of his career. Segal received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in 1966’s “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?”
“The family is devastated to announce that this morning George Segal passed away due to complications from bypass surgery,” Sonia Segal, George’s wife, said in a statement.
“I am saddened by the fact that my close friend and client of many years has passed away. I will miss his warmth, humor, camaraderie and friendship. He was a wonderful human.” Abe Hoch, Segal’s former manager and friend, added.
Segal was a series regular for the past eight seasons...
Segal received five Golden Globe nominations, an Academy Award nomination, a BAFTA nomination, and won two Golden Globes during the course of his career. Segal received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in 1966’s “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?”
“The family is devastated to announce that this morning George Segal passed away due to complications from bypass surgery,” Sonia Segal, George’s wife, said in a statement.
“I am saddened by the fact that my close friend and client of many years has passed away. I will miss his warmth, humor, camaraderie and friendship. He was a wonderful human.” Abe Hoch, Segal’s former manager and friend, added.
Segal was a series regular for the past eight seasons...
- 3/24/2021
- by Umberto Gonzalez
- The Wrap
Taye Diggs has been tapped to star opposite Kate Walsh in ABC's potential spinoff from hit medical drama Grey's Anatomy.
Additionally, Grey producer ABC TV Studio has extended for two more years its overall deal with O'Taye Prods., Diggs' production company with his longtime manager, Abe Hoch.
The potential spinoff will test the waters as a back-door pilot, an expanded two-hour episode of Grey slated to air in May. It will center on neonatal surgeon Addison Shepherd (Walsh), a character that has enjoyed a strong following from fans since she was introduced at the end of the hot surgical drama's first season.
It is understood that the back-door pilot episode will feature Shepherd on the verge of leaving Seattle Grace, a scenario that will be triggered if ABC goes with the spinoff for next season. There were no details on the character Diggs will play.
Grey creator/executive producer Shonda Rhimes is writing the episode and is expected to shepherd the potential series.
Additionally, Grey producer ABC TV Studio has extended for two more years its overall deal with O'Taye Prods., Diggs' production company with his longtime manager, Abe Hoch.
The potential spinoff will test the waters as a back-door pilot, an expanded two-hour episode of Grey slated to air in May. It will center on neonatal surgeon Addison Shepherd (Walsh), a character that has enjoyed a strong following from fans since she was introduced at the end of the hot surgical drama's first season.
It is understood that the back-door pilot episode will feature Shepherd on the verge of leaving Seattle Grace, a scenario that will be triggered if ABC goes with the spinoff for next season. There were no details on the character Diggs will play.
Grey creator/executive producer Shonda Rhimes is writing the episode and is expected to shepherd the potential series.
- 2/22/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Taye Diggs, the star of UPN's Kevin Hill, is expanding his relationship with the drama series' producer, Touchstone TV. The actor has inked a development deal with the studio to develop and produce series projects through O-Tay Prods., a production company he is forming with his longtime manager, Abe Hoch. Under the one-year pact, which has an option for a second, Diggs and Hoch will bring show ideas to the studio and serve as executive producers on the projects that are put in development at the studio.
Jay Harrington has joined the cast of Fox's upcoming drama series The Inside. Harrington will portray Paul Fattore, an agent working in a unit of the FBI investigating violent crimes. He'll star opposite Rachel Nichols, who was previously cast as a young female undercover agent. Harrington will take the role originally played by Peter Facinelli, who departed the project this month after the role was reconceived (HR 12/3). The Inside, from 20th Century Fox Television and Imagine Television, is set to premiere in the spring. Harrington most recently appeared on the WB Network's Summerland and also starred in NBC's short-lived Coupling. He also recently appeared on NBC's Las Vegas and CBS' Without a Trace. On the film side, Harrington is starring in the upcoming indie feature Partners opposite Josh Cooke. Harrington is represented by Abe Hoch at A Management, ICM and attorney Dave Feldman at Bloom, Hergott, Diemer, Rosenthal and LaViolette Llp.
- 12/13/2004
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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