George Segal, 'Goldbergs' Star and Oscar Nominee, Dies at 87

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Source: Variety

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.”

Some of the top directors of the 1960s and ’70s, including Robert Altman, Mike Nichols, Paul Mazursky and Sidney Lulmet cast Segal for his everyman quality, often playing an unlucky-in-love professional or writer who gets in over his head.

In Nichols’ 1967 Edward Albee adaptation “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?,” Segal played a college professor who gets caught up in an evening of psychological mindgames with Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor. The film was nominated for 13 Oscars, including Segal’s for supporting actor, and won five.

Read more: https://variety.com/2021/film/news/george-segal-dead-goldbergs-whos-afraid-of-virginia-woolf-1234936852/

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One of a kind. RIP.

[hlthe2b]

1. Loved him....

RIP

[jimfields33]

17. This sucks!

He’s on a current tv show. I guess they will have to explain it on the show. I hope the show does a great tribute. Maybe beginning of next season since I’m sure all the episodes this season til May are complete.

[orleans]

18. he plays "pops" on the goldbergs

very sad to hear he's gone

[MFM008]

2. Loved him

Rest in peace George.
Say hi to Elizabeth and Richard .
And Sandy..

[Trueblue1968]

11. one of my favorite favorite actors. he is a marvelous comedian. I love him.

[LisaM]

3. Oh, darn it.

He was so talented. When he was n the sitcom "Just Shoot Me', he stole scenes from everyone on the show except maybe Wendie Malick.

[Judi Lynn]

4. He took his work very seriously, did an amazing job at it. Exceptional.

[AZLD4Candidate]

39. Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf

[Bristlecone]

5. One of my favorites favorites

RIP

[Docreed2003]

6. ...

[ms liberty]

7. Loved him in Fun With Dick and Jane also The Hot Rock

RIP

[niyad]

10. And "Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe" and "Duchess and Dirtwater Fox".

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[ms liberty]

43. Yes! Who is killing the Great Chefs of Europe was great too!

[Tree-Hugger]

8. Goodnight, Pops

Such an amazing actor. My kids know and love him a "Pops" on The Goldbergs.

R.I.P.. George.

[byronius]

9. Great actor.

[JohnnyRingo]

12. Great actor

And apparent all round guy.
Will be missed.

[Ilsa]

13. I almost didn't recognize him on the Goldbergs,

my latest tv viewing treat.

[Pinback]

14. "Where's Poppa?"

with him and Ruth Gordon was a scream.

[Montauk6]

30. I loved that movie

[oasis]

33. One of my favorite Segal flicks.

[Greybnk48]

36. One of my favorites too, Pinback! I just watched this again

this past year. Still funny!

[winstars]

42. He and Ruth Gordon are unreal in this movie... So great!

[BobTheSubgenius]

15. I always liked George and his work.

Rest easy, sir....

[iluvtennis]

16. May George Segal Rest In Peace and His Memeory Be a Blessing.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

19. I never would have thought he was even in his 80s.

[luvtheGWN]

22. I think his first movie was "Tom Jones"

Such a handsome rogue he was in that film! And then one of his latest was "Erin Brockovich". So good, so easy to look at. But I'll always remember him as Tom Jones.

[Greybnk48]

35. That was Albert Finney, but they do look similar. n/t

[Joinfortmill]

20. Awsome actor.

[ellie]

21. He was

amazing in Just Shoot Me! and The Duchess and the Dirtwater Fox with Goldie Hawn.

[luvtheGWN]

23. Oh and another one:

"Two for the Road" with the beautiful Audrey Hepburn.

[ellie]

26. Yes!

[DFW]

40. That, too, was Albert Finney. n/t

[VarryOn]

24. One of our favorite shows...

Hate to hear this news. We loved Pops!

[mountain grammy]

25. I remember him playing the banjo on Johnnie Carson.. So funny.

Rest in peace.

[BunnyMcGee]

28. I loved that, thanks for posting

[Botany]

32. What talent!

Carson, Segel, and Carlin.

[mountain grammy]

47. One of the classics.

I've always remembered George Segal playing that banjo.

[C Moon]

27. Sad. I loved him. My neighbor had heart surgery in his 80's, and his life was miserable afterward.

He died less than a year after the surgery, and was on oxygen the whole time—and miserable.
He died of heart failure.

He would have been better off not going through the surgery.

[BigmanPigman]

29. He played the banjo on The Smothers Brothers TV show

"The Draft Dodger Rag"

[mountain grammy]

48. Make love not war....

Love it! No mention of bone spurs. Damn they were good, all of them.

Thanks for posting..

[turbinetree]

50. Thank you for this post I remember this...........

[BComplex]

51. I had everything the Smothers Brothers ever did.

This was classic!

[ZonkerHarris]

31. California Split, Owl and the Pussycat, Fun with Dick and Jane, Blume in Love

so many great films
The Hot Rock is another

[Beaverhausen]

53. A Touch of Class

[rickyhall]

34. The Dirtwater Fox

[hamsterjill]

38. Loved that movie.

Wasn’t there something about “plums”??? LOL

[MarianJack]

37. I saw him on the street in NYC once n the 80s

I always liked him. RIP.

PEACE

[DFW]

41. He was great at both comedy and drama

Besides all the great films mentioned above, I also loved The Quiller Memorandum with Senta Berger, Alec Guinness and Max von Sydow, as well as No Way To Treat A Lady with Rod Steiger and Lee Remick (who I had a desperate crush on, and even met once sitting behind her in a plane from Boston to London).

He must have been easy to work with, because he worked with most of the top names of his day.

[jcboon]

44. I loved him

[oldsoftie]

45. NOOOOO!! I loved him. And still acting this season too.

[BumRushDaShow]

46. Heard this last night and wow!

I hadn't heard his name mentioned much recently... He was in so many things as a character actor.

I remember him in "The Cable Guy" (as Steven's dad) -

R.I.P.

[Buckeye_Democrat]

49. Great actor!

He was very funny in "Just Shoot Me!", and in the movie "The Hot Rock".

Those examples immediately came to mind for me, but I've enjoyed seeing him in just about anything over the years!

[colsohlibgal]

52. RIP George

Not a good sign when icons of your younger years start expiring quicker and quicker.

Guess who’s next in line fellow Boomers.