Oscar-nominated actor and Goldbergs star George Segal, 87, dies

George Segal

• American actor George Segal has died at the age of 87.
• The actor’s wife, Sonia Segal, confirmed the news, saying she died of complications from the bypass surgery.
• The star was nominated for an Oscar for Who’s Afraid of Virginia Wolf? (1966), but younger audiences may know him as Grandpa Albert ‘Pops’ Solomon on the ABC television series. The Goldbergs.

American actor George Segal, whose long film and television career spanned from the 1960s to the present, has died at the age of 87, his wife Sonia Segal told the Hollywood news publication. Term.

Segal, who was nominated for an Oscar for Who’s Afraid of Virginia Wolf? (1966), died in Santa Rosa, California of complications from bypass surgery, his wife said in the article, published Tuesday.

Born on February 17, 1934, in a small town in New York State, he studied acting and had early roles in Broadway theater productions.

While younger viewers may know him as Grandpa Albert ‘Pops’ Solomon on the ABC television series The Goldbergs, his long film career includes starring roles in The owl and the pussycat (1970) with Barbra Streisand, The Duchess and the Muddy Fox (1976) with Goldie Hawn, and Fun with Dick and Jane (1977) with Jane Fonda.

His first major role in Hollywood was in The Young Doctors (1961), and later in The longest day (1962) on the landing of the Allies in Normandy during World War II.

In Who’s Afraid of Virginia Wolf? He played a young professor alongside two megastars of the time, Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor.

Segal won a Golden Globe for his role in A touch of class (1973) with Glenda Jackson.

On TV, Segal was known for his roles on shows like the NBC sitcom. Just shoot me! (1997-2003) and later The Goldbergs, which went live in 2013 and is still in production.

“Today we lost a legend,” tweeted series creator Adam Goldberg.

“It was truly an honor to be a small part of George Segal’s incredible legacy. By sheer fate, I ended up casting the perfect person to play Pops. Like my grandfather, George was a child at heart with a magical spark. these memories say it all … “