Star of The Goldbergs, Just Shoot Me... and so much more

George Segal – who found a new generation of fans through US sitcom  The Goldberg after an illustrious career in dramatic acting – has died at the age of 87.

His wife, Sonia Segal confirmed the news, saying in a statement: ‘The family is devastated to announce that this morning George Segal passed away due to complications from bypass surgery," she said in a statement.’

He was nominated for an Oscar in his role in the 1966 movie version of Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?  opposite  Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton  and won two Golden Globes.

For the past eight years, he had been a series regular on the 1980s-set family comedy The Goldbergs as Albert ‘Pops’ Solomon.  The last episode he filmed before his death is set to air on the ABC network in the US on April 7.

Before that he was starred in  sitcom Just Shoot Me!, which ran for 149 episodes from 1997 to 2003.

His lengthy movie career includes Stanley Kramer’s Ships Of Fools, Roger Corman’s The St. Valentine’s Day Massacre, Carl Reiner’s Where’s Poppa? Robert Altman’s California Split and Melvin Frank’s A Touch of Class.

The first seven series of The Goldbergs are available on All4 in the UK.

Published: 24 Mar 2021