George Segal, whose decades-spanning acting career included earning an Oscar nomination for his supporting role in Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? to portraying Albert “Pops” Solomon on The Goldbergs, died on Tuesday, Variety reports. He was 87.
His wife, Sonia, confirmed the news. “The family is devastated to announce that this morning George Segal passed away due to complications from bypass surgery,” she said in a statement.
Since 2013, Segal had portrayed family patriarch Albert “Pops” Solomon on ABC’s sitcom The Goldbergs. While he is known for his later-career TV roles in The Goldbergs and Just Shoot Me! where he played magazine owner and publisher Jack Gallo, which earned him two Golden Globe nominations, he launched his career on Broadway. He landed roles in shows such as Gideon (1961-1962) and Rattle of a Simple Man (1963), after studying at the Actor’s Studio.
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