Abc - Abc-Tv Film Critic Joel Siegel Dies Of Colon Cancer At 63

ABC-TV film critic Joel Siegel died Friday, about a week shy of his 64th birthday (July 7), of colon cancer -- a disease that he had battled for more than ten years. Siegel's reviews had been regularly featured on ABC's Good Morning America. (and were frequently excerpted on Studio Briefing's weekly review digest). He last appeared on the show just two weeks ago. The network aired tributes to Siegel on its evening newscast and the magazine show 20/20 Friday. In one, anchor Charles Gibson said, "Joel's great passion was that people be entertained and that they be enriched by what they see and hear -- whether in a theater, at a concert, in an art gallery, on a television screen or even in their mind's eye."

02/07/2007