Veteran actor George Segal dies at 87

American actor and musician, George Segal, whose career spanned for more than six decades, has died at age of 87, his wife announced on Tuesday.

In a statement, Sonia Segal stated that the actor passed away due to complications from bypass surgery.

Segal was a native of Long Island, New York. The actor, who was best known as a comic actor, became one of the screen’s biggest stars in the 1970s. His acting credits range from "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" in 1966, for which he received an Oscar nomination and "A Touch of Class" in 1973.

By the 70s, he often played wry leading men in films such as "The Duchess and the Dirtwater Fox" and "Fun with Dick and Jane".

In 2013, the veteran actor starred as the Jewish family patriarch Albert "Pops" Solomon in his semi-autobiographical series, "The Goldbergs".