name | Joel Siegel |
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birthname | Joel Siegel |
birth date | July 07, 1943 |
birth place | Los Angeles, CA |
death date | June 29, 2007 |
death place | New York City |
occupation | Television journalist/Film critic |
spouse | Ena Swansea(1996–2007) (his death) |
children | Dylan Siegel |
credits | Good Morning America Entertainment Editor (1981–2007) |
imdb id | 0796954 }} |
Siegel died of complications from colon cancer on June 29, 2007, in New York.
He began working in radio as a disc jockey and newscaster, while continuing to freelance in advertising. Through his freelance work, he was offered the book review position with the Los Angeles Times.
On June 21, 1996, Siegel married his fourth wife, artist Ena Swansea. In 1997, at age 53, he was diagnosed with colorectal cancer. One week after being diagnosed, Siegel found out he would be a father for the first time. He wrote the book Lessons for Dylan which shares the ups and downs of his life with his young son, as he might not live long enough to relate those stories in person.
Siegel underwent surgery, radiation, and chemotherapy. He welcomed his newborn son, Dylan Thomas Jefferson Swansea Siegel, home on the same day he completed his chemotherapy treatments. Two years later, a CAT scan revealed a lesion on Siegel's left lung. After a pulmonary lobectomy and additional chemotherapy, Siegel continued to work on GMA.
He was outspoken on the subject of colon cancer and, in 2005, spoke at a meeting of C-Change, a group of cancer experts from government, business, and non-profit sectors, chaired by former President George H.W. Bush and former first lady Barbara Bush.
He testified before the Senate during Colorectal Cancer Awareness month, March 2005. "I came here from New York City this morning hoping that I would encourage someone to have a colonoscopy so that they would not have to go through what I went through", he told a Senate panel.
In June 2005, Siegel published a letter in the peer-reviewed cancer medicine journal, The Oncologist entitled, "One at a Time". It shares his cancer diagnosis and experiences to that date.
On May 10, 2007, less than two months before his death, he spoke before the CEO Roundtable on Cancer, an association of corporate executives that was formed when former President George H. W. Bush asked corporate America to do something "bold and venturesome" about cancer. Bush and his wife Barbara were in the audience when Joel spoke on May 10 at the Essex House in New York City. He began and ended his presentation by saying, "I want to thank you for what you are doing for cancer patients."
Joel Siegel died from metastatic colon cancer on June 29, 2007 shortly before what would have been his 64th birthday. His family has said the last movie he saw was Ratatouille with his son.
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