Lloyd Siegel, longtime journalist and NBC News executive, died on Nov. 12 after a long battle with Alzheimer’s disease. He was 78.

Born in Cleveland on Sept. 21, 1947 to Ruth and Paul Siegel, he became a bar mitzvah at Taylor Road Synagogue in Cleveland Heights, where his mother was secretary to the head rabbi, and attended Cleveland Heights High School, where his passion for journalism began as an editor of the school newspaper.

After graduating from The Ohio State University in Columbus, Siegel began working in journalism as a copy boy for The Plain Dealer in Cleveland before embarking on a career as a local reporter for the NBC stations in Cleveland and Washington, D.C. – the start of a 44 year long career at NBC.

“When he got his first job with NBC he never looked back,” his sister

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