In Memoriam

Repost from January 17, 2022. I spend a lot of time abroad, as do all members of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, and it’s weird being away from home for certain holidays.

Today, at this moment, more than ever, the words of Dr. King inspire and give hope.

Long-time HFPA member Dierk Sindermann passed away on Nov. 3, 2021, after a six-month battle with brain cancer.

It is with great sadness that we post this remembrance of our friend and colleague Yoram, sent to us by his family. Yoram’s wit, intelligence, culture, and humor will be irreplaceable at the HFPA.

In a career spanning over six decades, Charles Grodin, who died May 18 at the age of 86, left his mark on every form of entertainment: stage, television, film, even late-night shows. Though best known as an offbeat character actor in major comedies of the 1970s and 1980s, he was capable of navigating smoothly from lead to secondary roles, establishing a comedy style that was droll, offbeat, and awkward.

Actor George Segal, a five-time Golden Globe nominee and twice Golden Globe winner has died today. According to his wife, Sofia, he succumbed to complications from bypass surgery.

When HFPA journalists interviewed Christopher Plummer in 2002, we asked him what he looked forward to, and his answer was, “I’d like another twenty, twenty-five years. ” Well, he almost made it.

Cloris Leachman, whose acting career spanned eight decades, has died of natural causes, age 94. She was nominated for a Golden Globe for acting in motion pictures, and lost, three years in a row, but won the fourth time, as Best Actress in a Television Series, Comedy or Musical for her lead performance in Phyllis (1975).

Golden Globe nominee Walter Bernstein, who died in Manhattan aged 101, was one of the last survivors of the blacklist, the McCarthy era's witch hunt that destroyed the Hollywood careers of writers, actors, and other industry folks in the 1950s. Bernstein not only rebuilt his career but used his experience to craft an award-winning movie about his travails and survival.

The Scotsman was always good for a zinger or two. The man who famously said “I like women.