Frank Segers

Madrid, Dec. 23

L-R  Mort Bryer, Peter Besas and Frank Segers at Moran’s restaurant on 10th Avenue in New York in 1997 in the days when you could still light up a cigar or a pipe in an eatery.

Simesite was saddened to leam that former mugg Frank Segers passed away in his home in Tucson, AZ on December 17.

Frank was raised in the Riverdale section of the Bronx and a graduate of Fordham University. He joined Variety in New York in 1970, and subsequently moved to Variety’s office in Chicago.

While based in Chicago, he was instrumental in widening the then-booming Far East business for Variety. He travelled to Japan, Korea and Hong Kong extensively and followed up his Far East contacts at key trade events such as Cannes, Mifed and the American Film Market in LA.

Frank Segers is survived by Barbara, his wife of 57 years and son Matt.