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My 1st "Best Friend" , "Freddie Buffington". Lived 2 doors from me in Cleveland Heights. Great Guy and good friend growing up. Remmeber so many fun times we had, Good athlete and enjoyed playing in all types of sports. Lost contact with him after I moved to Florida. Deep Sympathy to all his Family. Rest in peace my brother. . 

Congrats Steve, May God Bless you and your works. Take care

Hi Classmates!
Since I normally prefer to stay “under the radar,” I thought I’d share a quick update. I’m still working full-time out of love, compassion, and commitment to the disability community. My company just celebrated its 35th anniversary.
Over the past several years, we have developed and will soon be releasing (through associations) at no cost to users, a large suite of AI Personal Agents specifically designed to accommodate the learning needs of K-20 students with neurocognitive differences.
My motivation? Read the following interactive article:
The Dismantling of Special Education and Supports for Individuals With Disabilities in America:
https://ideal-group.org/dismantling-of-special-education-and-supports-in-america
I’ve never appreciated my classmates more than I do now. It’s bittersweet to know how many have already moved on. Keep on keeping on—and God bless all of you.
Steve 😊
Steve Jacobs
IDEAL Group, Inc.
https://ideal-group.org

Very sorry to hear about Tom's passing. We played on the Football team and Tom was an excellent athlete. He was a stand up Guy and always fun to pal around with. Very pleasant and had a great sense of Humor. Also kind hearted. Father Time knocks on all the doors. My deepest Sympathy to Tom's wife, children and Family , along with all his friends. I am sure you are enjoying Heaven and God Bless all who knew Tom. Hey Tom it was great to know you and glad our paths crossed. God Bless. 

Lloyd and I were childhood friends as a result of his parents, Paul and Ruth Siegel, being close friends with my parents, Bob and Helen Kornhauser.  At the 50th high school reunion I was able to share with Lloyd some old b&w silent Super 8mm clips of Lloyd and me at several of my early childhood birthday parties by emailing them to him.  He was a somewhat shy person, but had much of interest to share when encouraged to do so.  One of his early TV interviews when working in Cleveland was in the summer of 1970, several months after the Kent State shootings.  In response to that tragedy Bob Barcus and I decided to "drop out" and do subsistence organic farming.  I found a 140 acre organic farm in Hiram, Ohio a mile from Hiram College where the Browns trained at that time.  The farm was owned by 70 yr old Al Couch who was looking for several young people to live in the other house on the property and work the land with him.  Bob and I brought our wives, fixed up the little two-bedroom house and learned organic farming.  The organic food was sold to small distributors to stores in northeast Ohio.  We also held meetings to inform the public of the benefits of eating food with no pesticides or chemicals in the fertilizers. 
I mentioned to Lloyd what was going on at the farm and he brought out a camera crew and conducted an interview on the farm that was broadcast, helping to educate the public.  Lloyd continued to do that throughout his career, then teaching future young journalists at the university level.  What a wonderful life.  Deepest condolences to Helene, his lovely wife and daughter, and to all his loved ones. 

 

So very sad to hear this. Deepest condolences to his family and may his memory be a blessing 

Personally I am heartbroken. I have so many wonderful memories of Lloyd from way back when. We were good friends. 

A better obit thanks to David Feldheim:

Lloyd W. Siegel passed away on November 12, 2025, at age 78, after a long battle with Alzheimer’s disease. Lloyd was a respected journalist and news executive and a devoted husband, father, and brother.

A proud Ohioan, Lloyd was born in Cleveland on September 21, 1947, to Ruth and Paul Siegel. His passion for journalism started early as a young boy with a paper delivery route and as editor of the school newspaper at Cleveland Heights High School. Lloyd graduated cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Ohio State University, where he was elected president of the student government.

Lloyd began his career in journalism as a copy boy for the Cleveland Plain Dealer. He then embarked on what would become a long and fulfilling 44-year career at NBC News. He started as a local reporter for the NBC stations in Cleveland and Washington, D.C. before becoming a field producer for Tom Brokaw in the NBC News Washington bureau, where he participated in the coverage of Watergate and the Nixon and Ford administrations. 

Lloyd moved to New York to serve as domestic news producer for NBC Nightly News under John Chancellor and Tom Brokaw, a job he particularly cherished. It was during that time that he met his beloved wife Ronnie at a music appreciation class at The New School. They were married in July 1981 and, after welcoming daughter Jackie, settled on East End Avenue in Manhattan.

Lloyd next served as executive producer of Special Broadcasts for NBC News, where he ran the network’s live coverage of events like the Challenger disaster, the Lockerbie bombing, and the Tiananmen Square protests. In that role, he produced the special broadcast “AIDS Fear/AIDS Fact” with Tom Brokaw in 1985, which was the first news broadcast devoted entirely to the AIDS epidemic. After managing the network’s coverage of the 1992 presidential election, Lloyd created NBC’s News Partnerships division, which coordinated and managed the network’s relationship with its local stations. As vice president of News Partnerships, Lloyd had overall management responsibility for the news division’s relationship with more than 200 owned and affiliated stations, coordinating editorial and promotional support for the stations from such programs as Nightly News, Today, and Meet the Press; providing broadcast best practices; and helping stations make best use of their affiliation with NBC. Lloyd proudly held that role until his retirement in 2014. He loved working at NBC.

Lloyd was also committed to teaching the next generation of journalists. For more than 20 years, he taught broadcast news management at the Columbia School of Journalism, in addition to other adjunct professorships. And in 2013, he won the First Amendment Service Award from the Radio Television Digital News Foundation. 

An avid reader, Lloyd always had a stack of books, the New Yorker, or the New York Times close at hand. He loved theater, music, traveling, and his family always. He was smart, funny, loving, and kind, and a devoted husband, father, brother, uncle, colleague, and friend. 

Lloyd is survived by his wife of 44 years, Ronnie, daughter Jackie, and sister Helene, who all adore and miss him dearly.