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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.

From Jewel Moulthrop:

It's been a long journey. He's now at peace.

Evan Harris Komito died on October 7th, 2025. He was a loving and attentive husband, a caring and thoughtful father and stepfather, and an adoring grandfather. He battled Parkinson’s disease for many years.

Evan was born 1947, and raised in Cleveland Heights, Ohio, the fourth of five children of Morton and Fay (Sobel) Komito: Sharon Smith, Vicki Cantor, Gail Warshaw (deceased) and Ron (Mary) Komito.

He was among the first students to attend Milliken Elementary School and later attended Monticello Middle School and Cleveland Heights High School. He graduated in 1965 and went on to study mechanical engineering at Carnegie Mellon University.

His passion for problem-solving led him into the new field of computer science and engineering and a long career that began with punch cards and room-sized terminals, involved some high-level work for defense contractors, and ended designing databases for Case Western Reserve University.

In 1972, Evan married Shelly Lefton. Together they raised their children, Jeremy and Lauren, in the Upper Merion, PA, near Philadelphia. His children fondly remember a childhood of baseball games, apple orchards, whitewater rafting, and camping. The Phillies figured prominently in those days, and Evan would enjoy each game in scientific fashion, by meticulously keeping score. His children never quite took to that level of engagement with baseball, but they remain fans, nonetheless.

Though his first marriage ended, Evan would fall in love again. Just weeks before his 50th birthday, he went on a first date that would change the course of his life, ultimately leading him back to Cleveland Heights. He went out that day with Jewel Moulthrop, and exactly 17 years after that first date, they were married. In the intervening years, they became grandparents, moved back to his hometown, and settled into a full life of theater, concerts, book clubs, film groups, travel, and baseball. Always baseball.

Known as Zayde to his grandchildren, Evan delighted in watching them grow. He particularly enjoyed leading Passover seders, creating and reading from a Haggadah custom-made for their delight.

His memory will be a blessing to his wife Jewel; his surviving siblings; his grandchildren: Reece, Nico, Elisa, Hayley, Gabriel, Sarah, Isabelle, and Ivy; his children: Jeremy (Jennifer) Komito and Lauren Komito; Jewel’s children: Peter (Tava) Auslan, William Moulthrop, and Dan (Dorothy) Moulthrop; and his nephews: Jeff Komito, David Komito, Michael Oliver, Steven Oliverio, Scott Cantor, and Brian Warshaw.

A memorial service is being planned for later this fall. Donations in Evan’s honor can be made to InMotion, in Beachwood, Ohio, whose mission is to help people with Parkinson’s disease feel better every day

Very sorry to hear that Evan has passed away. He was in my Homeroom at CHHS. Knew him from Monticello all trhe way through Heights, He was a very intelligent Man. But he was a very kind hearted Man. Very pleasant and always nver to busy to help. My deepest Sympathy to his Family and Friends. Rest in peace. 

Elaine and I have known one another for many years, since our mothers were friends from childhood. Although we were never close, ourselves, we were often thrown together at Park Synagogue and various United Synagogue Youth events. She always treated me with kindness and that is what I will remember most about her. People as kind and giving as Elaine are all too rare and the world can ill afford to lose her. May her memory be for a blessing.

Very Sad to hear of Julie Stern's passing. She was a very kind, loving soul. I met her at Monticello Junior High School, She was a very Talented musician and was kind to all she met. I admiree her talents with the flute and her kindness towards her classmates. I said Hello to her everytime our paths crossed, She would always say Hi back, always a perfect Lady, My Sympathy to her Family & Friends. We were very fortunate to have her in the CLass of 1965. May she rest in peace. 

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