HERO - Film Critic's Critic

Saturday, June 30, 2007 - A HERO award goes out for long time ABC film critic Joel Siegel who died this week at the age of 63 from colon cancer.

Siegel was known for hit witty, humorous movie reviews. He had a regular Friday movie feature on ABC's Good Morning America and was often a gust host on Siskel and Ebert, a television movie review show.

But many people do not know is that besides being an accomplished journalist, Siegel also was known for his civil rights work in the 1960s and his work with Robert Kennedy campaigns.

Read his career info at the Internet Movie Database.