What can you say about a twenty-five-year-old girl who died? That she was beautiful. And brilliant. That she loved Mozart and Bach. And the Beatles. And me.

This happens in bush league marathons!. Segal ran in the Boston Marathon almost every year from 1955 to 1975. Family
Segal was married to Karen Marianne James from 1975 until his death; they had two daughters Miranda and Francesca Segal.

He was best known for writing the novel Love Story (1970) a best-seller and writing the motion picture of the same name which was a major hit.