Ex-Clinton Aide Eli Segal, 63, Dies
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BOSTON – Eli Segal, who headed President Clinton’s national service program after serving as his 1992 campaign chief of staff, died yesterday, his family said. He was 63.
Segal died at his Boston home from complications of a rare form of cancer in the lining of his lung, a family spokesman said.
“A long time friend and colleague, Eli embodied the spirit of the American dream and lived his life as a man for others,” President Clinton and Senator Clinton said in a statement. “As he was for many other people, he was a rock of stability and a wise counselor to us.”
Segal also headed retired General Wesley Clark’s failed 2004 bid for the Democratic presidential nomination.
“He basically put his life on hold to support my efforts,” General Clark said. “He was the heart and soul of the campaign.”
Segal was chief of staff of Clinton’s 1992 campaign and later was an assistant to Mr. Clinton in the White House. He left in 1996 to head the Welfare to Work Partnership, a nonprofit created by the American business community to train and hire former welfare recipients.
He is survived by his wife, Phyllis, two children, and two grandchildren.
