Watch: The Oscars Left Out These Celebrities from In Memoriam Segment

Emell Adolphus READ TIME: 2 MIN.

The In Memoriam segment at the Oscars has become the most exclusive ticket in Tinseltown. Every year, the segment makes the news for the dearly departed celebrities it includes but mostly for the celebrities it excludes.

As reported by Entertainment Weekly, this year's ceremony included Nichelle Nichols, Irene Papas, Robbie Coltrane, Kirstie Alley, Jean-Luc Godard, Raquel Welch, Ray Liotta, and James Caan. Not to mention rock legend Lenny Kravitz was on stage to perform a stripped down version of his 2004 hit "Calling All Angels."

At the end of the performance, a QR code was briefly presented on screen for viewers to follow to see the full In Memoriam list, but more than a few names were left out.

Tom Sizemore, Anne Heche, Leslie Jordan, and Paul Sorvino to name a few were left out after passing away at earlier periods this year.

Sizemore recently died after suffering a brain aneurysm earlier this month. Heche died at age 53 of smoke inhalation and burn injuries after crashing her car last August into a home in Los Angeles.

Gay icon Leslie Jordan died after suffering a sudden cardiac dysfunction behind the wheel. Paul Sorvino died at age 83 in July, and Charlbi Dean died of bacterial sepsis in August.

"Also missing from the presentation was Gilbert Gottfried, Estelle Harris, John Aniston, and Lisa Marie Presley," EW reports.

But the segment had its high points. John Travolta came on stage to pay tribute to his late "Grease" costar Olivia Newton-John. She passed away at the age of 73 in August.

See the segment as it aired on the 95th Oscars on ABC below.


by Emell Adolphus

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