Hollywood sadly lost some huge talents in 2024 and early 2025, but not all of them made it into this year’s In Memoriam segment at the Oscars. So, on Monday morning, “The View” made sure to spotlight people who were left out.
Moderator Whoopi Goldberg was at the Oscars herself on Sunday, onstage with Oprah Winfrey to honor the late, great Quincy Jones. Kicking off the ABC talk show on Monday morning, she admitted that she was just as surprised as her co-hosts that she made it back for the show, explaining that she left to fly back to New York pretty much immediately after finishing on stage.
As “The View” went on, Whoopi transitioned at the end of the third segment to note that “we’ve lost a lot of great people lately.”
“New York Dolls frontman David Johansen, who you were playing ‘Hot, Hot, Hot,’ he passed. He’s also known as Buster Poindexter. I loved him. He was 75,” Whoopi said. “And R&B Singer Angie Stone died in this crazy car accident. She was just 63.”
From there, Whoopi specifically called out the Oscars In Memoriam segment.
“Some of the people who should have been included in the Oscars in memoriam last night: my dear, dear James Darren,” she said. “I don’t know if you remember the show ‘Gidget,’ but he was Moondoggie on ‘Gidget.’ And for a lot of us he was our very first kind of ‘Ooh he’s cute!’ You know. He was wonderful.”
“Shannon Doherty, also. And Michelle Trachtenberg,” Whoopi continued. “Count your blessings, say a little prayer.”
“The View” airs weekdays at 11 a.m. ET on ABC.
