The Academy chose to open its oft-criticized In Memoriam segment with James Gandolfini and end the touching tribute with Philip Seymour Hoffman.
Glenn Close introduced the segment, ending her speech with these words: “Because of the great gift of film, they will be here forever. We love you, we honor you, we miss you, but most of all, we thank you.”
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Hollywood’s dearly departed who weren’t featured in the televised montage, including “Midnight Rider” crew member Sarah Jones, will appear on Oscars.com. That includes director Alain Resnais, who died early Sunday and was not included in the segment, and neither was “Jack Ryan” creator/author Tom Clancy.
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The Full ‘In Memoriam’ List is below:
James Gandolfini
Karen Black
Tom Laughlin
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
Carmen Zapata
Hal Needham
Richard Shepherd
Stuart Freeborn
Gerry Gambling
Jim Kelly
Stephenie McMillan
Les Blank
Eileen Brennan
Fay Kanin
Charles L. Campbell
Deanna Durbin
Frederic Back
A.C. Lyles
Elmore Leonard
Annette Funicello
Petro Vlahos
Eduardo Coutinho
Saul Zaentz
Riz Ortolani
Peter O’Toole
Ray Harryhausen
Brian Ackland-Snow
Richard Griffiths
Sid Caesar
Roger Ebert
Shirley Temple Black
Joan Fontaine
Run Run Shaw
Juanita Moore
Mickey Moore
Stefan Kudelski
Harold Ramis
Eleanor Parker
Ray Dolby
Julie Harris
Maxmilian Schell
Richard Matheson
Gilbert Taylor
Tom Sherak
Esther Williams
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