While Academy Awards producers have strived for a much shorter ceremony this year, the annual “In Memoriam” segment will definitely remain. In fact this moment on Sunday’s 2019 event should be extra classy since Gustavo Dudamel and the L.A. Philharmonic will be performing as part of the tribute.
Over 100 Academy members or film industry veterans died in the past 12 months. But which ones will be featured in the short segment? There are generally outcries each year from family members upset about people being left out. Visit our own Gold Derby memoriam galleries for the year of 2018 and the newly-started gallery for 2019.
Virtually certain to be part of the montage are Oscar-winning directors Bernardo Bertolucci and Milos Forman, Oscar-nominated actors Carol Channing, Albert Finney and Burt Reynolds, director and actress Penny Marshall, executive producer and entertainment icon Stan Lee and many more.
Here is a lengthy list we have compiled since the 2018 ceremony aired in early March. Academy members are indicated with ** by their names.
Paul Allen (executive)
Michael Anderson (director)**
Susan Anspach (actor)
Charles Aznavour (actor)
Bernardo Bertolucci (director)
Yvonne Blake (costume designer)**
Paul Bloch (public relations)**
Henri Bollinger (public relations)**
Françoise Bonnot (editor)**
Martin Bregman (producer)**
Milton C. Burrow (sound)**
Joseph Campanella (actor)**
John Carter (editor)**
Carol Channing (actor)
Anne V. Coates (editor)**
Philip D’Antoni (producer)**
Hubert de Givenchy (costume designer)
Peter Donat (actor)**
Stan Dragoti (director)
John Michael Dwyer (production designer)**
R. Lee Ermey (actor)
Albert Finney (actor)
Michael Ford (set decorator)
Milos Forman (director)**
Aretha Franklin (actor/singer)
James Frawley (director)
Bruno Ganz (actor)
William Goldman (writer)
Alexe Gordin (casting director)
Richard Greenberg (visual effects)**
Josh Greenfeld (writer)**
Carol Hall (composer)
Barbara Harris (actor)
Shinobu Hashimoto (writer)
Tab Hunter (actor)**
James Ingram (composer)
Ricky Jay (actor)
Carlotta Florio Johnson (executive)
Mickey Jones (actor)**
James Karen (actor)
Gloria Katz (writer)
Margot Kidder (actor)
Richard Kline (cinematographer)
Arnold Kopelson (producer)**
Gary Kurtz (producer)**
Francis Lai (composer)
Claude Lanzmann (director)**
Louise Latham (actor)**
Stan Lee (executive)
Michel Legrand (composer)
Danny Leiner (director)
Andy Lewis (writer)
Mark Livolsi (editor)**
Sondra Locke (actor)
Don Lusk (animator)
Jerry Maren (actor)
Richard Marks (editor)
Penny Marshall (actor/director)
Peter Masterson (writer/director)
Chuck McCann (actor)**
Peggy McCay (actor)**
Allyn Ann McLerie (actor)**
Dave Michener (animator)**
Ron Miller (executive)
Donald Moffat (actor)
Tim O’Connor (actor)**
Soon-Tek Oh (actor)**
Charlotte Rae (actor)**
Douglas Rain (actor)
Anthony Ray (producer)**
Burt Reynolds (actor)**
Thomas Rickman (writer)**
Nicolas Roeg (director)
Gregg Rudloff (sound mixer)
Frank Serafine (sound editor)
Bill Siegel (documentarian)
Kirk Simon (documentarian)**
Neil Simon (writer)**
David Stevens (director/writer)**
David Ogden Stiers (actor)
Isao Takahata (animator)
Ronnie Taylor (cinematographer)
Verne Troyer (actor)
Harry J. Ufland (producer)**
Will Vinton (animator)**
Audrey Wells (writer)**
Patrick Williams (composer)**
Scott Wilson (actor)**
Paul Junger Witt (producer)**
Ralph Woolsey (cinematographer)
Craig Zadan (producer)**
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