LOS ANGELES –– Hollywood took a moment during the 88th annual Academy Awards to honor the special talents that were lost in the past year.
Oscar winner Louis Gosset Jr. introduced the tribute as Dave Grohl of “Foo Fighters” performed The Beatles hit “Blackbird.”
Those honored were:
Wes Craven, director; writer; producer
Stan Freberg, voice actor
Saeed Jaffrey, actor
Miroslav Ondricek, cinematographer
Robert Balser, animation director
Lizabeth Scott, actor
Stuart Reiss, set decorator
Robert Chartoff, producer
Murray Weissman, publicist
Jerry Weintraub, producer
James L. White, writer
Barbara Brogliatti, public relations executive
Omar Sharif, actor
Louis DiGiamio, casting director
Patricia Norris, costume designer
Dean Jones, actor
Ettore Scola, director; writer
Alan Rickman, actor
Haskell Wexler, cinematographer
Karolyn Ali, producer
Tex Rudloff, sound mixer
Richard Corliss, film critic
John B. Mansbridge, art director
Alex Rocco, actor
Kirk Kerkorian, executive
Bob Minkler, sound mixer
Douglas Slocombe, cinematographer
David W. Samuelson, cameraman; inventor
James Horner, composer
Bruce Sinofsky, documentarian
Frank D. Gilroy, writer
Holly Woodlawn, actor
James Elmo Williams, film editor; producer; executive
Howard A. Anderson, visual effects
Roger L. Mayer, executive; film preservation advocate
Albert Maysles, documentarian
Melissa Mathison, writer
Richard Glatzer, director and writer
David Bowie, musician and actor
Vilmos Zsigmond, cinematographer
Daniel Gerson, writer
Leonard Nimoy, actor and director
The Academy honored many others in a photo gallery tribute online.