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- Air date: February 22, 2009
- Oscar Host: Hugh Jackman
- Memorial honorees include: Paul Newman, Charlton Heston
- 2009 video does not include the sound of audience applause
- Musical accompaniment for the video: "I'll Be Seeing You" sung by Queen Latifah
- Defamer created an "In Memoriam Montage Pool" with odds on whose picture would be displayed during the reel
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Each year, an "In Memoriam" video is played during the Oscars, paying tribute to actors, directors, writers, crew and other film personalities who have died over the past year. The 81st Annual Academy Awards ceremony, held on February 22, 2009, paid tribute to key cinema figures who died in 2008.
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In Memoriam
People who passed away in 2008 include:- Abby Mann
- Anthony Minghella
- Bernie Mac
- Charles Joffe
- Charles Schneer
- Charlton Heston
- Claude Berri
- David Watkin
- Evelyn Keyes
- Isaac Hayes
- James Whitmore
- John Michael Hayes
- Joseph Caracciolo
- Jules Dassin
- Kon Ichikawa
- Leonard Rosenman
- Maila Nurmi
- Manny Farber
- Ned Tanen
- Paul Newman
- Paul Scofield
- Ricardo Montalban
- Richard Widmark
- Robert Doqui
- Robert Mulligan Director
- Roy Scheider
- Stan Winston
- Sydney Pollack
- Warren Cowan
Heath Ledger
Though Heath Ledger died of an accidental drug overdose in January of 2008, he was included in the memorial reel shown at the Oscar ceremony the following month. Ledger received a posthumous nomination for Best Actor for his role as the Joker in 2008's The Dark Knight.
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Oscar Memorial Video 2009 Questions
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Oscar Memorial Video 2009 News and Blogs
- Film Junk:
Oscar Producers to Mute Applause for In Memoriam Segment (February 2, 2009) - E! Online:
The Queen Will Reign on Oscar Night (February 9, 2009) - Defamer:
Play Defamer's 'In Memoriam' Oscar Montage Pool! (February 18, 2009)
- Film Junk:
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