UPDATED The only point these days of watching In Memoriam segment is to see who was left out.
Tonight at the Emmys fans noticed the omission of Tom Wilkinson, Ryan O’Neal, David Soul, and Ray Stevenson.
Wilkinson won an Emmy in 2008 and had three other nominations.
O’Neal was a huge TV star in the mid 60s in “Peyton Place” before moving to films in 1970.
David Soul was the co-star of a beloved series, “Starsky and Hutch,” in the 1970s.
Stevenson was just in a Star Wars TV series, and had dozens of other roles.
Also missing was Richard Moll, long time star from “Night Court,” dead a longer time than Adan Canto, whose picture kicked off the In Memoriam segment.
Comedian Shecky Greene didn’t make the cut, too. He was on every TV variety show of the 60s, especially “Ed Sullivan.” And of course all the soap actors who died were cut, especially Bill Hayes, 98, who logged 53 years on “Days of Our Lives” and Jacklyn Zeman, who spent 45 years on “General Hospital.”
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