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Betty White,Bob SagetandAnne Hechewere among the television stars honored in the Emmys' annual “In Memoriam” tribute, which acknowledges the deaths of small-screen luminaries since the previous year’s ceremony.
This year’s tribute was set toJohn Legend’s new single “Pieces,” with the singer/songwriter playing the touching tune about grief and loss on the piano as photos of the late television stars flashed onscreen.
Other stars also featured in the segment includedPeter Scolari,Jak Knight,Tony Dow,Howard Hesseman,Willie Garson,Robert Morse,Bernard Shaw,David Arnold,Estelle HarrisandJohn Madden.
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Vin Scully,Nichelle Nichols,James Caan,Gilbert Gottfried,Cheslie Kryst,Dean Stockwell,Tony Sirico,Jean-Marc Valee,Michael Nesmith,Louie Anderson,Paul Sorvino,Ray LiottaandSidney Poitierwere also featured.
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White was a five-time Emmy winner going back to 1975, and she had an additional 16 nominations between 1951 and 2014. The belovedGolden Girlsstar died on Dec. 31, 2021 — just two weeks before she would have celebrated her100th birthday.
“The worldlooks different now,” Ryan Reynolds wrote at the time. “She was great at defying expectation. She managed to grow very old and somehow, not old enough. We’ll miss you, Betty.”
Journalist Dan Rathercalled White"a spirit of goodness and hope."
“Betty White was much beloved because of who she was, and how she embraced a life well lived,” he wrote on Twitter. “Her smile. Her sense of humor. Her basic decency. Our world would be better if more followed her example. It is diminished with her passing.”
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Saget unexpectedlydied on Jan. 9 at age 65.
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“Anne held nothing back — in life or in performance,” wrote directorNathan Scoggins, who directed Heche inWhat Remains— one of her last completed films. “She was fearless, going too far in some takes just to make sure she went far enough.”
He added, “She was innocent, a pure soul, who let people in and sometimes suffered for it. But you can’t love without trust, and she loved with her whole heart.”
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