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Looks like they left Sondra Locke off the In Memoriam (Original Post) R B Garr Feb 2019 OP
Noticed that as well Docreed2003 Feb 2019 #1
indeed dweller Feb 2019 #2
I'd almost forgotten about that movie! csziggy Feb 2019 #7
And Verne Troyer too. Sneederbunk Feb 2019 #3
Carol Channing was left out as well. Mrs. Overall Feb 2019 #4
WHAAAAAA!?! That's unbelievable ... mr_lebowski Feb 2019 #6
Whoa, maybe the evil Clint EASTWOOD had something to do with it!1 Not kidding. UTUSN Feb 2019 #5
In Memoriam had some glaring omissions and was heavy on the redstateblues Feb 2019 #8
No Stanley Donen either! kimbutgar Feb 2019 #9
I'm pretty sure he wasn't intentionally snubbed - his death was just announced Midwestern Democrat Feb 2019 #11
Oscar In MemorIam is based on the past calendar year. frazzled Feb 2019 #10
Don't think so, Bruno Ganz was included. edbermac Feb 2019 #12

csziggy

(34,136 posts)
7. I'd almost forgotten about that movie!
Mon Feb 25, 2019, 01:01 AM
Feb 2019

When I was at college in 1970 it was shown on campus. My mother came to visit so she could see it since she had missed it in the theaters. The house that the family lived in in real life had belonged to some of my mother's cousins. During the Depression when my grandfather couldn't find work, Mom's family lived with her cousins in that house for a couple of years. So Mom was really thrilled to see it in the movie.

Mom mostly grew up in Marion, Perry County, Alabama, north of Selma where the movie was made. Her grandfather retired to Selma and had a big house on River Street. After he died several of his unmarried or widowed children shared that house until the last of them passed away. I remember crossing over the Pettus Bridge, turning left and driving a half dozen blocks to get to that house. I don't think that is the house in the movie but it was probably one of the cousins in that branch of the family who took Mom's family in when they needed help.

11. I'm pretty sure he wasn't intentionally snubbed - his death was just announced
Mon Feb 25, 2019, 08:20 AM
Feb 2019

Saturday, so his omission was almost certainly due to timing - some of the other omissions are pretty glaring, though

frazzled

(18,402 posts)
10. Oscar In MemorIam is based on the past calendar year.
Mon Feb 25, 2019, 01:41 AM
Feb 2019

Those who passed on after December 31, 2018 will be included in next year’s In Memorium.

edbermac

(15,940 posts)
12. Don't think so, Bruno Ganz was included.
Mon Feb 25, 2019, 08:32 AM
Feb 2019

He died last week. Probably a cutoff point to add names to the segment.

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