The network immediately noticed that the late actor was not being recognized despite his TV career.
Ryan O’Neal was granted a great film career, with iconic roles (“Love Story”, “Barry Lyndon”). But television also became a stage for him – with series like “Peyton Place”, the sitcom “Good Sports” and later, especially “Bones”.
That would of course be a reason to honor the actor, who died in December 2023, at the Emmys. But O’Neal did not appear in the Memorium section of the award ceremony on Monday (December 15th), which the ever-attentive Internet community of course noticed and acknowledged with corresponding comments on social networks.
However, the successful Hollywood star was not the only deceased television personality who was not mentioned at the Emmys. Ray Stevenson, who died May 23 at age 58, was also left out. He was last seen in the “Star Wars” series “Ahsoka” and has worked continuously for TV since the 1990s. He is also known from “Vikings” and “Dexter”.
Also not included in the video montage, for some unknown reason, was talk show host Jerry Springer, who died on April 27th at the age of 79. However, all of those sorely missed are listed in the In Memoriam section of the Emmys website, the television awards academy announced.
Rob Reiner and Sally Struthers jointly remembered many well-known protagonists of the television scene, especially the six-time Emmy winner Norman Lear, who died on December 5th at the age of 101. After honoring Lear, singer Charlie Puth and musical duo The War and Treaty sang Puth’s hit “See You Again” while the faces of those who died were shown on a screen. With the additional intonation of the “Friends” theme song, Matthew Perry was remembered emotionally.