Several past Academy Award nominees and winners were not included in the tribute . Many of those excluded were nominated writers : Irving Brecher – 1944 Writing ( Screenplay ) – '' Meet Me in St. Louis '' , Malvin Wald – 1948 Writing ( Motion Picture Story ) – '' The Naked City '' , Oscar Brodney – 1954 Writing ( Story and Screenplay ) – '' The Glenn Miller Story '' , Fred Haines – 1967 Writing ( Screenplay based on material from another medium ) – '' Ulysses '' , Donald E. Westlake – 1990 Writing ( Screenplay based on material from another medium ) – '' The Grifters '' . David Lee , a one-time winner for Sound in 2002 '' Chicago '' , was omitted . Two-time Music ( Scoring : Original Song Score and Adaptation ) nominee , Angela Morley , for 1974 – '' The Little Prince '' and 1977 – '' The Slipper and the Rose -- The Story of Cinderella '' and two-time Documentary ( Feature ) nominee , Alex Grasshoff , for 1966 – '' The Really Big Family '' and 1973 – '' Journey to the Outer Limits '' were not included . Two Scientific or Technical Award ( Class II ) winners were omitted : Edward Efron – 1972 and James L. Wassell – 1962 . Several other past one-time nominees were omitted : Howard G. Minsky – 1970 Best Picture – '' Love Story '' , J.C. Melendez – 1970 Music ( Original Song Score ) – '' A Boy Named Charlie Brown '' , Jonathan Bates – 1982 Sound – '' Gandhi '' , Edmund F. Penney – 1973 Documentary ( Feature ) – '' Walls of Fire '' , Maury Winetrobe – 1968 Film Editing – '' Funny Girl '' Several other notable individuals , including George Carlin ( six-time Emmy Award nominee ) , Bernie Brillstein ( nine-time Emmy Award nominee ) , Neal Hefti ( Emmy Award nominee ) Beverly Garland ( Emmy Award nominee ) , Estelle Getty ( Emmy Award and Golden Globe Award winner ) , Eartha Kitt ( Emmy Award nominee ) , Harvey Korman ( four-time Emmy winner , Golden Globe Award winner ) , John Phillip Law ( Golden Globe Award nominee ) , and Patrick McGoohan ( two-time Emmy Award winner , BAFTA TV Award winner ) , were not included in the " In Memoriam " tribute , though they died within the last year . Heath Ledger died shortly before the previous year 's ceremony , and a tribute to him was included then
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80th Academy Awards
List of 81st Academy Awards In Memoriam tribute honorees