March 7: Where's Farrah?

The "In Memoriam" segment at <a class="taxInlineTagLink" id="EVHST000005" title="Academy Awards" href="/topic/entertainment/movies/academy-awards-EVHST000005.topic">the Oscars</a> was a typically somber moment as it paid tribute to those in the show-business community who had died in the past year. Or most of them -- <a class="taxInlineTagLink" id="PECLB001648" title="Farrah Fawcett" href="/topic/entertainment/television/farrah-fawcett-PECLB001648.topic">Farrah Fawcett</a> and <a class="taxInlineTagLink" id="PECLB000241" title="Bea Arthur" href="/topic/entertainment/bea-arthur-PECLB000241.topic">Bea Arthur</a> were two glaring omissions. The academy said their exclusion was due to the fact that they were best-known for the TV work, but it still rubbed us the wrong way.<br>
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<i>-- Rick Porter, <a href="http://www.zap2it.com">Zap2it</a></i><br>
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<b>Related:</b><br>
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<a href="http://blog.zap2it.com/frominsidethebox/2010/03/oscars-2010-in-memoriam-michael-jackson-but-no-farrah-fawcett-no-bea-arthur.html">Oscars In Memoriam: <a class="taxInlineTagLink" id="PECLB002548" title="Michael Jackson" href="/topic/entertainment/music/michael-jackson-PECLB002548.topic">Michael Jackson</a> but no Farrah Fawcett, no Bea Arthur?</a><br>
<a href="http://blog.zap2it.com/frominsidethebox/2010/03/farrah-fawcetts-oscar-omission-wasnt-an-accident.html">Farrah Fawcett's Oscar omission wasn't an accident</a>

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The "In Memoriam" segment at the Oscars was a typically somber moment as it paid tribute to those in the show-business community who had died in the past year. Or most of them -- Farrah Fawcett and Bea Arthur were two glaring omissions. The academy said their exclusion was due to the fact that they were best-known for the TV work, but it still rubbed us the wrong way.

-- Rick Porter, Zap2it

Related:

Oscars In Memoriam: Michael Jackson but no Farrah Fawcett, no Bea Arthur?
Farrah Fawcett's Oscar omission wasn't an accident

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