Luke Perry and Cameron Boyce Were Left Out of the Oscars In Memoriam Tribute

Starr Bowenbank
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Photo credit: Getty Images
Photo credit: Getty Images

From Country Living

Say a sad sayonara to award show season, because the Academy Awards have officially come and gone. In case you missed the show last night, here’s a quick summary of literally everything that happened: Parasite made history and won a whopping four (out of six) Oscars, Maya Rudolph and Kristen Wiig were easily the funniest presenters of the night, Brad Pitt and Regina King were looking rather…friendly, and Billie Eilish gave a beautiful performance of “Yesterday” by The Beatles for the In Memoriam segment of the show. But as touching as Billie's performance was, the tribute itself was flawed.

As Billie sang, the list of actors we lost in 2019 were displayed across the screen behind her. And while it's important way to remember those we've lost who made an impact in the industry, two notable people were disappointingly left out of the tribute: Luke Perry and Cameron Boyce. Luke, who was loved for his roles in Beverly Hills, 90210 and Riverdale, passed away at 52 from a stroke. Cameron, who starred in Disney Channel's Jessie and Descendants movies, died of a fatal seizure in June—he was 20.

Given the tragic and untimely nature of their deaths, viewers of the program were understandably upset at the Academy for failing to honor Luke and Cameron in the tribute. As one Twitter user put it, "I will never understand that on a night like the Oscars, they'll only include stars that have passed in the memoriam if they were included in the Academy nominees. It's so disrespectful to not honor people like Luke Perry and Cameron Boyce."

From the looks of it, people online seem to agree:

As messy as this is, the Academy has yet to respond to the outrage.

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