Emmys 2024 ‘In Memoriam’ segment to celebrate lives of Bob Newhart, Gena Rowlands, Louis Gossett Jr. and more

Producers for the 76th annual Emmy Awards have been editing the special “In Memoriam” segment to be featured on Sunday’s ABC ceremony. Since the most recent ceremony was delayed until mid-January, there are only eight months of TV legends who have died instead of the typical 12 months.

We have assembled a list of people below who might be selected. Members of the academy’s TV Hall of Fame are host and producer Phil Donahue, anchor and journalist Robert MacNeil, lighting designer Bill Klages and actor and comedian Bob Newhart. Some of the previous Emmy winners and nominees include previous academy president Leo Chaloukian, actor Bill Cobbs, actor Dabney Coleman, actress Shelley Duvall, actor and writer Joe Flaherty, director Jerry Foley, actor Louis Gossett Jr., actor Bill Hayes, actor James Earl Jones, host Peter Marshall, actor and comedian Martin Mull, actress Gena Rowlands, actor James B. Sikking, actor Donald Sutherland and actor Carl Weathers.

TV memoriam list for January -September, 2024:

Erica Ash (actor)
Hinton Battle (actor)
Meg Bennett (actor)
Edgar Burcksen (editor)
Joe Camp (writer/director)
Terry Carter (actor)
Leo Chaloukian (sound designer)
Bill Cobbs (actor)
Dabney Coleman (actor)
Eleanor Coppola (director)
Roger Corman (producer/director)
Charles Cyphers (actor)
James Darren (actor)
Charles Dierkop (actor)
Lou Dobbs (host/producer)
Shannen Doherty (actor)
Phil Donahue (host)
Shelley Duvall (actor)
Bob Ellison (writer)
Leonard Engelman (make-up artist)
Joe Flaherty (actor/writer)
Jerry Foley (director)
K.C. Fox (set decorator)
Louis Gossett, Jr. (actor)
Benji Gregory (actor)
Mark Gustafson (director/writer)
Bill Hayes (actor)
Darryl Hickman (actor)
Bernard Hill (actor)
Rod Holcomb (director)
Norman Jewison (director/producer)
Tom Johnson (writer/producer)
James Earl Jones (actor)
Dusty Kay (producer/writer)
Jamie Kellner (executive)
Bill Klages (lighting designer)
Steve Lawrence (singer/actor)
Philip LeRoy (actor)
Richard Lewis (actor/comedian)
Tony Lo Bianco (actor)
Robert MacNeil (anchor/journalist)
Peter Marshall (host)
Mitzi McCall (actor)
Spencer Milligan (actor)
Russell Morash (writer/producer)
Tony Mordente (director/choreographer)
Chris Mortensen (journalist/reporter)
Martin Mull (actor/comedian)
Don Murray (actor)
Bob Newhart (actor/comedian)
Deirdre O’Hearn (executive)
Charles Osgood (journalist/host)
Janis Paige (actor)
Chance Perdomo (actor)
Joyce Randolph (actor)
Chita Rivera (actor)
Fred Roos (producer, casting director)
Gena Rowlands (actor)
Sam Rubin (journalist/host)
Albert S. Ruddy (producer)
Barbara Rush (actor)
Phil Savenick (producer/writer)
Al Schultz (makeup artist)
David Seidler (writer/producer)
Doug Sheehan (actor)
Richard M. Sherman (composer)
James B. Sikking (actor)
Richard Simmons (host)
Morgan Spurlock (documentarian)
Martin Starger (executive/producer)
Sam Strangis (producer)
Donald Sutherland (actor)
Anthea  Sylbert (costume designer)
Bob Tischer (producer/writer)
Robert Towne (writer/producer)
Jac Venza (producer)
E. Duke Vincent (producer/writer)
Johnny Wactor (actor)
Chet Walker (producer)
M. Emmet Walsh (actor)
Bill Walton (sports analyst)
Carl Weathers (actor)
Paula Weinstein (producer/executive)
Lee Westcott (make-up artist)
Dr. Ruth Westheimer (host)
Dan Wilcox (writer/producer)
Samm-Art Williams (producer)
Patti Yasutake (actor)

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