2017 SAG Awards In Memoriam: Carrie Fisher, Gene Wilder, Mary Tyler Moore honored

We know that coming out of the Golden Globes, there was a little bit of controversy surrounding there not being a lengthy In Memoriam segment honoring some of the people who passed in the past year. However, at the same time this is not something that the Globes tend to do. The fact that they gave Carrie Fisher a mention at all is surprising.

So what about the SAG Awards tonight? We knew that they were planning an In Memoriam segment, and they delivered on that in the show tonight, honoring many of the great people who have moved us over time.

Here are some people honored tonight: Ken Howard, William Schallert, Patty Duke, Jack Riley, Nancy Reagan, Bill Nunn, Alan Young, Anton Yelchin, Alexis Arquette, Anne Jackson, Kenny Baker, Hugh O’Brian, Florence Henderson, Robert Vaughn, William Christopher, George Kennedy, David Huddleston, Doris Roberts, Larry Drake, Jon Polito, Theresa Saldana, Garry Shandling, John McMartin, Thomas Mikal Ford, Robert Horton, Beth Howland, Ron Glass, Fyvush Finkel, Steven Hill, Richard Libertini, Abe Vigoda, Dan Haggerty, Prince, Alan Thicke, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Garry Marshall, Gene Wilder, Mary Tyler Moore, Carrie Fisher, and Debbie Reynolds.

Are there some omissions in the list? Probably, just because in a year like this, it’s almost impossible to get every name in there in a short period of time. One thing that we did appreciate especially is that most of the actors were given close to equal time, that way one of them did not shine over the others. We admit that by the time we got to Wilder, we certainly started to get a little teary. That didn’t change as we went through some of the final names, including Fisher and Reynolds. Also, it was nice for the show to have a quick turn around on Mary Tyler Moore as she passed away earlier this week. Hats off to the show for something that was simple, but at the same beautiful.

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