Matthew Perry, Richard Lewis, Glenda Jackson and Alexei Navalny remembered at Oscars

Prominent figures from the Hollywood and global film industry were honoured in the Oscars’ traditional in memoriam segment at the 96th Academy Awards, currently taking place in Los Angeles.

The names and brief clips were soundtracked by Andrea and Matteo Bocelli singing Time to Say Goodbye, and preceded by a short clip of Alexei Navalny, the Russian opposition leader, who died last month.

A documentary about Navalny won the Oscar for feature documentary at last year’s Academy Awards.

Among those recognised were Harry Belafonte, the pioneering star of Carmen Jones, Buck and the Preacher and Kansas City; Glenda Jackson, Oscar-winner for Women in Love and A Touch of Class; and Ryan O’Neal, star of the 1970 hit Love Story and Stanley Kubrick’s 1975 period literary adaptation Barry Lyndon.

Also acknowledged was the Full Monty star Tom Wilkinson, Catch-22’s Alan Arkin, and Stella Stevens, who co-starred with Jerry Lewis in The Nutty Professor.

The TV sitcom stars Matthew Perry and Richard Lewis were also remembered, as were Tina Turner, Robbie Robertson, Michael Gambon and Julian Sands.

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