Corey Haim, Peter Graves and Betty Garrett Left Out of Oscars In Memoriam Montage

By Moviefone Editors Posted Feb 28th 2011 02:15AM

As Oscars night draws to a close, we begin to reflect on the victories, surprises and snubs of the evening -- 'King's Speech' over 'Social Network,' and still no love for Christopher Nolan?

One segment that can always be counted on to court controversy is the Oscars In Memoriam segment, a sober look back at the stars we've loved and lost over the past year. At the 2010 awards, Oscar drew criticism for failing to feature Farah Fawcett in the retrospective, and it looks like the sin of omission struck again this year, when Corey Haim, Peter Graves and Betty Garrett failed to make the cut on the telecast.

Corey Haim died of an accidental drug overdose on March 10, 2010, at age 38. A teen heartthrob in the 1980s, Haim was best known for films such as 'Lucas,' 'License to Drive' and the cult horror classic 'The Lost Boys.'

His name was also omitted from the SAG Awards' In Memoriam section last month, prompting his friend and co-star, Corey Feldman, to comment in a statement: "We have become used to not being honored by our peers in the industry ... I have faith that the Academy will make a wiser choice." His faith was evidently misplaced.

On March 14, 2010, four days after Haim's death, Peter Graves succumbed to a heart attack at age 83. The star of more than 70 films, television series and TV movies over the course of his career, Graves was best known for his starring role as Jim Phelps in the CBS TV series 'Mission: Impossible.'

Betty Garrett, star of 'All in the Family' and 'Laverne and Shirley,' died of an aortic aneurysm on Feb. 12, 2011, at the age of 91. Originally making her name as a performer on Broadway, Garrett went on to star in several musicals for MGM, starring alongside Frank Sinatra in 'On The Town' and 'Take Me Out to the Ball Game,' and later appeared on a number of television series including 'Becker,' 'Grey's Anatomy' and 'Boston Public.'

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Monday 28 February

By Ashley

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I thought is was reserved for those who had been nominated or won Academy Awards?

By Woozy

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That's what the Academy claims; however, I recall the Academy recognizing David Carradine and Michael Jackson, both of whom have never been nominated or won an Oscar. The Academy's lame excuse is hypocritical.

By moudsie

I thought I saw a few agents (I could be wrong) in the mix -- they would not have been nominated for any awards....they just screwed up it would seem.

By Lisa

This article is one reason people look down on Corey Haim. He did NOT die of an accidently drug overdose.The causes of death included diffuse alveolar damage (from respiratory distress), pneumonia and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (thickening of the heart muscle) with coronary arteriosclerosis. Haim died of natural causes. The LEGAL medication found in his system played no role in his death.

By mickey

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Sorry, those aren't natural causes for someone who is 39. But, at least he died doing what he loved to do.

By frenchblue367

@mickey: Those causes CAN be the cause of death in a 39-year-old if he/she is not in perfect health. And you want to ultimately place the blame on his past drug usage, and that really sucks because he was, for all intents and purposes, CLEAN. And he deserves credit for that. His causes of death were natural, no matter what the victim's age. Get off your high horse and cut the guy a break.

By Murray

They also left out Charlie Sheen from the memoriam montage!

By Dan

Sheen will surely be in next year's montage at the rate he's going

By Zero

The key words are 'Loved and lost', Corey Haim was not lost, he wasn't at all. He hadn't been active in movies since his meltdown with Corey Feldman. He was to say the least bit loved, he'd threatened his finance and she ran for her life. So there you have it.

By SkyBlue

Peter Graves and Betty Garrett were best known for roles in media other than movies. They were probably left out because they're considered "TV" actors. Corey Haim, who knows why?

By Barry

They were left out so that more time could be devoted to Lena Horne in the tribute. You know that blacks were upset that no blacks were nominated this year for any major awards so Hollywood had to placate them in some way.

By Joella

Where did you get the from? Award shows just are not that important to me. Oh...I forgot.....I am black.

By Stephanie

Hey Barry...you're an idiot.

By Julie

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Stop it, Barry. Lena Horne was a gifted entertainer and singer and she deserved to be honored. And surprise, I'm white and I'm saying that! Oooooo scandal!

Anyway, I'm still disappointed that they left out Brad Renfro, Bea Arthur and Farrah Fawcett 2 (or was it 3?) years ago. If anything, Michael Jackson had nothing to do with movies. Bea Arthur had a lifelong career on Broadway and in television.

By KR

Julie, there were far more who deserved to be honored than Lena Horne. She was primarily a singer, not an actress. She only appeared in a handful of films and was a singer in nearly all of them. By no means was she a great actress. Her singing skills are pretty much a judgement call. She was known to be brash and foul-mouthed with a holier-than-thou attitude, possibly stemming from her family background. She was not 'black' but instead a mix of black, white and native American on both sides of her family. Why she was singled out, I don't know...but Barry may not have been all that far off the mark.

By C.W.Hagert

You are 100% correct..She was a truely great singer, but deserved no more attention than other stars just because she was black..

By Gnc

It takes all of 10 seconds to show the face and name of a departed one. They ended at 11:42 much earlier than normal and showed the entire credits. Somebody just screwed up.

By kel

I wonder if they honored River Phoenix the year he died....Hollywood is full of hypocrtical aholes...No matter what demons you had to deal with Corey, I loved 'lost boys' and will always remember you!

By mike

"So what, who cares?" Joy Behar

By jsactor

I think that the actors in this non news story were best remembered for their TV work. Although all three did do films, it would seem that they should be remembered at the Emmys.

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