Emmys 2025 ‘In Memoriam’ segment to celebrate lives of Maggie Smith, Loretta Swit, Malcolm Jamal-Warner, George Wendt

Producers for the 77th annual Emmy Awards have been editing the special “In Memoriam” segment to be featured on Sunday’s CBS ceremony. We have assembled a list of over 100 people who might be recognized during the broadcast.

Two members of the Academy’s TV Hall of Fame are among those who died in the past year: producer-director Don Mischer and journalist-host Bill Moyers. Several previous Emmy winners and nominees who could be honored include actor John Amos, actress Loni Anderson, composer Alan Bergman, actress Ruth Buzzi, actor Richard Chamberlain, composer Alf Clausen, sportscaster Greg Gumbel, actress Polly Holliday, composer-producer Quincy Jones, actress Linda Lavin, director-producer-writer David Lynch, actress Valerie Mahaffey, actress Jean Marsh, actress Joan Plowright, actor Alan Rachins, composer Lalo Schifrin, actress Maggie Smith, actress Loretta Swit, actor Malcolm Jamal-Warner, and actor George Wendt.

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TV memoriam list for the past 12 months:

Jim Abrahams (director-writer)
Jerry Adler (actor)
John Ashton (actor)
Sian Barbara Allen (actor)
John Amos (actor)
Loni Anderson (actor)
Denis Arndt (actor)
John Bartley (cinematographer)
Peter Bellwood (writer)
Alan Bergman (composer)
Allan Blye (writer-producer)
Marshall Brickman (writer-producer)
John F. Burnett (editor-producer)
Ruth Buzzi (actor)
Marty Callner (producer-director)
Glenn Campbell (visual effects)
Greg Cannom (makeup artist)
Richard Chamberlain (actor)
Leslie Charleson (actor)
Alf Clausen (composer)
Sherry Cohen (producer-writer)
Michael Cole (actor)
Diane Delano (actor)
Geoffrey Deuel (actor)
Charles Dolan (executive)
Ron Ely (actor)
Peter Engel (producer-writer)
Terry Louise Fisher (producer-writer)
James Foley (director)
George Foreman (actor-host)
Fredrick Forsyth (writer-performer)
Eileen Fulton (actor)
Helen Gallagher (actor)
Teri Garr (actor)
Mitzi Gaynor (actor)
Graham Greene (actor)
Greg Gumbel (host-sportscaster)
Gene Hackman (actor)
Lynn Hamilton (actor)
Wings Hauser (actor)
Hulk Hogan (reality star-wrestler)
Drake Hogestyn (actor)
Polly Holliday (actor)
Earl Holliman (actor)
Rick Hurst (actor)
Judith Jamison (choreographer)
Peter Jason (actor)
Jack Jones (singe-actor)
Quincy Jones (composer-producer)
Jonathan Kaplan (director-producer)
Nicky Katt (actor)
David Ketchum (actor)
Val Kilmer (actor)
Michael Klick (producer-director)
Kris Kristofferson (singer-songwriter-actor)
Linda Lavin (actor)
David Lazer (producer)
Marvin Levy (publicist)
Ananda Lewis (host)
Lar Park Lincoln (actor)
David Lynch (director-producer)
Michael Madsen (actor)
Valerie Mahaffey (actor)
Ted Mann (producer-writer)
Jeff Margolis (director-producer)
Jean Marsh (actor-producer)
Wink Martindale (host)
James McEachin (actor)
Julian McMahon (actor)
Mike Milligan (writer-producer)
Don Mischer (producer-director)
Bill Moyers (host-journalist)
Graeme Murray (production designer)
Jay North (actor)
Wayne Northrop (actor)
Lynda Obst (producer)
Roberto Orci (writer-producer)
Ozzy Osbourne (musician-singer)
Richard Parsons (executive)
Liam Payne (singer)
Joan Plowright (actor)
Frank Price (executive)
Nicholas Pryor (actor)
Alan Rachins (actor)
Carolyn Raskin (producer)
Clive Revill (actor)
Tony Roberts (actor)
Chris Robinson (actor)
Tristan Rogers (actor)
Alan Sacks (producer)
Lalo Schifrin (composer)
Bobby Sherman (actor-singer)
Michael Sloan (writer-producer)
Gary Smith (producer)
Maggie Smith (actor)
Mark Snow (composer)
Danielle Spencer (actor)
Terence Stamp (actor)
David Steinberg (producer-writer)
Lynne Marie Stewart (actor)
Charles Strouse (composer)
Loretta Swit (actor)
Jeannot Szwarc (director)
Jeri Taylor (producer-director-writer)
Tony Todd (actor)
Michelle Trachtenberg (actor)
Bob Uecker (actor-announcer)
Joseph Wambaugh (writer-producer)
Malcolm-Jamal Warner (actor)
Kenneth Washington (actor)
George Wendt (actor)
Chris Willingham (editor)
Brian Wilson (singer-songwriter)
Chuck Woolery (host)
Harris Yulin (actor)