{"id":2022751,"date":"2025-09-15T05:15:01","date_gmt":"2025-09-15T05:15:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2022751"},"modified":"2025-09-15T05:15:01","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T05:15:01","slug":"graham-greene-polly-holliday-tony-todd-omitted-from-in-memoriam-segment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/graham-greene-polly-holliday-tony-todd-omitted-from-in-memoriam-segment\/","title":{"rendered":"Graham Greene, Polly Holliday, Tony Todd Omitted From In Memoriam Segment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Set to a moving musical tribute from Lainey Wilson and Vince Gill, the somber \u201cIn Memoriam\u201d segment of the 77th Primetime Emmy Awards on Sunday paid tribute to a host of small-screen stars who have died in the past year. But users on social media were quick to point out the notable names that did not make the montage.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Wilson and Gill performed the 1994 song \u201cGo Rest High on the Mountain\u201d during the segment that remembered significant TV talent such as <em>Twin Peaks<\/em> creator David Lynch, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/tv\/articles\/malcolm-jamal-warner-tv-mom-023433697.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:The Cosby Show\u2018s Malcolm-Jamal Warner,;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\"><em>The Cosby Show<\/em>\u2018s Malcolm-Jamal Warner, <\/a><em>Good Times <\/em>star John Amos, <em>Downton Abbey<\/em>\u2018s Maggie Smith, <em>Gossip Girl<\/em>\u2018s Michele Trachtenberg, <em>Alice<\/em>\u2018s Linda Lavin, <em>Shogun<\/em>\u2018s Richard Chamberlain and <em>WKRP in Cincinnati<\/em>\u2018s Loni Anderson.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong>More from The Hollywood Reporter<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Notable names missing from the segment were Graham Greene, a prolific First Nations actor with a television career that spanned five decades, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/movies\/articles\/graham-greene-dances-wolves-actor-231401622.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:who died Sept. 1.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\">who died Sept. 1.<\/a> Greene starred in <em>Northern Exposure<\/em>, <em>Longmire<\/em> and most recently <em>The Last of Us<\/em>, <em>Reservation Dogs <\/em>and <em>Tulsa King<\/em>. Also missing was the late Tony Todd, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/tony-todd-candyman-final-destination-025314371.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:who died Nov. 8;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\">who died Nov. 8<\/a>, who was a regular guest star on TV, appearing in more than two dozen shows and also had a recurring role most recently in <em>The Flash. <\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Another shocking omission was Lynne Marie Stewart, the veteran actress best known for her work on <em>Pee-wee\u2019s Playhouse<\/em> and <em>It\u2019s Always Sunny in Philadelphia<\/em>, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/lynne-marie-stewart-pee-wee-181923082.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:who died in February;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\">who died in February<\/a>. While <em>Alice<\/em> lead Linda Lavin, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/linda-lavin-busy-broadway-actress-053727105.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:who died in December;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\">who died in December<\/a>, made the segment, her famed co-star Polly Holliday, the actress who played the spirited waitress Flo on the CBS sitcom and her own spinoff, was missing. <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/tv\/articles\/polly-holliday-flo-kiss-grits-181827652.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:Holliday died last week at 88;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\">Holliday died last week at 88<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Jonathan Joss, the <em>King of the Hill <\/em>voice actor <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/jonathan-joss-king-hill-voice-163326506.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:who was shockingly murdered in June;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\">who was shockingly murdered in June<\/a>, was also missing. Joss, who died after a shooting outside his home in Texas, voiced John Redcorn in <em>King of the Hill <\/em>and also played Chief Ken Hotate in <em>Parks and Recreation<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">WWE icon and TV star Hulk Hogan was also missing from the segment. Hogan starred in the \u201990s action TV show <em>Thunder in Paradise <\/em>and was the star of his own VH1 reality show, <em>Hogan Knows Best.<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong>Best of The Hollywood Reporter<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Sign up for <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/cloud.email.hollywoodreporter.com\/signup\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:THR's Newsletter;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">THR&#8217;s Newsletter<\/a>. 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