A number of celebrities had been neglected of the In Memoriam on the 2025 Emmy Awards, with Val Kilmer and Gene Hackman among the many two greatest snubs of the night time.
Phylicia Rashad honored Malcolm-Jamal Warner, with whom she was on The Cosby Present, earlier than Lainey Wilson and Vince Gill paid tribute to the actors who died in 2025 with Gill’s track “Go Relaxation Excessive on That Mountain,” which he wrote to honor his late brother. They had been joined by a choir.
Others that had been neglected had been Hulk Hogan, Polly Vacation, Duck Dynasty‘s Phil Robertson, Squid Recreation actress Lee Joo-sil, Jeff Baena, Tony Todd, and Connie Francis.
The In Memoriam section honored the celebrities who died over the previous 12 months, together with those that handed away after final 12 months’s Emmys on September 15.
The section additionally honored Ozzy Osbourne, Michelle Trachtenberg, Maggie Smith, Quincy Jones, and extra.
Val Kilmer died on April 2 on the age of 65 from pneumonia attributable to throat most cancers. Although greatest remembered for his movie profession, Kilmer additionally left his mark on tv with appearances in The Choe Present, the Knight Rider reboot, and a memorable visitor activate Entourage, to call just a few.
Gene Hackman was discovered useless together with his spouse, classical pianist Betsy Arakawa, of their Santa Fe, New Mexico, residence, on February 26. He reportedly died of heart problems with Alzheimer’s as an element, based on the chief medical expert for the New Mexico Workplace of the Medical Investigator. Though largely a movie actor, Hackman starred in just a few TV exhibits, together with classics akin to I, Spy and The Defenders.
Nonetheless, celebrities that weren’t proven on TV had been honored on the Emmys web site of their full In Memoriam tribute.
Followers reacted to the snubs.
#Emmys solely turned it on to see the In Memoriam they usually neglected method too many individuals 😡
— Brian Francis Nearey (@BrianFr11473) September 15, 2025
Muy lindo detalle que incluyeran a Ozzy en el In Memoriam, pero no Gene Hackman ni Terence Stamp? #Emmys
— Tata Rodríguez 🎬📺🍿 (@tata_colombia) September 15, 2025
No point out of @HulkHogan through the In Memoriam section on the #Emmys . Disgraceful. Brother was on TV for 40 years!!
— Zombie Killer (@zombiewinner) September 15, 2025
Jeff baena neglected of the in memoriam at #Emmys
— sidney jones (@sidneymjones) September 15, 2025
#Emmys on their excessive horse, pass over Hulk Hogan from their In Memoriam section. Perhaps at some point @HeymanHustle will get his want they usually’ll cease ignoring wrestling because it has been a staple of tv ever for the reason that medium was invented.
— Tony Del Monte (@TonyDelMonte02) September 15, 2025