Unofficial Academy Awards Discussion Board

Mister Tee wrote:Our standard tie-breaker question -- who will be last in In Memoriam -- is the only element of this year's Oscars that will proceed as normal.

DeHavilland was an obvious choice for TCM, but I wonder if Connery would supersede her at the Oscars.

That would be a sacrilege. Connery was more important to the box office, but De Havilland was much more important to the Oscars, and to overall film history, than Connery.

I think either Connery or Bosemanwill be first (Douglas having died before the last Oscars) and de Havilland last unless we have a few more major deaths over the next four months that are bigger headline grabbers.

A more interesting question for me is who among those mentioned by TCM will be left off of Oscar's list.

This has been such a tumultuous year that I thought some of them had died before the year started. I completely forgot about Alan Parker having died even though we commented on his passing here.

The one I didn't realize had died was Tommy Rall. It seems he had a sad, but peaceful end, attended by a hospice nurse at 90, his dancing days behind him.

https://deadline.com/2020/10/tommy-rall ... 234593787/

Our standard tie-breaker question -- who will be last in In Memoriam -- is the only element of this year's Oscars that will proceed as normal.

DeHavilland was an obvious choice for TCM, but I wonder if Connery would supersede her at the Oscars.