# Academy Awards "Death Roundup"

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [December 30, 2003, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/academy-awards-death-roundup/221858 "2003-12-30T23:48:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![elephant\_shoes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c77e96/32.png) [@elephant\_shoes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elephant_shoes)\
**Post date:** [December 30, 2003, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/academy-awards-death-roundup/221858/1 "2003-12-30T23:48:01Z")

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The Academy Awards does something I like to call the Death Roundup. You know it. Where they do a highlight reel of all the celebs who’ve passed in the last year?  
What do they call it? I’m sure I can remember a title screen, with the title in white script.

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**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\
**Post date:** [December 31, 2003, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/academy-awards-death-roundup/221858/2 "2003-12-31T00:24:59Z")

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Probably “In Memoriam” (or “In Memorium”; I never took Latin). My favorite part of the show.

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**Post date:** [December 31, 2003, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/academy-awards-death-roundup/221858/3 "2003-12-31T00:37:10Z")

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Ok. That’d make sense.

It’s my favourite part, too.

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**Post date:** [December 31, 2003, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/academy-awards-death-roundup/221858/4 "2003-12-31T04:58:08Z")

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Yeah, I love it when the audience claps louder for some dead people than others. Does that mean they are happier that celeb is dead?

Who do you think they will clap loudest for this year? Gregory Peck or Katherine Hepburn?

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**Post date:** [December 31, 2003, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/academy-awards-death-roundup/221858/5 "2003-12-31T05:14:21Z")

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Bob Hope.

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**Post date:** [December 31, 2003, 7:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/academy-awards-death-roundup/221858/6 "2003-12-31T07:33:15Z")

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I think Elia Kazan is probably out of the running in that race. 😃

My personal choice in that heat would be \*\* Art Carney \*\*.Not enough Hollywood juice to back him up,tho.

Don’t know if they have an official title for the montage tribute,tho.They do it on AMC all the time.