The thing I don't get about the "In Memorium" are all the behind the scenes people they put in there that most viewers know nothing about. They even included a film critic this year and it wasn't an especially famous one like Pauline Kael or Roger Ebert.

They are for the people sitting in the audience, many of whom do know and have worked with the deceased. I've always looked at the Oscars as the rest of us getting to peak in at a (rather) elite yearly company banquet.

Abe is immortal!

Though oddly they showed Alex Rocco, who played Moe Greene.

The movies are all ones that opened (somewhere) in 2015.

I didn't try to look it up. I just assumed that was the reason.

I am one of the few that doesn't love the In Memoriam segment so I stepped away from the TV at that point.

Seriously, Vigoda was a TV star. I wouldn't necessarily expect to see him showcased outside of the Emmys.