MUMBAI: The In Memoriam section of the 94th Oscars 2022 paid a tribute to artists and filmmakers of the global film industry who died last year. They included Sidney Poitier, Betty White, Ivan Reitman, and Stephen Sondheim, among many others. However, the segment didn't honour two Indian legends who died recently: singer Lata Mangeshkar and actor Dilip Kumar.

In its 2021 edition, the Oscars had featured actors Irrfan Khan, Rishi Kapoor, Sushant Singh Rajput, and Oscar winning costume designer Bhanu Athaiya in its tributes section.

Actors such as Sidney Poitier, Betty White, Carmine Salinas, Olivia Dukakis, William Hurt, Ned Beatty, Peter Bogdanovich, Clarence Williams III, Michael K Williams, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Sally Kellerman, Yvette Mimeux, Sonny Chiba, Saginaw Grant, Dorothy Steel, Dean Stockwell, Melvin Van Peebles, Norman Lloyd, and Max Julien were among the names that were celebrated in the 'In Memoriam' segment at the show held at Dolby Theatre here.

Lata Mangeshkar died on February 6 this year at the age of 92. Born on September 28, 1929, she began her career in 1942 at the age of 13. In a career spanning over seven decades, the melody queen recorded songs for over a thousand Hindi films. She recorded her songs in over 36 regional Indian and foreign languages.

Dilip Kumar died on July 7 last year at the age of 98. He portrayed the brooding, intense romantic in classics such as Mughal-e-Azam and Devdas. His five-decade career also included Naya Daur, Ram Aur Shyam, Kranti, Karma, and Saudagar.

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Credits: TOI