They also ignored Irene Dunne when she died, even though she was a major star in the 30s and 40s. She was an anti-communist.
Horrible....I will say this was one of the worst Oscars I have watched. Seriously the only one I was happy winning was Eddie......the rest of them sucked!
Yes, but they also gave Elia Kazan a Lifetime Achievement Award in 1999 and he "named names" to HUAC.
Joan Rivers wasn't snubbed for politics. She just wasn't particularly involved in movies. The Oscars took heat a few years back for leaving Farrah Fawcett off the "in memoriam" segment for the same reason.