Many musical voices fell silent in 2015. We lost soul singers and opera stars, blues and folk guitarists, saxophonists and percussionists, plus composers, conductors, producers, and other ...

Rivers, who died in September 2014, was omitted from the Oscars ‘ “In Memoriam” segment, despite having been a red-carpet staple and appearing in small roles in numerous films.

UPDATE: The Academy released a statement in response to the criticism. After the late comedian Joan Rivers was left off the 2015 Oscars In Memoriam segment of the show, fans took to Twitter to ...