The Canadian Tenors gave a rousing rendition of Hallelujah throughout the In Memoriam segment of the 2011 Emmy Awards show. Still, American Idol has ruined that song for us and we do hope that is one of the songs they scratch off their list next year. Here is the video, followed by the list of entertainment figures shown during the segment, who passed away in since the last Emmy broadcast:

• Elizabeth Taylor (February 27, 1932 – March 23, 2011)
• Peter Falk (September 16, 1927 – June 23, 2011)
• James Arness (May 26, 1923 – June 3, 2011)
• Leslie Nielsen (February 11, 1926 – November 28, 2010)

(These are by date of death, not in the order shown)

• Harold Gould (December 10, 1923 – September 11, 2010)
• Stephen J. Cannell (February 5, 1941 – September 30, 2010)
• Janet MacLachlan (August 27, 1933 — October 11, 2010)
• Barbara Billingsley (December 22, 1915 – October 16, 2010)
• Tom Bosley (October 1, 1927 – October 19, 2010)
• James MacArthur (December 8, 1937 – October 28, 2010)
• Jill Clayburgh (April 30, 1944 – November 5, 2010)
• Denise Cramsey (February 21, 1969 – November 23, 2010)
• Al Masini (January 5, 1930 — November 29, 2010)
• Don Meredith (April 10, 1938 – December 5, 2010)
• Blake Edwards (July 26, 1922 – December 15, 2010)
• Steve Landesberg (November 23, 1936 – December 20, 2010)
• Bill Erwin (December 2, 1914 – December 29, 2010)
• John Dye (January 31, 1963 – January 10, 2011)
• Anne Francis (September 16, 1930 – January 2, 2011)
• Stanley Frazen (August 15, 1919 – January 23, 2011)
• Jack LaLanne (September 26, 1914 – January 23, 2011)
• Betty Garrett (May 23, 1919 – February 12, 2011)
• Madelyn Pugh Davis (March 15, 1921 – April 20, 2011)
• Jon Cossette (February 22, 1957 – April 26, 2011)
• Sada Thompson (September 27, 1927 – May 4, 2011)
• Leonard Stern (December 23, 1923 – June 7, 2011)
• Laura Ziskin (March 3, 1950 – June 12, 2011)
• Bob Banner August 15, 1921 – June 15, 2011
• Ryan Dunn (June 11, 1977 – June 20, 2011)
• Fred Steiner (February 24, 1923 – June 23, 2011)
• Sherwood Schwartz (November 14, 1916 – July 12, 2011)
• Bubba Smith (February 28, 1945 – August 3, 2011)
• Rez Badiyi (April 17, 1930 – August 20, 2011)
• Frank Potenza November 11, 1933 – August 23, 2011
• Cliff Robertson (September 9, 1923 – September 10, 2011)
• Andy Whitfield (July 17, 1972 – September 11, 2011)

They Might be Snubs

We’re not going to call it an Emmy snub, but missing from the list were:

• Len Lesser (December 3, 1922 – February 16, 2011)
• Jeff Conaway (October 5, 1950 – May 27, 2011)
• Clarice Taylor (September 20, 1917 – May 30, 2011)

And they also left out David Nelson (October 24, 1936 – January 11, 2011), who practically grew up on television — egregious.

And Tony Curtis (June 3, 1925 – September 29, 2010). Yes, Tony was a movie legend but he did quite a bit of television. Everything from the voice of Stony Curtis in “The Flintstones” to playing Sam Giancana in made-for-TV flick “Mafia Princess.” Susan Lucci played his daughter.