Murphy, Gregory, Stanton, and Vincent Omitted From Emmys' "In Memoriam"

Style Magazine Newswire | 9/18/2017, 11:03 a.m.

Charlie Murphy

While the 2017 Emmys was a great night for African Americans with both Donald Glover and Lena Waithe making historic wins. And who can forget Sterling K. Brown's acceptance speech for his Emmy win. But while some African Americans were honored, others were forgotten. During the "in memoriam" presentation, there was no mention of actor and comedian Charlie Murphy, who died on April 12, 2017, and comedian and civil rights activist Dick Gregory, who died on August 19, 2017. Also not included were Harry Dean Stanton and Frank Vincent.