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The 2018 installment of the Emmy Awards on Monday night honored the stars who have passed away in the last year with a touching video.
As reported by Hollywood Life, the segment both started and ended with the late Aretha Franklin, whose version of “Amazing Grace” was used as the soundtrack for the beautiful video. The 76-year-old Queen of Soul passed away on August 16 after a lengthy battle with pancreatic cancer.
As Franklin sang the moving tune, images and video clips of those who have died in the last year flashed across the screen. Burt Reynolds, John McCain, Anthony Bourdain, Charlotte Rae, Bernie Casey, Della Reese, Robert Guillaume, Dick Enberg, Thad Mumford, and John Mahoney were all remembered in the video.
Franklin was the last of the big names to be featured as well, right at the end of the video, almost exactly one month after she sadly passed away.