London
(ANI):
Farrah
Fawcett"s
log-time
boyfriend
Ryan
O'Neal
has
expressed
shock
at
the
actress"s
omission
from
the
Oscars"
“In
Memoriam" segment
despite
having
been
a
member
of
the
Academy
for
40
years.
“It
was
a
terrible
decision
and
very
hurtful
–
Farrah
was
a
member
of
the
Academy
for
over
40
years
and
we
could
not
believe
she
did
not
get
a
mention,"
the
Herald
Sun
quoted
O'Neal,
as
saying.
The
traditional
video
montage
of
stars
who
died
in
the
past
year
including
such
familiar
faces
as
Patrick
Swayze,
Brittany
Murphy
and
Michael
Jackson,
but
inexplicably
omitted
the
Charlie"s
Angels
star.
His
daughter
and
Oscar
winner
Tatum
O'Neal
is
also
planning
to
join
her
father
in
insisting
the
Academy
address
the
omission.
“Quite
frankly,
we
were
stunned
at
the
decision
not
to
include
her
in
the
tribute
and
I
feel
that
the
Academy
should
be
scolded
for
that,
everyone
was
shocked.
Both
Tatum
and
I
were
very
upset
and
we
intend
to
write
a
letter
to
the
Academy
to
try
and
get
an
explanation
for
this
oversight
on
their
behalf," O'Neal
said.
However,
Fawcett's
exclusion
wasn't
an
accident,
according
to
a
spokeswoman
for
the
Academy
of
Motion
Picture
Arts
and
Sciences.
“I
would
not
say
that
it
was
an
oversight.
No
matter
how
carefully
and
how
conscientiously
people
address
who
is
included,
there
are
people
who
just
simply
can't
be," said
Leslie
Unger,
spokeswoman
for
the
Academy
of
Motion
Picture
Arts
and
Sciences.
In
any
given
year
there
will
always
be
some
people
that
other
people
think
should
have
been
included
and
that
there's
more
justification
for
one
person
versus
another.
It
is
impossible
to
include
everybody,"
she
added.
Fans
of
Fawcett
flooded
networking
sites
with
their
grievances
on
Sunday.
Fawcett
died
on
June
25,
2009,
the
same
day
as
Michael
Jackson,
after
a
long
battle
with
cancer.
She
was
62.