Anger As BAFTA Fails To Remember Bob Hoskins

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Organisers of Sunday's BAFTA awards have been criticised for forgetting to mention in their 'In Memoriam' feature the award-winning actor Bob Hoskins, who died in 2014.

Hoskins, 71, won a BAFTA in 1986 for playing George, the cockney chauffeur to a high-class prostitute in the film Mona Lisa.

The star died from pneumonia last April but was omitted from a montage which was played during the ceremony.

Viewers took to Twitter after the Long Good Friday star was not featured alongside other late actors such as Robin Williams, Mickey Rooney and Lauren Bacall who all died last year.

Hoskins retired from acting in 2011 after being diagnosed with Parkinson's disease.

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Bob Hoskins and Jaime Winstone share a joke as they attend the Made In Dagenham premiere.

Hoskins and Sally Hawkins attend the Made In Dagenham premiere in 2010.

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Bob Hoskins turns on the Christmas lights at St Paul's Cathedral on November 3, 2009.

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Hoskins with actress Kate Bosworth and actor and director Kevin Spacey at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2004.

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Hoskins in Who Framed Roger Rabbit in 1988. Picture: Disney

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David Baddiel tweeted: "The omission of Bob Hoskins in the BAFTA remembrance montage seems symbolic of the erasure in modern times of the working-class actor."

@jackshebang wrote: "BAFTA Completely ignored: 1. Selma, a film about the rights of black people. 2. The life of Bob Hoskins, a distinguished working-class actor."

Piers Morgan called it "outrageous".

BAFTA organisers said Hoskins' death was included in last year's academy television awards - which traditionally run later in the year - and that it was common practice only to feature in one ceremony.

There have also been complaints that Rik Mayall was not included in the montage.

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Reese Witherspoon wore a plunging gown for the ceremony

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Mayall was mainly known for his television roles but did star in the films Drop Dead Fred and Guest House Paradiso.

In a statement, BAFTA said: "Due to the timing of his death in April last year, and the fact that his credits included television as well as film (he was BAFTA-nominated for Pennies from Heaven in 1979), Bob Hoskins was included in the televised obituaries package at the British Academy Television Awards last year.

"BAFTA features individuals in televised obituaries only once, sadly due to the number of people we'd like to recognise at any one time, and that means difficult decisions have to be made as to which ceremony they should be included in.

"As Bob died in April last year, just before the television awards, we felt it was right to remember his wonderful career then, rather than wait until last night's film awards."

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"He took the tablet off him, saw that there were recordings of his daughter, and that was when the attack took place."

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