He was choked up abut Olivia Newton John
then:
...ncluding three-time Oscar winning singer-songwriter/composer Burt Bacharach — who died on Feb. 8, 2023, at the age of 94 — as well as Oscar-winning singer Irene Cara, who died on Nov. 25, 2022, and beloved electronic composer Vangelis, who died at age 79 on May 17, 2022.
Oscar winners Louise Fletcher was also honored, as were Oscar-nominated screen legends Angela Lansbury and James Caan. Groundbreaking French filmmaker and honorary Oscar recipient Jean-Luc Godard was also remembered, alongside German-born director and Oscar nominee Wolfgang Petersen.
...also recalled the lives and legacies of talented stars such as Ray Liotta and Raquel Welch, among many other late Hollywood icons.
This site covers those passed:
https://aframe.oscars.org/news/in-memoriam
Yet they left out Paul Sorvino
Angela Lansbury and Louise Fletcher were honored together? Poor guy making the introductions: “Jessica F—, wait, Louise? Louise Fletcher!”