Did you notice that during the Academy Awards‘ ‘In Memory of’ segment that Brad Renfro was completely left out?

I did, and a lot of you probably did too. TMZ also took notice and decided to contact the Academy to call them on it. And what did the Academy have to say in it’s defense? Well, it’s pretty disgusting really.

“It is simply not possible to include everyone in that segment.”

Are they serious? There were nearly 100 (98 to be exact) people in the business who had died in the past year who were mentioned. Everything from actors to makeup artists. And if you aren’t in the industry, there were many people that you had never even heard of who were remembered in the video.

A friend of the Renfro family called it “unbelievable and disgusting.”

I have to agree. I can’t help but think it was his cause of death (drug overdose) that led the Academy to completely ignore him.When Brad was winning awards and was named as one of People’s Top 30 under 30 everyone loved him. But die of a heroin overdose and it’s like nobody knew him.