The Oscars 'In Memoriam' tribute snubbed Joan Rivers and her fans are furious

Robin Williams, Mickey Rooney, Lauren Bacall, James Garner, Ruby Dee, Mike Nichols, and Maya Angelou were among the stars honored in this year's "In Memoriam" segment, which paid tribute to those in the film community who died within the past year

But one person was notably absent - Joan Rivers, who died in September at age 81.

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Rivers also created red carpet culture, coining the phrase "Who are you wearing?" and hosted E!'s "Fashion Police" until her death.

With her long list of film credits, it was quite shocking when Rivers was left out of this year's "In Memoriam" segment.

Twitter immediately went nuts with people reacting to the snub:

No Joan Rivers in the montage??? She basically created the red carpet which makes all of these bitches millions. For shame!!!

- billy eichner (@billyeichner) February 23, 2015

No mention of @Joan_Rivers in the memorial?! That's not right. #Oscars2015

- Sally Jessy Raphael (@SJRaphael) February 23, 2015

Joan Rivers on the set of Rabbit Test, a movie she directed. pic.twitter.com/G2QvTkhv0r

- Dave Itzkoff (@ditzkoff) February 23, 2015

There's no way @Joan_Rivers was forgotten. She was straight up left out. Not cool, Hackademy. #InMemoriam #douchebags

- Lori King Brown (@lorikingbrown) February 23, 2015

No Joan Rivers? Tacky to say the least. #Oscars2015

- Ryan Parker (@TheRyanParker) February 23, 2015

Surely the #Oscar2015 were long enough 2 have included @Joan_Rivers in memoriam?

- allyway (@allyway) February 23, 2015

How the hell was Joan Rivers not in the In Memoriam?

- Josh Barro (@jbarro) February 23, 2015

#JoanRivers right now. In true Joan spirit. Xo pic.twitter.com/QuuPy1HSAj

- Moodi (@PinkBSBHeart) February 23, 2015

"@mashable: Here's the In Memoriam for Joan Rivers that should have been. pic.twitter.com/r14e77rnkW" ????

- Flor Maceri (@Flormaceri) February 23, 2015

How could the Academy have forgotten about this? #Oscars2015 #JoanRivers pic.twitter.com/OQSruve3F9

- Stephen Battaglio (@SteveBattaglio) February 23, 2015

The fact that @JoanRivers was left out of the "in memoriam" segment makes me want to forever boycott the #Oscars.

- Aly Weisman (@AlyWeisman) February 23, 2015

The Hollywood Reporter explains why some notable people get left off the Academy's list of those honored in the annual segment:

The names included in the segment are compiled by an "In Memoriam" committee that puts together a list of 25 to 30 people who will be highlighted during the ceremony. They are asked to focus on people who have made significant contributions to the industry and people from a variety of different sectors of the industry.