James Earl Jones, Bob Newhart, Shannen Doherty and more honoured in touching Emmys’ ‘In Memoriam’ tribute

Jelly Roll performs during the In Memoriam segment as an image of actor James Earl Jones is displayed at the 76th Primetime Emmy Awards in Los Angeles, California, US. Photo: Reuters

James Earl Jones, Martin Mull, Ryan O’Neal and Phil Donahue were among several television personalities honoured during the “In Memoriam” segment of the 76th Emmy Awards.

Singer and rapper Jelly Roll performed his song I Am Not Okay with a small live orchestra as images of the numerous actors, producers, writers and others who worked in the television industry appeared on a screen behind him.