Farrah Fawcett left out of Oscar montage

Farrah Fawcett was excluded from the Oscar tribute montage at last night's ceremony.

The late Charlie's Angels actress, who died of cancer at the age of 62 last year, was not honoured at the 82nd Academy Awards.

Golden Girls star Bea Arthur, who passed away last April at the age of 86, was also left off.

Awards representative Leslie Unger told RadarOnline: "It is highly unlikely that we forgot about Farrah Fawcett but we unfortunately don't include everyone each year.

"There are many angles that are looked at as to who to include and unfortunately we don't include everyone."

Executive director of the Academy Awards Bruce Davis explained: "You are dropping people who the public knows. It's just not comfortable.

"It is the single most troubling element of the Oscar show every year because more people die each year than can possibly be included in that segment."

Davis explained that he had to reduce over 100 names to 30 for this year's ceremony.