2022 GRAMMYs Honors Stephen Sondheim, Taylor Hawkins and More in Emotional 'In Memoriam' Segment

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2022 GRAMMY Awards remembered those we've lost with a touching In Memoriam segment.Host Trevor Noah introduced the segment with a special tribute to Taylor Hawkins, sharing, «This was the moment of the show when I was supposed to be introducing the Foo Fighters.

We would have been celebrating with them as they won three GRAMMY Awards earlier today.»«But they, of course, are not here due to the tragic passing of their legendary drummer, Taylor Hawkins.

Out thoughts go out to Taylor's family, his friends, the Foo Fighters family and all of their friends around the world,» he continued. «We would like to take a moment now to remember Taylor.»The show then played a heartbreaking video montage of Hawkins' many memorable concert performances set to the band's emotional hit, «My Hero.»  Hawkins tragically died on March 25 at the age of 50, and Foo Fighters subsequently canceled all their planned performances.Ben Platt, Cynthia Erivo, Leslie Odom Jr.

and Rachel Zegler then took to the stage to honor the lives and legacies of late music icons, by performing a number of songs created by Broadway legend Stephen Sondheim, who died in November at the age of 91.Platt began the segment with a performance of «Not a Day Goes By» from, followed by a beautiful cover of «Send in the Clowns» by Erivo and Odom Jr.