💔❌ A Tribute That Shook Hollywood — At the 2025 Emmys, the In Memoriam segment didn’t just honor the legends we lost —Charlie Kirk, Ozzy Osbourne, Dame Maggie Smith, David Lynch, Valerie Mahaffey, Julian McMahon, George Wendt, Malcolm-Jamal Warner, and more — it delivered a shock that froze the entire room… VIDEO BELOW 💔👇👇

Lainey Wilson and Vince Gill’s duet of “Go Rest High on That Mountain” had already wrapped the audience in grief, but midway through, Gill’s voice cracked. Lowering his guitar, he whispered into the mic: “This moment… this one’s for a young man we just lost days ago — Charlie Kirk.”

Gasps erupted. Stars clutched their chests. Tears welled. What was meant to be a solemn salute to artists gone too soon suddenly became a raw, living eulogy that pulled the pain of a nation into Hollywood’s brightest night.

Wilson’s voice rose, trembling yet unbreakable, as names filled the screen in glowing letters. The loss of cultural giants stood alongside the shock of a youth gone too soon. Every note carried both reverence and heartbreak, weaving the famous and the fragile into a single tapestry of remembrance.

By the time the last chord faded, the Dolby Theatre was on its feet — not in applause, but in silence. A collective breath held, a recognition that this was no longer about trophies, gowns, or glitz. It had become something sacred: a reminder that even in Hollywood, beneath the lights and cameras, music still holds the power to stop time, to heal, and to remind us of life’s unbearable fragility.

On Sunday (Sept. 14), the country powerhouses joined forces to honor the lives the television world lost over the past year.

Their moving duet of Gill’s classic “Go Rest High on That Mountain” during the show’s annual In Memoriam segment brought stillness and reverence to an otherwise glitzy evening.

A Tribute That Hit Home

Wilson and Gill stood center stage, trading verses and harmonizing on the chorus of the now 30-year-old song, which Gill originally wrote in the wake of personal tragedy.

Passed away this year — including Ozzy Osbourne, Maggie Smith, David Lynch, Valerie Mahaffey, Julian McMahon, John Amos, Loni Anderson, Michelle Trachtenberg, George Wendt, Malcolm-Jamal Warner, and more.

It was one of the night’s most poignant moments — a quiet reminder of the lives that shaped the small screen.

The Song’s New Chapter

 

Originally released in 1995, “Go Rest High on That Mountain” earned two Grammy Awards and has become a country staple at funerals and memorial tributes.

Gill wrote the song after losing his close friend, Keith Whitley, in 1989, and his brother, Bob Gill, in 1993.

But Sunday’s Emmy performance featured something new: a third verse never included on the original recording — one Gill first debuted live in 2019, and now officially released on a new version of the song this week.