BET Awards Included The Very Much Alive Former San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown In Memorial Segment
BET held it’s amazing awards show on Sunday and it was filled with great performances and special moments. It also featured tributes to the stars and prominent figures that we’ve lost. However, fans noticed that the network mistakingly paid tribute to Willie Brown, the very much alive former mayor of San Francisco, during the show’s memorial segment.
In between pioneering actress Diahann Carroll and soul singer Bill Withers, a picture of “Willie Lewis Brown Jr.: Politician” popped up. According to NBC News, show producers had actually wanted to honor “Old Man Willie” Brown, who died back in October at 78. The legendary Hall of Fame cornerback played 16 seasons in the NFL, 12 of them for the Raiders in Oakland and Los Angeles.
Although many people caught the error during the first show, it was corrected for the replay immediately following the broadcast. But of course, social media has a field day with this.
BET just killed Willie Brown on that eulogy. That man isn’t dead smh. #BETAwards
— Derek (@dbowe44) June 29, 2020
https://twitter.com/suarezvillanova/status/1277417471121776640?s=21
Willie Brown isn’t dead #BETAwards pic.twitter.com/Y3KNI4rXPX
— Abeni Jewel (@AbeniJewel) June 29, 2020
https://twitter.com/indimontgomery/status/1277417524204843008?s=21
For those of you waking up concerned, former San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown is alive and well!!
Looks like the #BETAwards2020 got him mixed up with the late Oakland Raider and Hall of Fame legend Willie Brown. https://t.co/1X1iqL9xid pic.twitter.com/oTMdEqxK04— Jobina Fortson-Evans (@JobinaFortson) June 29, 2020
Wooow so BET accidentally used a picture of the very much alive former SF mayor Willie Brown instead of the deceased football player #BETAwards https://t.co/JYaFvb4yiJ
— coco canail (@khalesalad_esq) June 29, 2020
Dear @BET the great WILLIE BROWN is living!!! Come on now! #BETAwards2020 pic.twitter.com/iUWTzvCbNP
— BIGVON (@bigvon) June 29, 2020
Others included in the segment were B. Smith, Roger Mayweather, Ja’Net Dubois, Nikita Pearl, Diahann Carroll, Bill Withers, Waligwa, Huey, and Gregory Tyree Boyce.
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