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Can someone win an Oscar after they've died?

Updated: 8/16/2019
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Yes. Many were nominated after their death, few have won. Only one actor won posthumously: Peter Finch, as Best Actor for Network (1976).

Update: Heath Ledger was posthumously awarded the Best Supporting Actor Oscar for The Dark Knight (2009).

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