Lainey Wilson and Vince Gill brought country soul to the 2025 Emmy Awards.

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.

Behind them, screens displayed the names and images of performers and creatives who passed away this year — including Ozzy Osbourne, Maggie Smith, David Lynch, Valerie Mahaffey, Julian McMahon, John Amos, Loni Ander

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