56th Academy Awards
This ceremony ended with Sammy Davis Jr . and Liza Minnelli leading the crowd in "There's No Business Like Show Business" in tribute to Ethel Merman , who had died a month and a half before the ceremony . The performance occurred over the closing credits of the broadcast . 
<triplet> Jack Nicholson <subj> Best Supporting Actor <obj> award received <triplet> Best Supporting Actor <subj> Jack Nicholson <obj> winner