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Even after leading off the Academy Awards In Memoriam segment with frequent Spike Lee collaborator and character actor Isiah Whitlock Jr., the Oscars still omitted several notable Black actors and ...
Malcom-Jamal Warner, Demond Wilson, Judy Pace among In Memoriam omissions at Oscars
The reason "loved ones" is normally plural is because the people in question are unknown in form or quantity. "Loved ones" is a generic way of referring to any and all people of significant importance to an individual or group.
Here are thousands of instances of "our life is short", and I seriously doubt many of them are specific to the lives of, say, a couple living together. It's perfectly normal to refer to human lives collectively in the singular.
When to use "lives" as a plural of life? - English Language & Usage ...
A plural subject requires a plural object (lives), accordingly a singular subject requires a singular object (life). They can be used to mean one person or several people, however. So, if your intention is to refer to an individual who lost his or her life whilst saving the lives of more than one others, then the second is correct and the first incorrect. They is singular in this context, so ...