 It was just prior to Elizabeth Taylor (I) (qv)s presentation of  the Best Picture Oscar for this film that the streaker  Robert Opel (qv) darted across the stage as David Niven (I) (qv)  was introducing her. It was this incident (among others) that  inspired singer Ray Stevens (I) (qv) to write the song "The  Streak" that went to the top of the US charts the month after the  awards. Incidentally, Opel was found murdered in his San Francisco  sex shop in 1979.