the last famous person you were surprised to discover was actually still alive

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Dick Van Dyke

3.5" flopson (The Reverend), Friday, 6 May 2011 05:40 (fifteen years ago)

four months pass...

sort of thought nelly furtado was dead

diouf est le papa du foot galsen merde lè haters (nakhchivan), Thursday, 29 September 2011 13:20 (fourteen years ago)

four weeks pass...

Walter Mondale

The Reverend, Friday, 28 October 2011 23:16 (fourteen years ago)

five months pass...

Didn't know there were two threads for this concept. Anyway, Alby Mangels is not dead.

Autumn Almanac (Schlafsack), Monday, 16 April 2012 01:29 (fourteen years ago)

Joan Fontaine and Olivia de Havilland, currently at ages 94 and 95, respectively.

Look at how funky he is! (jer.fairall), Monday, 16 April 2012 03:03 (fourteen years ago)

Ray Bradbury, 92, from this list.

The Painter of Blight™ (Sanpaku), Monday, 16 April 2012 05:37 (fourteen years ago)

Burt Young, who is only in his 70s.

Raymond Dubious Davies (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 16 April 2012 05:56 (fourteen years ago)

Seems to happen to me regularly when i see/hear obituaries on people. Keep thinking that i'd heard they'd died a few years back.
Certainly happened with Spike Milligan and Don van vliet

Stevolende, Monday, 16 April 2012 06:19 (fourteen years ago)

"Muhammad Ali 70 Bufferfly/Bee"

lul

Waxahachie Swap (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Monday, 16 April 2012 06:26 (fourteen years ago)

don rickles

ma ck ro ma ck ro (mackro mackro), Monday, 16 April 2012 06:27 (fourteen years ago)

Fats Domino, off that list

Waxahachie Swap (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Monday, 16 April 2012 06:28 (fourteen years ago)

seven months pass...

mido departs barnsley

first u get the flower, then u get the honey, then u get the stamen (darraghmac), Thursday, 13 December 2012 15:42 (thirteen years ago)

the least famous person you were surprised to discover was actually still alive

Nilmar Honorato da Silva, Thursday, 13 December 2012 15:44 (thirteen years ago)

Dave Brubeck... when his death was announced.

Kiarostami bag (milo z), Thursday, 13 December 2012 15:45 (thirteen years ago)

sherman hemsley. when he died i experienced deja vu. i could have sworn that he died several years earlier and even had faint memories of reading his obituaries.

sadkdsajkldaskjdsajklasdkl (Pat Finn), Thursday, 13 December 2012 16:34 (thirteen years ago)

Ravi Shankar, as of a couple days ago

One Way Ticket on the 1277 Express (Bill Magill), Thursday, 13 December 2012 17:12 (thirteen years ago)

Joan Fontaine and Olivia de Havilland, currently at ages 94 and 95, respectively.

Was gonna say OdH but I didn't realize her sister was still around too! Guess they're each determined to outlive the other.

Faster than food (Myonga Vön Bontee), Thursday, 13 December 2012 20:08 (thirteen years ago)

six months pass...

Mary Tyler Moore

The Reverend, Wednesday, 19 June 2013 04:00 (thirteen years ago)

ha, I've posted Dick van Dyke and MTM itt!

The Reverend, Wednesday, 19 June 2013 04:01 (thirteen years ago)

Olivia De Havilland and Joan Fontaine

polyphonic, Wednesday, 19 June 2013 04:47 (thirteen years ago)

Martin Landau.

Sleep Deprivation Thriver (B.L.A.M.), Wednesday, 19 June 2013 05:24 (thirteen years ago)

lisa kudrow

Treeship, Wednesday, 19 June 2013 05:27 (thirteen years ago)

I always seem to think that Ennio Morricone is dead, but he's still working!

Dan I., Wednesday, 19 June 2013 10:02 (thirteen years ago)

kirk douglas

Ward Fowler, Wednesday, 19 June 2013 10:10 (thirteen years ago)

Denis Healey

Bees Against Racism (Tom D.), Wednesday, 19 June 2013 10:47 (thirteen years ago)

Slim Whitman...but he's dead now :-(

Mr. Mojo Readin' (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 19 June 2013 14:57 (thirteen years ago)

Esther Williams (til recently)

ballin' from Maine to Mexico (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 19 June 2013 15:01 (thirteen years ago)

Horace Silver and Clark Terry. Both fortunately still alive.

(Terry might be the last surviving member of any of Duke Ellington's orchestras)

Tarfumes The Escape Goat, Wednesday, 19 June 2013 15:07 (thirteen years ago)

two weeks pass...

found myself at I.M. Pei's wikipedia page just now. he is 96 years old and STILL ALIVE. i thought he died in the 80s for some reason.

Treeship, Sunday, 7 July 2013 16:41 (twelve years ago)

architects seem to live forever though.

Treeship, Sunday, 7 July 2013 16:41 (twelve years ago)

Ronnie Hawkins

Mr. Mojo Readin' (C. Grisso/McCain), Sunday, 7 July 2013 17:21 (twelve years ago)

seven months pass...

H. Rap Brown

imago draggin' (The Reverend), Sunday, 2 March 2014 06:40 (twelve years ago)

Jerry Lee Lewis

Mark G, Sunday, 2 March 2014 09:16 (twelve years ago)

harry dean stanton (discovered he was alive via a "jeopardy" answer)

fact checking cuz, Sunday, 2 March 2014 09:57 (twelve years ago)

one month passes...

Bill Macy, from "Maude" and The Late Show. He's 91.

Damnit Janet Weiss & The Riot Grrriel (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 12 April 2014 22:24 (twelve years ago)

who's that leave left from maude? adrienne barbeau?

balls, Saturday, 12 April 2014 22:58 (twelve years ago)

Basically those two, and I guess Barbeau's son.

Damnit Janet Weiss & The Riot Grrriel (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 12 April 2014 23:22 (twelve years ago)

Jerry Maren - the last Munchkin played by a 'little person', as opposed to a child, in the 1939 version of Wizard of Oz is still alive, according to Wikipedia. He was 19 when the movie was filmed. He's 94 now. And counting...

Aimless, Sunday, 13 April 2014 01:54 (twelve years ago)

Tupac no lol just messin

Robert Conquest

Prostitute Farm Online (Bananaman Begins), Sunday, 13 April 2014 02:02 (twelve years ago)

Olivia de Havilland

Ned Raggett, Sunday, 13 April 2014 02:06 (twelve years ago)

Barbeau's tits

Prince Kajuku (Bill Magill), Sunday, 13 April 2014 04:05 (twelve years ago)

Olivia de Havilland

― Ned Raggett, Saturday, April 12, 2014 10:06 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

When Joan Fontaine died, there was a lot of talk about O. de H., because they had been so bitterly separated for so many years. (And I'm morbidly curious to see what TCM does when the last major Gone With the Wind star finally dies.

In the meantime, I am pleasantly surprised that Diana Serra Cary (Baby Peggy), Luise Rainer, and Kenneth Anger are still with us. But in all of these cases, it's just a matter of time.

#TweetFromAnUnknownWoman (j.lu), Sunday, 13 April 2014 05:00 (twelve years ago)

doris day

― Frogman Henry, Friday, February 8, 2008 2:00 AM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Doris Day

― Inevitable stupid dubstep mix (chap), Friday, February 18, 2011 4:50 AM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Same here.

http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/doris-day-rare-public-appearance-huge-party-celebrating-90th-birthday-201484

pplains, Tuesday, 15 April 2014 17:41 (twelve years ago)

three months pass...

Keely Smith

sʌxihɔːl (Ward Fowler), Friday, 8 August 2014 20:25 (eleven years ago)

Peter Vaughan

The aim of Rooney is spot correct (Daphnis Celesta), Friday, 8 August 2014 20:36 (eleven years ago)

James Cotton

Randall "Humble" Pie (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 8 August 2014 20:40 (eleven years ago)

David Bellamy

soref, Friday, 8 August 2014 20:54 (eleven years ago)

^ dead to me

The aim of Rooney is spot correct (Daphnis Celesta), Friday, 8 August 2014 20:57 (eleven years ago)

I had no idea that he is now a cranky climate change sceptic, still hadn't gotten over Johnny Ball

soref, Friday, 8 August 2014 21:14 (eleven years ago)

something to do with the Homeopathic Society to boot

The aim of Rooney is spot correct (Daphnis Celesta), Friday, 8 August 2014 21:15 (eleven years ago)


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