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

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Steve Lawrence has outlived a fair amount of his Blues Brothers costars (he played their booking agent in both films).

"what are you DOING to fleetwood mac??" (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 7 December 2020 14:34 (five years ago)

Aaron Neville, 79.

Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 12 December 2020 22:48 (five years ago)

I knew Brian Murphy was still alive but his wife (Linda Regan, probably most famous for HiDeHi) has just posted a photo of him which makes you think he's been gone for a while but his body hasn't realised yet.

My wonderful hubby https://t.co/kaHzzirA5m pic.twitter.com/c359h6Hq73

— Linda Regan (@Linda_Regan) December 14, 2020

pedantly admonishment (aldo), Monday, 14 December 2020 14:44 (five years ago)

Always delighted to check into this thread to report that Angie Dickinson (89) and Gena Rowlands (90) are still with us.

Godless Tiny Tim (Tom D.), Monday, 14 December 2020 14:57 (five years ago)

Bob Dole, 97(!)

"what are you DOING to fleetwood mac??" (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 15 December 2020 21:06 (five years ago)

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

pplains, Tuesday, 15 December 2020 21:22 (five years ago)

Abdullah Ibrahim aka Dollar Brand, 86. Hope I'm not jinxing him with a mention here.

accordion no (Matt #2), Tuesday, 15 December 2020 22:34 (five years ago)

Anna Halprin (100!).

by the light of the burning Citroën, Thursday, 17 December 2020 04:39 (five years ago)

Scott stapp

brimstead, Thursday, 17 December 2020 05:01 (five years ago)

honestly thought he’d be a pretty good 2020 dead pool candidate. Is he perennial?

brimstead, Thursday, 17 December 2020 05:02 (five years ago)

Bob Dole, 97(!)

― "what are you DOING to fleetwood mac??" (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, December 16, 2020 8:06 AM (yesterday)

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

― pplains, Wednesday, December 16, 2020 8:22 AM (yesterday)

I assumed "the 1976 tickets" was some kind of sporting team

huge rant (sic), Thursday, 17 December 2020 05:15 (five years ago)

You're thinking of Lubeck's Sportradio AM 1976 - The Ticket.

pplains, Friday, 18 December 2020 01:26 (five years ago)

Peter Brook, 95.

Eggbreak Hotel (Tom D.), Saturday, 19 December 2020 17:05 (five years ago)

John McPhee, 89

Lavator Shemmelpennick, Tuesday, 22 December 2020 21:22 (five years ago)

Geneviève Page, 93.

Eggbreak Hotel (Tom D.), Tuesday, 22 December 2020 21:35 (five years ago)

Spanish film director Carlos Saura, 88.

Halfway there but for you, Tuesday, 22 December 2020 21:40 (five years ago)

Leslie Bricusse, 89

Josefa, Tuesday, 22 December 2020 21:45 (five years ago)

abbe lane, 88

budo jeru, Wednesday, 23 December 2020 04:40 (five years ago)

Leslie Bricusse, 89

Good one!

Whamagideon Time (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 23 December 2020 04:40 (five years ago)

Huey "Piano" Smith, 86

Dan Worsley, Thursday, 24 December 2020 14:37 (five years ago)

oh, wow!

Doctor Casino, Thursday, 24 December 2020 15:07 (five years ago)

Seconded

Whamagideon Time (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 24 December 2020 15:24 (five years ago)

never realized how young he started his career. maybe the "hidey hidey ho" vocals made me assume he came up in an earlier scene?

Doctor Casino, Thursday, 24 December 2020 16:13 (five years ago)

Lloyd Price, 87

"what are you DOING to fleetwood mac??" (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 24 December 2020 22:52 (five years ago)

I actually thought he might still be alive and he is: Nehemiah Persoff, 101 years young.

Eggbreak Hotel (Tom D.), Friday, 25 December 2020 16:03 (five years ago)

Wow. Knew that must have been you who posted that.

And Then There’s Maudit (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 25 December 2020 19:50 (five years ago)

Joe Bussard

Mr. Snrub, Sunday, 27 December 2020 00:30 (five years ago)

Tina Louise, 86

"what are you DOING to fleetwood mac??" (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 30 December 2020 20:19 (five years ago)

Bernard Cribbins, 92

meanwhile back at the song (Matt #2), Thursday, 31 December 2020 01:51 (five years ago)

Persoff isa painter and lives in cambria!

Its big ball chunky time (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Thursday, 31 December 2020 01:56 (five years ago)

Sidney Poitier, 94

mirostones, Saturday, 2 January 2021 16:34 (five years ago)

Prolific TV actor since the 1950s Peter Mark Richman (formerly Mark Richman), 93. He's such a journeyman it's hard to say what his most famous role is, perhaps as Blake Carrington's lawyer on Dynasty.

Just caught Nehemiah Persoff in a 1968 episode of Hawaii Five-O and he looked well into middle age then!

Josefa, Wednesday, 6 January 2021 13:01 (five years ago)

(peter) mark richman: the other martin landau

mookieproof, Wednesday, 6 January 2021 15:47 (five years ago)

lol yes, that guy.

Eggbreak Hotel (Tom D.), Wednesday, 6 January 2021 16:08 (five years ago)

I see that Asner was recently mentioned on his birthday but it really should be remarked: every time I see him in something from the '70s (most recently, the 1977 Christmas TV movie The Gathering) he seemed moderately old, like at least late middle age, 40+ years ago. And then I almost immediately wind up seeing him in something current (most recently, Cobra Kai) and thinking, wow Asner got himself some good genes.

Suffering from a Surfeit of Savoir Faire (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 6 January 2021 16:21 (five years ago)

Three of the main cast of The Time Tunnel (1966-1967) are still with us: James Darren (84), Lee Meriwether (85) and Robert Colbert (89).

Josefa, Thursday, 7 January 2021 22:16 (five years ago)

^pvmic

Next Time Might Be Hammer Time (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 7 January 2021 23:29 (five years ago)

I can't help myself, sorry

Josefa, Thursday, 7 January 2021 23:41 (five years ago)

Would watch a Time Tunnel revive where the original cast takes a time tunnel back to 1966.

Also I need an original cast Police Woman revive.

Josefa, Thursday, 7 January 2021 23:46 (five years ago)

No worries. I love this stuff.

Next Time Might Be Hammer Time (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 7 January 2021 23:47 (five years ago)

Went down a Burt Bacharach rabbit hole each of the past two years where I came across this, maybe I posted on another thread:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBLMbJnN69c

Next Time Might Be Hammer Time (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 7 January 2021 23:49 (five years ago)

Weird thing is that Burt met Angie through his parents, but maybe you knew that.

Next Time Might Be Hammer Time (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 7 January 2021 23:49 (five years ago)

I didn't!

One great thing about Police Woman is whenever on the show Angie goes into a cocktail lounge there's a musician in the background playing a Bacharach tune

Josefa, Thursday, 7 January 2021 23:54 (five years ago)

wow, great detail!

Next Time Might Be Hammer Time (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 7 January 2021 23:54 (five years ago)

Larry Storch, 98 today.

Infanta Terrible (j.lu), Friday, 8 January 2021 18:01 (five years ago)

Who says I’m young?

Next Time Might Be Hammer Time (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 8 January 2021 18:03 (five years ago)

Prompted by a Bill James piece this morning, Luis Aparicio. 86, not all that old, but for me he does belong to a world before the world before this one (broke in the year Jackie Robinson retired).

clemenza, Sunday, 10 January 2021 17:15 (five years ago)

I know he was just in "Knives Out," but I rewatched "Blood Simple" last night and even back in 1984 M. Emmet Walsh did not seem long for this world. Currently 85.

Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 12 January 2021 03:03 (five years ago)

Frederic Raphael (89)

Eggbreak Hotel (Tom D.), Friday, 15 January 2021 01:31 (five years ago)

Wow!

Next Time Might Be Hammer Time (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 15 January 2021 01:39 (five years ago)


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