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

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Pat Boone!

Alba, Saturday, 25 September 2021 09:34 (four years ago)

George Logan aka Dr Evadne Hinge of Hinge and Bracket. Patrick Fyffe who played Bracket died in 2002.

Dan Worsley, Saturday, 25 September 2021 12:52 (four years ago)

Steve Stranges don't seem to reach the age of 60, on the whole.

edited to reflect developments which occurred (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Saturday, 25 September 2021 12:54 (four years ago)

yet again surprised by an obit. Melvin Van Peebles one was in the Guardian yesterday. I saw him live in the late 90s during a poetry festival in Dublin which also featured Nick Cave . I had thought he had passed a few years ago so was surprised to see that
Love the lp stuff which was compiled as Rated X By AN All White Jury. I think that's his first 3 solo lps. At least the non s/trk ones cos Sweet Sweetback predates the ones included i think.

Stevolende, Saturday, 25 September 2021 17:32 (four years ago)

George Logan aka Dr Evadne Hinge of Hinge and Bracket. Patrick Fyffe who played Bracket died in 2002.

I wouldn't have thought he was that old and he isn't really. I'm surprised to discover he's from Rutherglen though!

Are You Still in Love With Me, Klas-Göran? (Tom D.), Saturday, 25 September 2021 19:49 (four years ago)

I was surprised how young he was, I expected he was born in the 20s or 30s. The grey make up worked a treat.

Dan Worsley, Saturday, 25 September 2021 22:09 (four years ago)

I always think John Astin is dead until I'm reminded he's not. Obvs my brain conflates him with Raul Julia due to the Gomez Addams connection.

Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Saturday, 25 September 2021 22:31 (four years ago)

Dang, I came here to post John Astin. (And same.)

Sam Weller, Sunday, 26 September 2021 14:47 (four years ago)

Happy 90th Birthday to Angie Dickinson!

Josefa, Thursday, 30 September 2021 05:21 (four years ago)

^pvmic

He POLLS So Much About These Zings (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 30 September 2021 09:04 (four years ago)

Tom Lehrer, 93.

Josh in Chicago, Friday, 1 October 2021 22:04 (four years ago)

I mean, I think I knew that he was still alive. I'm guess I'm just impressed he's still alive.

Josh in Chicago, Friday, 1 October 2021 22:04 (four years ago)

Chubby Checker is 80 today. Happy birthday to him. And here's a piece I wrote about the Twist a few years ago. https://t.co/NOoMVDIIsh

— Richard Williams (@rwilliams1947) October 3, 2021

Dan Worsley, Sunday, 3 October 2021 17:53 (four years ago)

Robert Wagner, 91.

Starmer: "Let the children boogie, let all the children boogie." (Tom D.), Sunday, 3 October 2021 21:41 (four years ago)

Tony Soper, naturalist, TV presenter, and co-founder of the BBC's Natural History Unit, 92.

Grandpont Genie, Monday, 4 October 2021 08:15 (four years ago)

Biddy Baxter, feared overlord of the Blue Peter production team, 88

baking on ice is on in ten minutes (Matt #2), Monday, 4 October 2021 08:32 (four years ago)

Maybe being called Biddy gave a misleading veneer of antiquity back in the day.

Grandpont Genie, Monday, 4 October 2021 08:44 (four years ago)

Tony Soper, naturalist, TV presenter, and co-founder of the BBC's Natural History Unit, 92.

When I read this name the face that I remembered was, it turns out, not Tony Soper but Tony Bilbow, who is also still alive at 89.

Starmer: "Let the children boogie, let all the children boogie." (Tom D.), Monday, 4 October 2021 09:46 (four years ago)

... that is Tony Bilbow, 70s TV film critic, kind of Barry Norman without the quips

Starmer: "Let the children boogie, let all the children boogie." (Tom D.), Monday, 4 October 2021 09:48 (four years ago)

It would be remiss not to mention that Glynis Johns is 98 today. Happy Birthday, Glynis Johns!

Josefa, Tuesday, 5 October 2021 04:22 (four years ago)

Joe Negri from Mister Rogers, 95.

Sam Weller, Wednesday, 6 October 2021 18:34 (four years ago)

Really unbelievable that Chubby Checker is still alive.

I'm a sovereign jazz citizen (the table is the table), Wednesday, 6 October 2021 21:38 (four years ago)

I find it hard not to categorise Chubby Checker with the early rock & rollers, though he was really a 60s artist - he's a year younger than John Lennon, for example.

edited to reflect developments which occurred (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Wednesday, 6 October 2021 21:40 (four years ago)

Guess his name being a joke about Fats Domino makes me associate him with the earlier era.

edited to reflect developments which occurred (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Wednesday, 6 October 2021 21:41 (four years ago)

Yeah I didn’t realize Chubby was only 18 when he dropped “The Twist”

Josefa, Wednesday, 6 October 2021 21:45 (four years ago)

Dan Hedaya. Only 81. I haven't seen him in anything since Mulholland Dr.

adam t. (abanana), Friday, 8 October 2021 21:28 (four years ago)

Dominic Chianese is 90

When Young Sheldon began to rap (forksclovetofu), Saturday, 9 October 2021 07:18 (four years ago)

Lech Walesa, not even that old

Guayaquil (eephus!), Saturday, 9 October 2021 14:20 (four years ago)

Country Joe McDonald, 79, of "and the Fish" fame. Didn't think that he had died, but he just doesn't seem like he should be around in 2021.

Halfway there but for you, Saturday, 9 October 2021 15:15 (four years ago)

I guess “Country Joe” always sounded a bit like an old guy rather than a 23-year-old.

Alba, Saturday, 9 October 2021 16:40 (four years ago)

Well, he's named after Stalin, an even older guy.

Halfway there but for you, Saturday, 9 October 2021 17:46 (four years ago)

Funny to think that if Stalin was alive he’s only be 142.

Alba, Saturday, 9 October 2021 17:49 (four years ago)

That would really throw this thread for a loop

Mr. Cacciatore (Moodles), Saturday, 9 October 2021 18:50 (four years ago)

Clarence “Frogman” Henry, 84. In an interesting twist, he posted on this thread thirteen years ago.

Halfway there but for you, Thursday, 14 October 2021 14:11 (four years ago)

Guess his name being a joke about Fats Domino ...

well blow me down.

Sorry, but that is how I feel (Ste), Thursday, 14 October 2021 15:21 (four years ago)

Stalin's granddaughter lives in Portland OR

Andy the Grasshopper, Thursday, 14 October 2021 19:32 (four years ago)

https://nypost.com/2016/03/17/stalin-granddaughter-is-an-all-american-badass/

Andy the Grasshopper, Thursday, 14 October 2021 19:33 (four years ago)

If I met a gun-toting Buddhist in Portland and she told me Stalin was her grandfather I’d probably be sceptical.

Alba, Friday, 15 October 2021 08:52 (four years ago)

You can totally see it here though.

https://i.imgur.com/vTMjzQc.jpg

Alba, Friday, 15 October 2021 08:55 (four years ago)

Comedian Rich Little, 82.

Josh in Chicago, Friday, 15 October 2021 15:06 (four years ago)

Michael Caine, 88

Mr. Snrub, Friday, 15 October 2021 22:22 (four years ago)

I'm never surprised by Michael Caine, as he makes about three or four pictures each year. When Max Von Sydow stopped making three films a year, I knew something was up

Andy the Grasshopper, Saturday, 16 October 2021 00:41 (four years ago)

Edgar Winter

Mr. Cacciatore (Moodles), Sunday, 17 October 2021 20:53 (four years ago)

Riff Raff

adam t. (abanana), Monday, 18 October 2021 17:30 (four years ago)

Caine in the Guardian today: ‘I’ve done 150 movies. I think that’s enough’

Kim Kimberly, Monday, 18 October 2021 17:52 (four years ago)

Is this Michael Caine retirement thing going to be like Leonard Cohen saying he was going to die, then saying he would live forever, then dying a couple of weeks later?

Halfway there but for you, Monday, 18 October 2021 17:56 (four years ago)

John Nott. One of numerous Tory ghouls who refuse to die.

Starmer: "Let the children boogie, let all the children boogie." (Tom D.), Monday, 18 October 2021 17:56 (four years ago)

Brazilian director Ruy Guerra, 90.

Halfway there but for you, Monday, 25 October 2021 03:03 (four years ago)

Jorge Luis Borges's wife, Maria Kodama. She has an Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mariakodama/?hl=en

kafka_keba, Tuesday, 26 October 2021 02:16 (four years ago)

E. O. Wilson. I could have sworn that I’d heard that he’d died a few years ago!

Dan I., Tuesday, 26 October 2021 17:08 (four years ago)


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