spoilers i guess
― mark s, Friday, 14 April 2023 21:11 (one year ago) link
I forgot this ends up at Westminster Abbey (another spoiler?)
― Maggot Bairn (Tom D.), Friday, 14 April 2023 21:28 (one year ago) link
Margia Dean: not a fan of Jock Mahoney or Scott Brady; disappointed by Cesar Romero’s homosexuality (according to IMDb). Retired from film before the rating system started
― Josefa, Saturday, 15 April 2023 04:48 (one year ago) link
Bassist-composer Richard Davis, who turns 93 today! Possibly/probably the only musician who has played with both Albert Ayler and Bruce Springsteen.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Saturday, 15 April 2023 12:27 (one year ago) link
and Van Morrison
― Beatles in My Passway (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 15 April 2023 16:40 (one year ago) link
Not a person but: Tupperware.
― Kim Kimberly, Saturday, 15 April 2023 16:43 (one year ago) link
trying to think which 50s musicians (that actually had hits in the 50s) are still alive.
First recordings in the 50s, first hits not until the 60s: Willie Nelson
― The Terroir of Tiny Town (WmC), Tuesday, 18 April 2023 02:38 (one year ago) link
Mohamed Al-Fayed
― Alba, Tuesday, 18 April 2023 20:24 (one year ago) link
My God, yes!
― Maggot Bairn (Tom D.), Tuesday, 18 April 2023 21:36 (one year ago) link
He’ll probably die the day before the coronation.
― Dan Worsley, Tuesday, 18 April 2023 21:40 (one year ago) link
Or on the day itself, burned in a giant wicker corgi on the roof of the palace
― the world is your octopus (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Tuesday, 18 April 2023 21:42 (one year ago) link
I still have to check Stanley Baxter is alive every now and then, because he's quite clear in his autobiography that he didn't want it published before he died (and in the last chapter he seems to be at death's door).
Then I have to check Glen Michael too.
― Hello I'm shitty gatsworth (aldo), Tuesday, 18 April 2023 22:12 (one year ago) link
Bill O'Reilly (sadly)
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Wednesday, 19 April 2023 02:53 (one year ago) link
(xp) Also John Cairney and Una McLean.
― Maggot Bairn (Tom D.), Wednesday, 19 April 2023 06:14 (one year ago) link
trying to think which 50s musicians (that actually had hits in the 50s) are still alive
Carol Connors, 81 ('To Know Him Is to Love Him' = 1958)
― Sam Weller, Wednesday, 19 April 2023 07:38 (one year ago) link
Caterina Valente
"The Breeze and I" was a hit in 1955, she's 91
― Mark G, Wednesday, 19 April 2023 08:12 (one year ago) link
Doris Andreae, Karlheinz Stockhausen's first wife (mother of Markus), 99.
― Maggot Bairn (Tom D.), Wednesday, 19 April 2023 11:36 (one year ago) link
In a similar vein, Nuria Schoenberg, daughter of Arnold and wife of Luigi Nono, 90.
― Maggot Bairn (Tom D.), Wednesday, 19 April 2023 11:56 (one year ago) link
composer betsy jolas 96 (daughter of the also somewhat famous eugene & maria)
― no lime tangier, Thursday, 20 April 2023 07:55 (one year ago) link
In a different vein, Jeanette Charles - "The" Queen "impersonator" is 95 (Retired in 2014)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeannette_Charles
Charles appeared as an actress in repertory theatre in her twenties, but had difficulty obtaining Equity membership. Her resemblance to Queen Elizabeth II made it difficult to obtain roles, and she eventually left acting to become a secretary.In 1972, a painting she commissioned of herself in her forties (as a present for her husband) was displayed by the artist at the Royal Academy in London, where it was taken to be a portrait of the Queen. On the assumption the painting was of the Queen, it was disqualified as portraits had to be painted from life. When it was revealed that it was not the Queen, Charles (as the actual subject of the painting) received a great deal of press attention, and started receiving offers to portray the Queen in print advertisements.[2] Charles accepted the offers she felt were appropriate (turning down, for instance, offers to portray the queen in lingerie or, in one case, as a centrefold), and insisted that it be made clear in any advertisement that the Queen was being played by an impersonator.After studying the Queen's voice, as well as her appearance, Charles also made in-character personal appearances at trade shows and corporate events, and soon broadened into film. Charles has played the role of Queen Elizabeth II in many films including Secrets of a Superstud (1976), Queen Kong (1976), The Rutles' movie All You Need Is Cash (1978), National Lampoon's European Vacation (1985), The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (1988) and Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002).
In 1972, a painting she commissioned of herself in her forties (as a present for her husband) was displayed by the artist at the Royal Academy in London, where it was taken to be a portrait of the Queen. On the assumption the painting was of the Queen, it was disqualified as portraits had to be painted from life. When it was revealed that it was not the Queen, Charles (as the actual subject of the painting) received a great deal of press attention, and started receiving offers to portray the Queen in print advertisements.[2] Charles accepted the offers she felt were appropriate (turning down, for instance, offers to portray the queen in lingerie or, in one case, as a centrefold), and insisted that it be made clear in any advertisement that the Queen was being played by an impersonator.
After studying the Queen's voice, as well as her appearance, Charles also made in-character personal appearances at trade shows and corporate events, and soon broadened into film. Charles has played the role of Queen Elizabeth II in many films including Secrets of a Superstud (1976), Queen Kong (1976), The Rutles' movie All You Need Is Cash (1978), National Lampoon's European Vacation (1985), The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (1988) and Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002).
― Mark G, Thursday, 20 April 2023 09:53 (one year ago) link
closely studying the queen's voice for a more authentic impersonation in SECRETS OF A SUPERSTUD (1976)
― mark s, Thursday, 20 April 2023 09:59 (one year ago) link
Always instantly recognisable as Jeannette Charles.
― Michael Jones, Thursday, 20 April 2023 10:04 (one year ago) link
Clive Everton, snooker commentator, 85.
― lord of the rongs (anagram), Thursday, 20 April 2023 13:26 (one year ago) link
Edmund W. Gordon, social psychologist, 101.
― alimosina, Friday, 21 April 2023 17:23 (one year ago) link
Dickie Bird, cricket umpire, 90
― AlanSmithee, Friday, 21 April 2023 21:56 (one year ago) link
Lea Massari, the actress who played the missing woman in L'avventura, 89
― AlanSmithee, Friday, 21 April 2023 21:59 (one year ago) link
Haven't seen her in a while
― Josefa, Friday, 21 April 2023 22:05 (one year ago) link
Harry Belafonte, 96.― Alba, Thursday, April 13, 2023 6:46 PM (one week ago)
― Alba, Thursday, April 13, 2023 6:46 PM (one week ago)
Well I fucked that
― Alba, Tuesday, 25 April 2023 14:06 (one year ago) link
So it's your fault
― Maggot Bairn (Tom D.), Tuesday, 25 April 2023 14:12 (one year ago) link
Zamfir
― coolgnoscenti (Ye Mad Puffin), Thursday, 4 May 2023 20:43 (one year ago) link
Richard Chamberlain, 89
― Andy the Grasshopper, Thursday, 4 May 2023 20:58 (one year ago) link
Joe Don Baker, 87.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 5 May 2023 01:04 (one year ago) link
Super Gran, 97
― he thinks it's chinese money (soref), Sunday, 7 May 2023 09:24 (one year ago) link
Roosevelt "Rosey" Grier, 90
― Andy the Grasshopper, Friday, 19 May 2023 20:47 (one year ago) link
Pilar Pallete, actor and widow of John Wayne, 94.
― lord of the rongs (anagram), Tuesday, 23 May 2023 10:26 (one year ago) link
Clarence Carter, 87
― Judi Dench's Human Hand (methanietanner), Tuesday, 23 May 2023 22:02 (one year ago) link
Clarence Carter! Clarence Carter! Clarence Carter! Clarence Carter! ooooooooh SHIT, Clarence Carter (is actually still alive)!
― astor pizzarolla (unregistered), Tuesday, 23 May 2023 22:15 (one year ago) link
trying to think which 50s musicians (that actually had hits in the 50s) are still alive. So far I've come up with:
― Elvis Telecom, Wednesday, 24 May 2023 05:06 (one year ago) link
Was almost sure you were were wrong and that he'd died a few years ago! Must have been thinking of Dick Dale I think.
― Alba, Wednesday, 24 May 2023 05:57 (one year ago) link
Yah, that would have been Dick Dale. Duane Eddy is 85 and still going (this clip is from 2021)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCwellRgo0w
― Elvis Telecom, Wednesday, 24 May 2023 12:12 (one year ago) link
Stanley Baxter, 97 years old today.
Also Archie Shepp, a mere 86 years old today (lol autocorrect gave me Archie Sheep at first).
― Ward Fowler, Wednesday, 24 May 2023 13:49 (one year ago) link
Since we've said Stanley Baxter then we might as well say Glen Michael as well, as they are the mainstays of the thread.
― Hello I'm shitty gatsworth (aldo), Wednesday, 24 May 2023 14:31 (one year ago) link
John Wayne's last wife was mentioned. Steve McQueen's first wife Neile Adams is still alive at 90. Those couples were married in 1954 and 1956 respectively.
Anthony Zerbe is 87
― Josefa, Wednesday, 24 May 2023 14:42 (one year ago) link
Biddy Baxter, who's 90 today
― Hello I'm shitty gatsworth (aldo), Thursday, 25 May 2023 08:52 (one year ago) link
They're the Scottish Roger Cormans.
― Maggot Bairn (Tom D.), Thursday, 25 May 2023 09:04 (one year ago) link
David McCallum, 89
― Dan Worsley, Saturday, 27 May 2023 10:29 (one year ago) link
Ingrid Goude, infamous for The Killer Shrews, 86
― Infanta Terrible (j.lu), Tuesday, 30 May 2023 13:01 (one year ago) link
Joss Ackland, 95.
― Grandpont Genie, Wednesday, 31 May 2023 14:40 (one year ago) link
All six listed cast members of One Foot In The Grave, a show about old people which started 33 years ago.I mean it isn't that surprising that Angus Deayton is still around, but Doreen Mantle who played Mrs Warboys is now 96.
― the world is your octopus (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Thursday, 1 June 2023 12:36 (eleven months ago) link
No feet in the grave
― Alba, Thursday, 1 June 2023 22:50 (eleven months ago) link