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

Ann-Margret was also considered.

Maybe more of a case of faulty memory, but I could have sworn I heard that Dr. Ruth had passed at one point in the recent past. Nope!

^^

95! Who knew?

Bobby Banas, dancer and actor, 90. He gained a lot of new fans several years ago when someone uploaded a video to Youtube of him tearing up the floor in 1964.

Barbara Holdridge, 93 or 94, co-founder of Caedmon Records.

Must admit I’d not heard of him, but after searching for him on YouTube realised that I’d seen him in this. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lULozLuFm-I

john mayall turned 90 today

somehow Supernatural actor Mark Sheppard survived this: https://coveredgeekly.com/mark-sheppard-died-4-times-yesterday-and-now-in-recovery/

Mitzi Gaynor, 91

― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 4 July 2023 22:31 (five months ago) link

Now 92

Freddy "Boom Boom" Cannon turns 87 today.

But Freddie "Boom Boom" Washington is only 70.

(actor Lawrence Hilton Jacobs)

“Hi there!” One of the unsung and most underused catch phrases on Welcome Back, Kotter, a show that was nothing but catch phrases strung together with some cheap jokes.

Albert Brooks. I don't know why, but I thought this guy died. Only 76!

^^He was just on WTF

That's how I found out he still lived!

Mighty Sparrow, 88.

xpost Maybe you were thinking of Garry Shandling?

George Hamilton, 84

XP, or maybe Albert's brother Bob, aka Super Dave Osbourne

Willie Mays, 92

Wow!

There’s a great clip on YouTube of Mays appearing as the mystery guest on What’s My Line? in 1954 (not long before the WS and his catch against Cleveland).

I think I believed that Roger De Courcey was dead because Keith Harris is dead, but no, alive and running Dick Horsey Management Ltd.

All ventriloquists die at the same appointed time.

Angie Dickinson, 92!
Ali MacGraw, 84!

And as always: Eva Marie Saint, 99.

Talking of sporting personalities active in the 1950s (though I don't suppose 293 appearances for Workington quite matches Willie Mays' celebrity), it was nice to see Keith Burkinshaw in the crowd at Tottenham at the weekend. 88.

Gary Snyder - 93

john barth, 91

Now 93.

always archie shepp, sorry archie (he's only in his mid-80s)

also he shd totally revert to calling himself ARCHIBALD SHEPP (even if he was never called this as a baby or a child)

― mark s, Tuesday, 25 May 2021 13:28 (two years ago) bookmarkflaglink

Gary Hart! 87 and going strong. I guess monkey business is good for you.

Darlene Love, 82

Wait, what? Wow. Mandela Effect meets Ronnie Spector, I guess.

Gene Hackman... 93!

Was checking out the different Little Women films on IMDB, and saw that Margaret O'Brien is not only still alive, but also still working!

― frustration and wonky passion (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, August 15, 2019 2:47 PM (four years ago) bookmarkflaglink

^^^It me, four years later!

He's not that famous but his face is certainly familiar, British actor Oscar Quitak, who is 97. Also he was married for 62 years to the actress Andree Melly, who died in 2020, and who was George Melly's sister!

Andree Melly was a regular on Hancock’s Half Hour and appeared in Hammer’s Brides of Dracula. I knew her nephew in the 1990s and he told me that his aunt was totally nonplussed about being regularly contacted by Hammer fans asking her about a job of work 35 years ago. She didn’t want to know about fandom or conventions and I don’t think she ever really changed her mind.

I've always found it surprising when actors don't enjoy appreciation of their work.

Ken Bates, 91.

Delighted to see that French electroacoustic composer Francis Dhomont is still with us at 97.

(Watching The Ten Commandments)

Debra Paget, 90.

Retired from film 60 years ago.

I keep seeing the name Troy Kennedy Martin in TV adverts for the film, "Ferrari", and I keep thinking, "Is he still alive?" But he isn't, he died on 2009. However his brother, Ian Kennedy Martin, the guy who created "The Sweeney", is. He's 87.

Bob Guccione Jr., thought he died some years back

jimmy stewart

I always forget Kurt Russell is still alive, and Dennis Hopper has passed on

And I’m surprised every year that Dick Van Dyke is still with us… keep it up, Dick!

Australian actor, Vincent Ball, who appeared in everything from a couple of Carry Ons to Breaker Morant to Muriel's Wedding, 100 earlier this month.

... it's his 75th wedding anniversary next year too.

Was looking something up about James Brown the other day, and didn't realize that both Maceo Parker & Fred Wesley are still with us.

playwright trevor griffiths (88)

Ryan Sessegnon

lol