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

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

haha

Wavy Gravy, 87

roland huntford, iconoclastic polar explorer (96 or 97, wikipedia gives his birthyear but not the date)

Nana Mouskouri, 89

Thelma Barlow (Mavis Riley in Coronation St), 94.

Josef Fritzl, 88. Notorious rather than famous I guess.

I didn't know Mavis Riley was a Barlow, this seems big! RIP Mavis

oh fuck I thought I was on the RIP thread - sorry Mavis

You killed her.

scared me, I thought Mavis Staples had died!

From Randall and Hopkirk (deceased), Annette Andre (84) and Kenneth Cope (92) undeceased.

Could have sworn Edward Furlong (46) was no longer with us, but social media says otherwise.

shit Kenneth Cope is alive?

Joyce Randolph.

I mean, sure, she's dead now...

Could have sworn Edward Furlong (46) was no longer with us, but social media says otherwise.

Probably mixing him up with Jonathan Brandis and/or Brad Renfro.

Or Justin Pierce, even.

Chen-Ning Yang, 101.

Marion Ross (Happy Days' Mrs Cunningham), 93.

Pleased to find that Mrs C is still with us at 95!

jürgen fkn habermas, now 94

he just unwelcomely turned up in a book i am editing, pompous as always

Wow, how did Lee Ving, of Fear, make it to 73 (and counting)?

Lee Ving looks crazy now... like a character from Hee Haw

Feel like maybe I should repost that to ILX imagery.

Could have sworn Edward Furlong (46) was no longer with us, but social media says otherwise.

I have similar Mandela Effect moments, except with Corey Feldman and Alfred Molina

Could have sworn Petula Clark died a few years back, but still with us at 91.

Roy Haynes, 98.

Reminded of Roy because he and Petula are two of the only artists I know of whose recording careers began in the 1940s.

I have similar Mandela Effect moments, except with Corey Feldman and Alfred Molina

the Corey thing may be a coping mechanism, viz. knowledge of Feldman's premature death is easier to process than knowledge of "watch Corey twerk

Roy Haynes, 98.

Reminded of Roy because he and Petula are two of the only artists I know of whose recording careers began in the 1940s.

trumpeter Ray Anthony (102) made his recording debut in 1940 as a member of the Glenn Miller Orchestra. but if you're alive in 2024 and you've heard of Ray Anthony, then the only thing you're likely to know about him is that he's really fucking old

I was 50/50 on whether Bruce Vilanch was still alive until I googled him this morning

Marshall Allen is on recordings from 1949! I had no idea.

https://www.discogs.com/release/9305116-Trumpet-Young-Und-Sein-Negerorchester-Oo-Pa-Ba-Da-In-My-Solitude
https://www.discogs.com/release/12455195-James-Moody-And-His-Orchestra-Hot-House