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

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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.

Nine Inch Males (Tom D.), Monday, 25 December 2023 00:09 (two years ago)

Bob Guccione Jr., thought he died some years back

papal hotwife (milo z), Tuesday, 26 December 2023 19:48 (two years ago)

jimmy stewart

close encounters of the third knid (darraghmac), Tuesday, 26 December 2023 20:32 (two years ago)

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!

Circus Au Lait (flamboyant goon tie included), Tuesday, 26 December 2023 20:36 (two years ago)

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.

The Italian Yob (Tom D.), Sunday, 31 December 2023 01:00 (two years ago)

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

The Italian Yob (Tom D.), Sunday, 31 December 2023 01:01 (two years ago)

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

an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Sunday, 31 December 2023 02:11 (two years ago)

playwright trevor griffiths (88)

mark s, Sunday, 7 January 2024 19:28 (two years ago)

Ryan Sessegnon

anvil, Sunday, 7 January 2024 20:07 (two years ago)

lol

close encounters of the third knid (darraghmac), Sunday, 7 January 2024 20:07 (two years ago)

haha

imago, Sunday, 7 January 2024 20:20 (two years ago)

Wavy Gravy, 87

Ward Fowler, Monday, 8 January 2024 10:17 (two years ago)

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

mark s, Monday, 8 January 2024 10:22 (two years ago)

Nana Mouskouri, 89

the typefaces they are a-changin' (Matt #2), Tuesday, 9 January 2024 17:22 (two years ago)

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

nate woolls, Tuesday, 9 January 2024 18:51 (two years ago)

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

where did the times go (Matt #2), Friday, 12 January 2024 22:02 (two years ago)

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

vodkaitamin effrtvescent (calzino), Friday, 12 January 2024 22:04 (two years ago)

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

vodkaitamin effrtvescent (calzino), Friday, 12 January 2024 22:05 (two years ago)

You killed her.

immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Friday, 12 January 2024 22:19 (two years ago)

scared me, I thought Mavis Staples had died!

Josh in Chicago, Friday, 12 January 2024 22:20 (two years ago)

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

Dan Worsley, Friday, 12 January 2024 22:23 (two years ago)

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

Josh in Chicago, Friday, 12 January 2024 22:37 (two years ago)

shit Kenneth Cope is alive?

craning to be leather (Noodle Vague), Friday, 12 January 2024 22:42 (two years ago)

Joyce Randolph.

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

pplains, Monday, 15 January 2024 00:30 (two years ago)

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.

an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 15 January 2024 01:13 (two years ago)

Or Justin Pierce, even.

henry s, Monday, 15 January 2024 13:39 (two years ago)

Chen-Ning Yang, 101.

alimosina, Tuesday, 16 January 2024 01:34 (two years ago)

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

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

Sam Weller, Tuesday, 16 January 2024 09:24 (two years ago)

jürgen fkn habermas, now 94

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

mark s, Friday, 19 January 2024 16:43 (two years ago)

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

Josh in Chicago, Monday, 22 January 2024 22:45 (two years ago)

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

Andy the Grasshopper, Monday, 22 January 2024 22:49 (two years ago)

Feel like maybe I should repost that to ILX imagery.

Pictish in the Woods (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 27 January 2024 21:19 (two years ago)

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

in an aeroplane under the sea (flamboyant goon tie included), Saturday, 27 January 2024 23:36 (two years ago)

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

ailsa, Saturday, 27 January 2024 23:45 (two years ago)

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.

Bulky Pee Pants (Tom D.), Saturday, 27 January 2024 23:53 (two years ago)

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

hogarth brooks (unregistered), Sunday, 28 January 2024 00:10 (two years ago)

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

hogarth brooks (unregistered), Sunday, 28 January 2024 00:20 (two years ago)

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

fourth world problems (Matt #2), Sunday, 28 January 2024 00:47 (two years ago)

RIP Roy. Was only just thinking, wow this guy is still alive when he popped up in the Thelonious Monk biog I was reading last month.

vodkaitamin effrtvescent (calzino), Sunday, 28 January 2024 00:51 (two years ago)

oh fuck I've mistaken this thread for the RIP one again. Keep on trucking Roy!

vodkaitamin effrtvescent (calzino), Sunday, 28 January 2024 00:53 (two years ago)

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

that's cool! it looks like he's recording and released something in every decade between the 1940s and the 2020s

hogarth brooks (unregistered), Sunday, 28 January 2024 01:00 (two years ago)

(er, "recorded and released")

hogarth brooks (unregistered), Sunday, 28 January 2024 01:10 (two years ago)

I watched the 1956 musical comedy The Girl Can't Help It last night; Fats Domino and Little Richard are gone, but which musical performers from the film are still around?

Johnny Olenn, 85
Nino Tempo, 87
Ray Anthony, 100

― Halfway there but for you, Friday, October 21, 2022 6:43 PM (one year ago) bookmarkflaglink

Halfway there but for you, Sunday, 28 January 2024 01:15 (two years ago)

Wavy Gravy, who will be 88 in May.

butt dumb tight my boners got boners (the table is the table), Tuesday, 30 January 2024 02:46 (two years ago)

> Wavy Gravy, 87
> ― Ward Fowler, Monday, 8 January 2024 10:17

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(knew i'd seen his name before, didn't realise it was so recently)

koogs, Tuesday, 30 January 2024 15:02 (two years ago)

How many Blues Brothers are still breathing? Aykroyd, Cropper, Murph, Hall, as far as I can tell.

Washington Post Malone (Ye Mad Puffin), Tuesday, 30 January 2024 17:45 (two years ago)

Blue Lou and Tom Malone are still with us

Elvis Telecom, Tuesday, 30 January 2024 19:00 (two years ago)

https://i.imgur.com/pxLubh9.gif

pplains, Tuesday, 30 January 2024 19:29 (two years ago)

I didn't check the thread before I posted! On me!

butt dumb tight my boners got boners (the table is the table), Wednesday, 31 January 2024 23:11 (two years ago)

Knott's Berry Farm

Andy the Grasshopper, Thursday, 1 February 2024 01:30 (two years ago)


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