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

valéry giscard d'estaing

Funny, I was just thinking today that VGE is two years older than Serge Gainsbourg (who died in 1991 rest his soul)

how in the heck is this mention right here only the second mention of Jimmy Carter itt? every day since Barbara Bush kicked it I've been waking up expecting to see his name in the headlines

also, hadnt checked up on ol' Narvel Felts in the last few years but he's apparently still not dead yet, which is cool. He's famous right? Should be

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHgYdI1ElMM

but if you keep expecting to find his death announced, can you really be surprised to discover that he's still alive?

He's not that old, 80, but still had to check as you never see or hear about him anymore... Tony Hatch.

His son runs a PA/live-audio company in south London, and has managed the sound at our local summer festival for the past few years, so he got Dad to do a set back in 2014. Downtown, Joanna, Call Me... the theme from Neighbours. Follow that, Penge's third-best socially-conscious funk-fusion band.

Excellent.

Here you go...

https://live.staticflickr.com/2934/14523124206_9dddc27bb3_b.jpg

Betty Davis. She's not that old, but has been quiet for so long and voila today she has a new song out

this just dropped my jaw and then I realized you mean BettyE

you mean bettye lavette right

back to the ‘vette

Dick Van Dyke, 93, Carl Reiner, 97, Mel Brooks, 92 and Norman Lear, 96. pic.twitter.com/IdQtfRfXEU

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kirk douglas

― Ward Fowler, Wednesday, June 19, 2013 5:10 AM (three years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Is Kirk Douglas still alive?
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Holy crap, he is!

― pplains, Saturday, August 29, 2015 9:30 PM (one year ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

yeah this is always kirk douglas for me

― balls, Saturday, August 29, 2015 9:40 PM (one year ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Prompted by seeing that he'd just celebrated his 100th!

― The Pleasure Principal (Old Lunch), Wednesday, December 14, 2016 7:28 PM (two years ago) bookmarkflaglink

if the old adage about only the good die young is true, then they need to start checking under his patio already.

cough cough Natalie Wood cough cough

"only the good die young" doesn't imply that "the good only die young"

Are Sean Connery and Jack Nicholson formally retired?

shir sean is

Jack was gonna do the Toni Erdmann remake, but I believe he's finally left the project.

Are Sean Connery and Jack Nicholson formally retired?

Connery decided to quit after the shitshow LoEG adaptation in 2003, and has publicly affirmed this multiple times.

good, the last film connery was non-bad in was time bandits

(the last film jack nicholson was good in was king of marvin gardens)

connery also a pos - soup-taking, wife-beater - and i won't be too sad when he retires from breathing

soup-taking?

petty ethno-religio-sporting identity issue

gets priority over the wife-beating in your disdain tho?

(no)

I also had to look up soup-taking and now I know what it means I'd be grateful if you could explain why it applies to Connery, because I'm not seeing anything in his biography that relates to it

You mean apart from supporting Rangers when they were stealing 9 league titles?

She’s not famous herself exactly, but Serge Gainsbourg’s twin sister Liliane Ginsburg is still alive at 91 as far as I can tell.

I also had to look up soup-taking and now I know what it means I'd be grateful if you could explain why it applies to Connery, because I'm not seeing anything in his biography that relates to it

― van dyke parks generator (anagram), Wednesday, July 31, 2019 1:58 AM (seven hours ago)

he's an irish catholic who supported the soccer team celtic (former by irish catholic immigrants) as a boy and then changed his allegiances to the team rangers (supported by loyalists and orangemen) in the 90s

i accept that's not as bad as wife-beating

he's also a scottish nationalist who took a knighthood from the queen and lives in spain

sorry, splits his time between the bahamas (his primary residence for tax purposes) and spain. ensuring to not spend sufficient time in scotland to have to pay tax

I mean nice work if you can get it

he's an irish catholic who supported the soccer team celtic (former by irish catholic immigrants) as a boy and then changed his allegiances to the team rangers (supported by loyalists and orangemen) in the 90s

Not only as a boy, my dad remembers seeing 'Big Tam' at games at Celtic Park in the 60s.

I was reminded several years back but just checked in again to be sure and, wow, Beverly Cleary still chugging on at a sprightly 103-years-old.

Oh I see now that was mentioned earlier this year. Still worthy of note!

wtf Sean Connery is still alive??

Hey okay how about

Bob Barker

― ed.b, Wednesday, December 7, 2016 12:44 PM (two years ago) bookmarkflaglink

he died

omg wtf he didn't!

Right?!

She’s not famous herself exactly, but Serge Gainsbourg’s twin sister Liliane Ginsburg is still alive at 91 as far as I can tell.

similarly in the not famous stakes: lucette destouches (mrs l-f céline) recently had her 107th birthday

Lloyd Price!

Norman Lear

Not only Norman Lear, but also Bill Macy from Maude!

joe's sister:
https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/41%2B3qWeSPSL._SX323_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg

(i mean i didn't really even know she existed till i saw a tweet earlier that you could win a nice supper with her in some joe-related thing)

she was played by Julie Walters in Prick up your Ears.

excellent memoir title

"Julie Walters as Elsie Orton"

or maybe I'm wrong, she played his other sister?

it was Frances Barber that played Leonie.