he said some transphobic things a few years ago
― wasdnuos (abanana), Thursday, 25 February 2021 20:03 (three years ago) link
He's *only* 80, but I was actively surprised when I found out that Pharaoh Sanders is still alive, maybe because he made so many albums in the 60s and 70s that I always assumed he was much older.
― it's like edging for your mind (the table is the table), Tuesday, 2 March 2021 19:06 (three years ago) link
Chris Barber, who has just died at the age of 90, also cannot believe he was that young, he was an old fogie in the 50s, surely?
― Bastard Lakes (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Tuesday, 2 March 2021 19:09 (three years ago) link
Eric Heidsieck, 84. The second French pianist (after Yves Nat) to record all of Beethoven's piano sonatas. I'm listening to his superb Fauré Nocturnes now. He's a relative, somehow or other, of the Heidsieck family of Piper-Heidsieck champagne fame. This seems to be the first time he has ever been mentioned on ILX.
― Hans Holbein (Chinchilla Volapük), Friday, 5 March 2021 07:42 (three years ago) link
Jimmy Greaves, obviously come to attention as Ian St John just died...
― Mark G, Friday, 5 March 2021 08:12 (three years ago) link
yes I could have sworn greavsie died a few years ago
― Bastard Lakes (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Friday, 5 March 2021 08:22 (three years ago) link
the first stage of the grievsing process: surprise
― calzino, Friday, 5 March 2021 08:56 (three years ago) link
Sidney J. Furie, 'flashy' Canadian flim director of "The Ipcress File" et all, 88 last week.
― Wrote For Lunch (Tom D.), Saturday, 6 March 2021 13:37 (three years ago) link
Al Jaffee, whose last 'pull-out' ran in Mad last year, and who turns 100 today.
― Andrew Farrell, Sunday, 14 March 2021 07:42 (three years ago) link
Fold-in - I knew it was called a fold-in, why did I call it a pull-out?
― Andrew Farrell, Sunday, 14 March 2021 08:06 (three years ago) link
William Gaunt.
(The Champions is getting a run on a UK terrestrial channel and I was certain he'd predeceased Alexandra Bastedo. But thankfully not.)
― Michael Jones, Sunday, 14 March 2021 23:55 (three years ago) link
Not as old as I thought he was. Coincidentally Stuart Damon belongs on the thread too.
― Woke For Luck (Tom D.), Sunday, 14 March 2021 23:58 (three years ago) link
'Diddy' David Hamilton.
― Woke For Luck (Tom D.), Monday, 15 March 2021 11:19 (three years ago) link
Bob Rafelson, 88
― a sad robot dancing alone in the corner of a suburban disco (Matt #2), Monday, 22 March 2021 17:12 (three years ago) link
Hilary Knight, who illustrated the Eloise books way back in the 1950s, and Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle before that, is still with us at 94. So is Quentin Blake, the definitive Roald Dahl illustrator among much else, at 88.
― this honking's on a bobo (Doctor Casino), Thursday, 25 March 2021 13:58 (three years ago) link
Ben Stein, 76. Forgot all about that asshole.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 29 March 2021 23:15 (three years ago) link
Sophia Loren, 86, and just starred in a film directed by her son.
― "what are you DOING to fleetwood mac??" (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 29 March 2021 23:48 (three years ago) link
Joe Don Baker, one of those guys who always looked old, 85
― wasdnuos (abanana), Tuesday, 30 March 2021 18:40 (three years ago) link
John Astin, Gomez Addams and (what made me think of him) fill in actor on S2 of Batman when Frank Gorshin was playing silly buggers over his contract.
― Well *I* know who he is (aldo), Tuesday, 30 March 2021 19:46 (three years ago) link
often think of stephen sondheim as being dead but obviously he isnt and his death will be a big deal that i won't forget when it comes
― 《Myst1kOblivi0n》 (jim in vancouver), Tuesday, 30 March 2021 19:48 (three years ago) link
Robert Blake, 87
― Josefa, Tuesday, 30 March 2021 20:08 (three years ago) link
Beverly Cleary, who just died at 104. For some reason I thought she died about 10 years ago.
― akm, Tuesday, 30 March 2021 20:36 (three years ago) link
He's been mentioned here repeatedly but I showed my kid the Muppets skit with 'day-o' yesterday and holy shit Harry Belafonte is STILL alive.
― joygoat, Wednesday, 31 March 2021 14:39 (three years ago) link
and still a meaningful figure!
― G.A.G.S. (Gophers Against Getting Stuffed) (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 31 March 2021 14:58 (three years ago) link
Same. I was certain that she had already passed some time ago.
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 31 March 2021 15:31 (three years ago) link
Periodically I find myself having to check if Desmond Tutu is still alive, and he is, 89.
― Duncan Disorderly (Tom D.), Thursday, 1 April 2021 00:02 (three years ago) link
Was reading a "Hogan's Heroes could be made today" thing and found out again that Robert Clary is still alive (95).
― nickn, Thursday, 1 April 2021 01:11 (three years ago) link
could NOT, of course.
― nickn, Thursday, 1 April 2021 01:12 (three years ago) link
Nita Talbot, who played "Marya" on Hogan's Heroes is still alive at 90.
― Josefa, Thursday, 1 April 2021 01:16 (three years ago) link
Pete Murray, one of the 'safe hands' old guard in the initial Radio 1 lineup.
― Well *I* know who he is (aldo), Thursday, 1 April 2021 22:21 (three years ago) link
Good one.
― Duncan Disorderly (Tom D.), Thursday, 1 April 2021 23:18 (three years ago) link
Shirley (Lady) Porter, 90.
― Duncan Disorderly (Tom D.), Friday, 2 April 2021 19:36 (three years ago) link
Lee Elder, 86 (somewhat famous).
― clemenza, Monday, 5 April 2021 13:21 (three years ago) link
Decades did a weekend marathon of Police Woman, leading me to the trivia that it's currently the earliest US TV show where all the main cast is still alive.
― blue whales on ambient (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 5 April 2021 21:59 (three years ago) link
That's why I've been calling for a Police Woman revival for ages. But one could make a case that the same applies to The Time Tunnel (1966-1967) because from that we still have James Darren (84), Robert Colbert (89), - those are the two main guys - and Lee Meriwether (85).
― Josefa, Monday, 5 April 2021 22:37 (three years ago) link
Brigitte Anne-Marie Bardot, 86
― Andy the Grasshopper, Monday, 5 April 2021 23:05 (three years ago) link
Jürgen Habermas, 91
― joni mitchell jarre (anagram), Sunday, 11 April 2021 15:56 (three years ago) link
The film, "Buck and the Preacher", is on just now and I'm watching it thinking, "Yeah, Harry Belafonte, he's always turing up in this thread, but I wonder when Sidney Poitier died?", then I find out Sidney Poitier is still alive too! Is, in fact, 94 too! Born 9 days before Belafonte to be precise.
― Duncan Disorderly (Tom D.), Wednesday, 14 April 2021 12:54 (three years ago) link
Kenneth Cope, 90 today
― Call of Scampi: Slack Nephrops (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 14 April 2021 12:59 (three years ago) link
It has occurred to me that four of the principal female cast of Fellini's 8 1/2 are still alive:
Claudia Cardinale (83 today)Anouk Aimée (89 this month)Sandra Milo (87)Barbara Steele (83)
(Rossella Falk who died in 2013 would've been the only other to belong to that group).
― Josefa, Thursday, 15 April 2021 15:34 (three years ago) link
Winnie Ewing, 91.
― Authoritarian Steaks (Tom D.), Wednesday, 28 April 2021 10:18 (three years ago) link
Freddie 'Parrot Face' Davies, after he tweeted about being old and irrelevant after he was a question on The Chase answered incorrectly.
― Well *I* know who he is (aldo), Friday, 30 April 2021 10:19 (three years ago) link
Swiss film director Alain Tanner, 91.
― Halfway there but for you, Friday, 30 April 2021 11:22 (three years ago) link
Bruce "father of Crispin" Glover, 89, who I could swear died years ago but seems not.
― electrical wizard (Matt #2), Tuesday, 4 May 2021 00:58 (three years ago) link
Unless I saw wrong, pretty much (all?) the entire original Tropicalia crew is still alive and kicking. Caetano Veloso, Gilberto Gil, Gal Costa, Tom Zé ...
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 4 May 2021 01:05 (three years ago) link
René Schérer, philosopher and brother of Éric Rohmer, 98.
― Authoritarian Steaks (Tom D.), Wednesday, 5 May 2021 14:17 (two years ago) link
I didn't know that the philosopher Jürgen Habermas was still alive until yesterday, when a news article came up about him rejecting an award being given by the UAE. I thought he'd been dead for years! He's 91, soon to be 92.
― it's like edging for your mind (the table is the table), Wednesday, 5 May 2021 17:30 (two years ago) link
What's the borderline age for assuming someone is no longer alive? Somewhere above 80? 90?
― Halfway there but for you, Wednesday, 5 May 2021 17:43 (two years ago) link
It's a sliding scale. 90 for philosophers, 80 for ingenues of yesteryear...
― Josefa, Wednesday, 5 May 2021 19:15 (two years ago) link
50 for junkie rock stars
― electrical wizard (Matt #2), Wednesday, 5 May 2021 19:49 (two years ago) link