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

Fool if you think he's over, because he's only just begun

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(when I was 13 Chris Rea was dad music and every dad ever by law had "Road To Hell", "Auberge" and a Dire Straits album but he's not even that any more, right, everything I like is dad music instead, I know)

Chase No Face

Zsa Zsa Gabor still alive

Tim Hunkin

Carol Channing

Richard Adams, author of Watership Down (among other things), did a talk/signing at the local bookshop before Christmas and I was surprised for the reason in the thread title; sort of meant to go but forgot about it

2003 roll call (bold=still going)

Richard Widmark
Saddam Hussein
Stanley Baxter
Thora Hird
Anita O’Day
Clive Dunn
Dennis Hopper
Mickey Rooney
JD Salinger
George Jones
Joe Namath
Red Auerbach
Studs Terkel
Ursula Moray Williams
Reg Varney
Dave Allen
Christopher Lee
Gene Wilder
Richard Pryor
Windsor Davies

i would have put money on windsor davies being dead even back in 2003. my fervent hope is that christopher lee is immortal.

christ there were 11 series of Never the Twain?

João Havelange, 98

Harper Lee, last week.

yeah both of those

Bob Elliott (from Bob and Ray)

Bill Treacher aka Arthur Fowler
Denis Norden (93 years old!)

Yeah, I thought Bill Treacher was dead as well until he rocked up on one of the EastEnders things this week.

i haven't thought about denis norden in years, i guess mainly because i was sure he was dead

I can kind of remember Denis Norden dying in 2002 or something.

tom lehrer

Bob Elliott

tom lehrer

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:O

Percy Sledge (except he isn't any more)

george cole

Max Von Sydow will always be the answer to to this question for me.

martin strong, editor of the great rock discography

sounds like good news for Max or bad news for you xp

Connie Francis

Arthur Scargill

and Denis Healey is 98 years old!

Jimmy Carter

I know its been said many a time in this thread (even 10 years ago!) but Christopher Lee.

Maybe I confused him with Bela Lugosi or something, haw.

Baby Peggy

m.h. abrams

had the exact same thought. he seems like (is?) someone from an entirely different era.

honestly without thinking i would have assumed he died in the 60s, 70s at the latest

Margaret Keane

(just watched Big Eyes)

Norman Lloyd

(just watched Sabotage)

Christopher Lee is alive and well and still cranking out the metal albums:

http://heartlandrecords.com.au/WebRoot/Store/Shops/heartlandrecordstrial/5243/A981/DA36/DC4C/0FCF/C0A8/6152/0D2B/christopher_lee_charlemagne_the_omens_of_death_lp_front.JPG

When did he have his arms shortened?

chuck berry

oh, and angela lansbury

until ten minutes ago, if you had asked me if Dr. Ruth is dead I would have said with 100% certainty that yes, Dr. Ruth is dead, but apparently not

She's not?

The two head coaches of the January 1974 Super Bowl are still alive: Don Shula (85) and Bud Grant (88)

Herman Wouk (100 on May 27).

For some reason I thought Regis Philben had died, but he just put in his last Letterman appearance, so I stand corrected.

Ron Moody

Christopher Lee is alive and well and still cranking out the metal albums

alas no more :(

http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/660/media/images/83559000/jpg/_83559942_ron_moody_rex.jpg

saw this flash up on twitter and momentarily thought mick fleetwood had carked it

Had no idea Ornette Coleman was still alive until he wasn't.

http://40.media.tumblr.com/74c0bef5ca7f7897f90852bd16caa439/tumblr_n2ztpzpmi71rw4bsao1_500.jpg