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

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

bizarro gazzara, Monday, 2 February 2015 13:43 (nine years ago) link

christ there were 11 series of Never the Twain?

woof, Monday, 2 February 2015 13:53 (nine years ago) link

João Havelange, 98

anima corrective (nakhchivan), Saturday, 7 February 2015 17:42 (nine years ago) link

Harper Lee, last week.

Matt DC, Saturday, 7 February 2015 17:45 (nine years ago) link

yeah both of those

pro war Toby Keith songs would rub you the wrong way (imago), Saturday, 7 February 2015 17:54 (nine years ago) link

two weeks pass...

Bob Elliott (from Bob and Ray)

soref, Sunday, 22 February 2015 12:27 (nine years ago) link

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

sʌxihɔːl (Ward Fowler), Monday, 23 February 2015 13:55 (nine years ago) link

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

ailsa, Monday, 23 February 2015 14:12 (nine years ago) link

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

bizarro gazzara, Monday, 23 February 2015 15:35 (nine years ago) link

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

Eyeball Kicks, Tuesday, 24 February 2015 16:27 (nine years ago) link

tom lehrer

norway srna (nakhchivan), Saturday, 28 February 2015 16:27 (nine years ago) link

one month passes...

Bob Elliott

pplains, Wednesday, 15 April 2015 14:09 (nine years ago) link

tom lehrer

― norway srna (nakhchivan), Saturday, February 28, 2015 4:27 PM (1 month ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

:O

imago, Wednesday, 15 April 2015 14:16 (nine years ago) link

Percy Sledge (except he isn't any more)

ailsa, Wednesday, 15 April 2015 14:33 (nine years ago) link

george cole

bizarro gazzara, Wednesday, 22 April 2015 11:34 (nine years ago) link

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

Hydroelectric New Deal Demiurge (B.L.A.M.), Wednesday, 22 April 2015 12:38 (nine years ago) link

martin strong, editor of the great rock discography

♛ LIL UNIT ♛ (thomp), Wednesday, 22 April 2015 12:46 (nine years ago) link

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

soref, Wednesday, 22 April 2015 12:47 (nine years ago) link

Connie Francis

Josefa, Wednesday, 22 April 2015 14:30 (nine years ago) link

Arthur Scargill

and Denis Healey is 98 years old!

sʌxihɔːl (Ward Fowler), Wednesday, 22 April 2015 14:33 (nine years ago) link

Jimmy Carter

Mr. Snrub, Wednesday, 22 April 2015 22:43 (nine years ago) link

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

I checked Snoops , and it is for real (Trayce), Thursday, 23 April 2015 01:42 (nine years ago) link

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

I checked Snoops , and it is for real (Trayce), Thursday, 23 April 2015 01:42 (nine years ago) link

Baby Peggy

Sir Lord Baltimora (Myonga Vön Bontee), Thursday, 23 April 2015 03:02 (nine years ago) link

m.h. abrams

j., Thursday, 23 April 2015 03:04 (nine years ago) link

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

ryan, Thursday, 23 April 2015 03:13 (nine years ago) link

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

j., Thursday, 23 April 2015 03:41 (nine years ago) link

Margaret Keane

(just watched Big Eyes)

Elvis Telecom, Thursday, 23 April 2015 03:49 (nine years ago) link

Norman Lloyd

(just watched Sabotage)

sʌxihɔːl (Ward Fowler), Monday, 27 April 2015 11:49 (nine years ago) link

When did he have his arms shortened?

Hey Bob (Scik Mouthy), Monday, 27 April 2015 12:20 (nine years ago) link

chuck berry

it me, Tuesday, 28 April 2015 02:58 (nine years ago) link

oh, and angela lansbury

it me, Tuesday, 28 April 2015 02:59 (nine years ago) link

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

soref, Sunday, 3 May 2015 00:29 (eight years ago) link

She's not?

pplains, Sunday, 3 May 2015 02:17 (eight years ago) link

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

Josefa, Wednesday, 6 May 2015 20:46 (eight years ago) link

Herman Wouk (100 on May 27).

Miss Anne Thrope (j.lu), Monday, 18 May 2015 14:03 (eight years ago) link

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

Love, Wilco (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 20 May 2015 03:51 (eight years ago) link

three weeks pass...

Ron Moody

Willibald Pirckheimers Briefwechsel (Tom D.), Thursday, 11 June 2015 11:20 (eight years ago) link

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

alas no more :(

irl friend of the geir (NickB), Thursday, 11 June 2015 11:36 (eight years ago) link

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

irl friend of the geir (NickB), Thursday, 11 June 2015 11:38 (eight years ago) link

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

ed.b, Thursday, 11 June 2015 19:17 (eight years ago) link

one month passes...

watching late spring for the first time in years and casually googled.

dylannn, Saturday, 11 July 2015 08:16 (eight years ago) link

Omar Sharif.

x 2

pplains, Saturday, 11 July 2015 14:34 (eight years ago) link

John Astin

soref, Saturday, 11 July 2015 19:00 (eight years ago) link

Little Richard

joygoat, Sunday, 12 July 2015 04:43 (eight years ago) link

Lee Konitz

sʌxihɔːl (Ward Fowler), Friday, 24 July 2015 18:07 (eight years ago) link

Pete Doherty

Mr. Snrub, Friday, 24 July 2015 18:53 (eight years ago) link


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