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

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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 (nine years ago) link

She's not?

pplains, Sunday, 3 May 2015 02:17 (nine 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 (nine 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

Sandy Koufax

Love, Wilco (C. Grisso/McCain), Sunday, 26 July 2015 18:44 (eight years ago) link

http://www.tmz.com/2015/07/30/valerie-harper-hospitalized-brain-cancer-maine/

Horrible of me, but I thought she'd already died.

Johnny Fever, Thursday, 30 July 2015 18:13 (eight years ago) link

Oh, here in a few years, you'll be saying the same about Sandy Duncan.

pplains, Thursday, 30 July 2015 18:33 (eight years ago) link

I actually did a quick check a few minutes ago to see if Sandy Duncan was still alive.

Johnny Fever, Thursday, 30 July 2015 18:36 (eight years ago) link

Lupita Tovar (just turned 105).

Charlie Chaplin Challenge (j.lu), Thursday, 30 July 2015 23:31 (eight years ago) link

Hubert de Givenchy

pop addicts should "do their thing", whatever that may be (soref), Saturday, 1 August 2015 15:02 (eight years ago) link

Clive James. Could have sworn he died a couple of years ago.

suffeeciant attreebution (aldo), Monday, 3 August 2015 11:19 (eight years ago) link

The reverse of this - thinking at the weekend "Marlon Brando is still alive, I think? Or did I hear that he died last year" - no, he died in 2004.

Andrew Farrell, Monday, 3 August 2015 12:00 (eight years ago) link

Ken Dodd

(no offence to people) (dog latin), Monday, 3 August 2015 14:16 (eight years ago) link

no word on his father's dog though

imago, Monday, 3 August 2015 14:17 (eight years ago) link

Johnny Meeks, Gene Vincent's guitarist. Just passed away July 30th, I was quite sure this happened long ago.

Half as cool as Man Sized Action (Dan Peterson), Monday, 3 August 2015 14:35 (eight years ago) link

I had a dream last night that I met Bob Hope at some festival, and in my sleep I was thinking "I'm surprised he's actually still alive!"

Half as cool as Man Sized Action (Dan Peterson), Monday, 3 August 2015 14:37 (eight years ago) link

I don't know why, because he's not really that old or anything, but I was convinced that Gary Waldhorn was dead

pop addicts should "do their thing", whatever that may be (soref), Thursday, 6 August 2015 00:13 (eight years ago) link

Also not that old, but for some reason I thought that I remembered hearing that Marsha Warfield died quite a few years ago.

The New Gay Sadness (cryptosicko), Thursday, 6 August 2015 04:17 (eight years ago) link

Yogi Berra.

Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 6 August 2015 13:10 (eight years ago) link

You think he's lived a long time, wait until you see how long he stays dead.

pplains, Thursday, 6 August 2015 14:05 (eight years ago) link

Charlotte Rae. I could've sworn she had died.

I might like you better if we Yelped together (Phil D.), Thursday, 6 August 2015 14:16 (eight years ago) link

Norman Lear

it me, Thursday, 6 August 2015 14:21 (eight years ago) link

^^ This one for me too, just the other day.

pplains, Thursday, 6 August 2015 14:27 (eight years ago) link

Was surprised to read that George Segal is not only alive but acting in The Goldbergs.

... (Eazy), Thursday, 6 August 2015 15:04 (eight years ago) link


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