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

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

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

Omar Sharif.

x 2

John Astin

Little Richard

Lee Konitz

Pete Doherty

Sandy Koufax

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

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

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

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

Lupita Tovar (just turned 105).

Hubert de Givenchy

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

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.

Ken Dodd

no word on his father's dog though

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

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!"

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

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

Yogi Berra.

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

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

Norman Lear

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

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

Al Molinaro -- Al from Happy Days.

See, that's one of those guys I'm scared to look up because then I'll discover he was like 35 years old when he played that role.

Jeez, that dude is 96 now! I think if I made it to 96, I'd just have the doctors put me in a medical coma so I could be assured I'd make it to 100.

that makes me feel a little better, but damn.

Maybe he seems older because we associate Happy Days with the 50s.