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

Silent film star ‘Baby Peggy’, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diana_Serra_Cary

wow that's wild to contemplate

She went into residential care a couple years ago, but there's been no news since.

Julie Andrews

Tom T. Hall

Martin LaSalle.

Andre Gregory. For some reason I thought he died 15-20 years ago.

If I weren't such a fair-weather basketball fan I'd have known this, but I didn't realize Oscar Robertson was still alive (discovered while looking up the Kansas City Kings after buying my goddaughter's daughter a Kings hat). Actually just turned 80.

Gorbachev

woah

he always looked a bit older than he really was

Norman Lloyd, 105 today. (Not a surprise in the parts of the Internet I frequent.) Surprise: He is reported to be attached to a pilot in development for ABC.

Mário Zagallo. Only 88, mind you, I thought he was older.

Dick Cavett. 82 but I would have thought older.

Pete Doherty

... 83.

Vera Miles, 90.

Margarita Pracatan

Burt Young (thank you, Russian Doll

As mentioned in some other thread, Ken Rosewall, 85.

Connie Francis, 81.

Infamous Hollywood producer Joel Silver, 67.

Chanson singer Juliette Gréco. She joined the French Resistance in her teens, turned 92 this year.

M. Emmet Walsh, who I genuinely thought had died until I saw Knives Out last night. (He's 84.)

I get him and J.T. Walsh mixed up all the time.

Also, I knew J.T. was dead, but thought he had died, like, in 2014 or something. Not 1998!

Happy birthday Kirk Douglas!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_McGee_(pilot)

Tuskegee Airman Colonel Charles McGee, 100 on 12/7/19.

As mentioned in some other thread, Ken Rosewall, 85

And Rod Laver, 81. What a doubles pair

If we're partnering up, Fred Stolle (two Slams w/Rosewall '68-'69) and Roy Emerson (three Slams w/Laver '61-'71) are still knocking around too. Rosewall/Laver were US Open finalists in '73. Almost all of the Aussie greats from that period are still going. Lew Hoad (who died in 1994) is maybe the only one missing?

Kreskin still alive at 83!

Almost 85 now... and I didn't know until I saw him open for Yo La Tengo tonight.

(no joke)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suzy_Delair

Suzy Delair, 102

Javier Pérez de Cuéllar, 100 today

Betty White just turned 98.

For the occasion Charo tweeted out a picture of herself with Betty White and I thought, we don't really know how old Charo is do we

Will we ever know?

That said, she did share a story from her childhood that made more sense if took place in the 40s rather than the 50s.

Wikipedia says 69

but Charo has always been

if she's 69 she was married to Xavier Cugat at age 15 which I doubt

hmmm, I find it plausible if unlikely

I think it's awesome Suzy Delair is still "parmi nous".

mike yarwood -- in fact he's only 78

was surprised to find christopher biggins is only 71, could have sworn he was 40 at least in the early 80s.

Shecky Greene (93)

Jean-Luc Godard (89)

Ivry Gitlis (97)

rod laver (81)

g k chesterton

Ole "Gunner" Solskjaer

Dracula

Beverly Cleary still going strong at 103!