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

Jimmy Tarbuck!

Julian Bream, 86

Sonny Barger, 81.

lol

^guessing you read some "Cure Drummer Dies" headlines and assumed it was Tolhurst. he's still very much alive!

the mum out of ‘happy days’, 91

Was in a museum today and saw a Frank Stella sculpture and noticed there was no "d." date on the card. He's 83.

Roger Corman, 93.

only part of him is alive

Kicking myself for missing Corman introducing Masque Of Red Death here in town last month.

Holy shit, just saw a FB endorsement for Bernie Sanders from DICK VAN DYKE. That dude must be at least 100.

That's the Mary Poppins old age makeup.

Van Dyke is barely 94, and still performing live.

was certain dick van dyke died shortly after he stopped doing new years rockin eve

can't keep my dicks in a row

Norman Lloyd went to a World Series game in 2018 … he'd been to one before in 1926, I think

James Lovelock

blimey i interviewed lovelock when he was a spry and youthful 70

Burt Bacharach (91)

Genuinely thought that the guy who built the steam-powered rocket to prove there was a flat earth had already killed himself in a previous launch/accident.

That might have been another guy who built a steam-powered rocket to prove there was a flat earth.

You can't make an omelette etc. (Omelettes are flat, by the way. Not round. Flat.)

also they only have one side and underneath its turtles all the way down

There was a Night Court rerun on today that had John Astin guesting; not only is Astin still alive (turns 90 in March), but he really wasn't <that> old when the episode was taped (just under 60 then).

He played Harry Anderson's Dad, which also brings up the weirdness that Astin has outlived Anderson, ex-wife Patty Duke, almost every fellow TV Batman villain, and pretty much all of The Addams Family cast.

Including the guy who played Gomez in the movie 30 years later.

Roger Corman, 93.

― Josh in Chicago, Friday, February 21, 2020 8:09 PM (one week ago) bookmarkflaglink

only part of him is alive

― sorry for butt rockin (Neanderthal), Friday, February 21, 2020 8:11 PM (one week ago) bookmarkflaglink

the remaining part will be stitched together with other human parts to make a complete person

Kim Novak

holy shit

Mary Quant

Irene Papas, 90

Supergran

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

Stevie Ray Vaughn

Completely faked the crash!

Dean Stockwell, 84

do we have a "surprised they're so old" thread?

just read Gerhard Richter is 88, I would have been off by 15 years at least

Dionne Warwick, only 79.

idk "famous" but i learned john mccains mother lives on, shes 108

Wow. Not just outliving her son but outliving everyone.

Everyone but Catherine Deneuve's mother, who is ca. 5 months older.

Sidney Poitier

curtis fuller, 85

Mel Brooks, just saw him on Twitter with his son.

And Dick Van Dyke repping for Bernie too.

Musical "legend" Anita Bryant, who turns 80 soon. Was thinking god called her home to her eternal reward.

Nah, she just went to Branson.

All I know about her is that she's rudely mentioned in a Dead Kennedys song

vicious homophobic demagogue, and orange juice spokesperson --- these became creatively linked by gay rights activists through an OJ boycott.

“Haven’t seen anything like this since the Anita Bryant concert”

Local gay actor here used to do a show called Pieface about her at the Orlando Fringe fest every five years or so.

I do believe he did not care for her.

Bob Wellings, BBC Nationwide presenter, 85.

Mel Brooks, just saw him on Twitter with his son.

And Dick Van Dyke repping for Bernie too.

― in twelve parts (lamonti), Tuesday, March 17, 2020 3:27 AM (four days ago

jackson browne!

(bcz i always confuse him with warren zevon lol)

i keep thinking Rick Stein is dead, i must confuse him with Keith Floyd or something