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

Ray Reardon.

Undead innit

Seems so.

Larry STorch

Peter Green, thought he died in the 90s for some reason

Eric Carle 91st birthday post

91 Today pic.twitter.com/stU2CW0Fr7

— eric carle (@ericcarle) June 25, 2020

BIRTHDAY SALUTE
Olivia de Havilland turns 104 today. Yes, you read that correctly. She was born July 1, 1916 and is still living! #OliviaDeHavilland pic.twitter.com/3Io00Ubb72

— James L Neibaur (@JimLNeibaur) July 1, 2020

Barbara Shelley, 88. Watching her in "Quatermass and the Pit" right now, a handsome woman and no mistake.

Claire Bloom, 89.

Henri Serre (Jim from "Jules et Jim"), 89.

boris johnson

Happy Birthday to a dear friend of ours at TCM, Eva Marie Saint. pic.twitter.com/MNk6cBIh7f

— TCM (@tcm) July 4, 2020

Lester Piggott, after hearing him name checked in Van Morrison’s ‘In the days before rock and roll’.

Until a few days ago, Hugh Downs.

jasper johns

She's not really famous but I'm delighted to see that Jacqueline Diffring, sister of the actor Anton Diffring, who is a sculptor who studied with Henry Moore is still alive at the age of 100. Here she is with her brother in 1938.

https://bilder4.n-tv.de/img/incoming/origs21561311/1122538041-w1280-h960/Schwarzweiss-kustler.jpg

Ian St John

historian keith thomas

magic declined less than you assumed i guess

(i had him filed as a contemporary of the late christopher hill but he was his pupil and is some 20 years younger)

(christopher hill wd have been 108)

I like getting my once a year reminder via the LRB that Keith Thomas is still alive.

Watching "The Mummy" right now, the 1959 Hammer one ...

Yvonne Furneaux, 92

Jean-Paul Belmondo

Frank Windsor, 92.

Other Sunday Bloody Sunday alumni still with us (aside from Glenda, of course): June Brown and Vivian Pickles!

Charley Pride, 86, who just sang the national anthem at the (empty) Texas Rangers season opener.

the odds finally caught up with OdH :(

Figured that’s what this revive would be about

Cleo Laine, 92. Just watched her tearing up the stage on a vintage Sunday Night at the London Palladium.

John Mayall, 86.

Ramsey Lewis, who despite releasing his first album in 1956, is only 85 years old.

French actress and voice artist Renée Simonot, who is also the mother of Catherine Deneuve and Françoise Dorléac, is still going at 108:

TIL that the actress that dubbed Olivia de Havilland (as well as Judy Garland, Donna Reed & many others) in French was Renée Simonot, Catherine Deneuve and Françoise Dorléac’s mom.

Even more amazing though is the fact that she’s outlived OdH and is 108 years old and healthy. pic.twitter.com/6dqLjjqVbF

— Thierry Côté (@tcote) July 28, 2020

Yes, I think I mentioned her when she was like 104 or something!

Yakov Smirnoff, merely 69

хорошо

Ronnie Hawkins, still around at 85.

Nuts he's outlived so many of the other Last Waltz guys.

wayne shorter, 86

he wishes he were a baller

ppl i am surprised to discover actually still posting!

hi!

i returned today due to recommendations of tasty threads reappearing.

i think this was the one they meant!

wb k c

Ty!!!!

Does Calum still post here?

My display name is so out of date!

lol

recommendations of tasty threads reappearing

I must've missed the KFC thread getting bumped. welcome back.

You just got me searching all the old threads :D

Jack Nicklaus

Randall "Tex" Cobb

Carl Yastrzemski
Bob Dole
Jimmy Carter
Regis Philbin