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

Tommy Lasorda, 93. Somehow I thought he had passed like 5 years ago.

hb Ed Asner!

topol, 85

he thought it was the Zeitman series! he hasn't changed

Lee Grant, 95 (and working again!)

Lee Grant is a hero for all times, and has outlived everyone who tried to destroy her career back in the 1950s by some margin.

Larry Niven, 82. I think I'm confusing him with Jerry Pournelle, who is dead.

What’s the difference between Larry Niven and Jeremy Piven

Jeremy Piven never wrote a pokerfaced hard-SF essay about how Superman could not fuck Lois Lane because his ejaculate would fire through the top of her skull like a machine gun

...that we know of.

I didn't know about either... until just now, I guess.

Haha that wasn't just a throwaway Kevin Smith joke?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man_of_Steel,_Woman_of_Kleenex

The essay itself: http://www.rawbw.com/~svw/superman.html

not really pokerfaced? seems humorous (or that is the intent anyway)

You could ask him, seeing as how he's still alive (as per the thread title)!

Yes, it's funny, but played straight.

Composer Gavin Bryers, 77.

Bryars' blood never failed him yet.

For that matter, Harold Budd, 84.

Walter Mondale

― The Reverend, Friday, October 28, 2011 6:16 PM (nine years ago) bookmarkflaglink

Discovered by the Rev 9 years ago but discovered by me just today!

this is not bad btw
https://vimeo.com/ondemand/fritz/112442219

Kinda weird that three-quarters of the 1976 tickets are still alive.

Clint eastwood, 90

he released three films in 2018-19 and starred in one!

(no reason you should know, just hoping to compound your surprise)

Pat Boone, 86

Silvia Pinal, 89.

spider john koerner

Davie Allan, must be around 80? I was thinking of either Link Wray or Dick Dale, both no longer with us.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FS7sRfknXXQ

Silvia Pinal, 89.

Coincidentally, Margarita Lozano, who played Ramona in "Viridiana", is also still alive and is also 89.

They've already been mentioned, but still alive: Gene Shalit (94) and Willard Scott (86).

Mario Adorf, 90.

Johnny Tillotson of 'Poetry in motion' fame (82)

Jürgen Prochnow, 79.

Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, President of France (1974-1981), 94. RIP.

― pomenitul, woensdag 2 december 2020 23:15

... people you thought were dead.

― ILXceptionalism (Tom D.), woensdag 2 december 2020 23:22

no joke was coming here to post him in "Last famous person ..."

weird. RIP.

― budo jeru, donderdag 3 december 2020 1:32

very weird. same thing here. I could quite literally have sworn he’d been dead for years!

― fat ass deep state operative (breastcrawl), donderdag 3 december 2020 1:38

(the last famous animal...) Cora, the Asian elephant who was central to the plot of Smokey and the Bandit II (1980). She's 62.

Jackie Mason, 92

Cora an amazing actress with an impeccable sense of timing.

https://i.imgur.com/Tm3o7Y1.gif

She outlived Burt Reynolds and Jerry Reed, may they RIP

Tony Jacklin. Though he's not really that old, 76.

steve lawrence, 85

https://media.gettyimages.com/photos/episode-11-pictured-victoria-jackson-as-eydie-gorme-mike-myers-as-picture-id138370564

Steve Lawrence has outlived a fair amount of his Blues Brothers costars (he played their booking agent in both films).

Aaron Neville, 79.

I knew Brian Murphy was still alive but his wife (Linda Regan, probably most famous for HiDeHi) has just posted a photo of him which makes you think he's been gone for a while but his body hasn't realised yet.

My wonderful hubby https://t.co/kaHzzirA5m pic.twitter.com/c359h6Hq73

— Linda Regan (@Linda_Regan) December 14, 2020

Always delighted to check into this thread to report that Angie Dickinson (89) and Gena Rowlands (90) are still with us.

Bob Dole, 97(!)

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

Abdullah Ibrahim aka Dollar Brand, 86. Hope I'm not jinxing him with a mention here.

Anna Halprin (100!).

Scott stapp