Film producer and president of the Mirisch Corporation, Walter Mirisch, 99.
― Are Animated Dads Getting Hotter? (Tom D.), Saturday, 5 June 2021 17:15 (two years ago) link
Dang. There’s something about old movie producers that makes them slow to die. Sam Goldwyn lived to 94; Dino De Laurentiis to 91. Irwin Winkler is still alive at 90 and Roger Corman is 95.
― Josefa, Saturday, 5 June 2021 19:31 (two years ago) link
... Carlo Ponti made it to 94.
― Are Animated Dads Getting Hotter? (Tom D.), Saturday, 5 June 2021 21:09 (two years ago) link
I think I was dimly aware of this, but Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev is now a hale 90 year old, alive & well. That has to be a record for Soviet premiers.
― Andy the Grasshopper, Tuesday, 8 June 2021 16:51 (two years ago) link
gorbachev was president and general secretary of the party but actually never technically premier (except looselt speaking of course)
premiers who reached 96 and 97 were molotov and malenkov respectively (the first wasn't president but he was general secretary of the party at one point, tho not a point when it meant boss in full charge) (the second was never president or general secretary of the party
molotov was also second longest-lived "old bolshevik" malenkov was not an old bolshevik bcz he joined the party too late (after 1916) the actual longest-lived old bolshevik was lazar kaganovich (also 97, tho he was kicked out of the party in 1961 after trying to overthrow kruschev)
― mark s, Tuesday, 8 June 2021 18:29 (two years ago) link
(as were molotov and malenkov come to think of it lol)
― mark s, Tuesday, 8 June 2021 18:44 (two years ago) link
I can't remember which book described Molotov aka "stone arse" on his '42 trip to Britain sleeping with a huge chunk of sausage and a revolver under his pillow, because he was para he was going to get done in or poisoned or if I'm just making it up. but this tickled me:
"People used to joke, mocking the Soviet gerontocracy, that then Soviet leader Konstantin Chernenko, who was 73 years old, saw the 94-year-old Molotov as his successor"
― calzino, Tuesday, 8 June 2021 22:09 (two years ago) link
Jerry Springer, 77.
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 20 June 2021 19:27 (two years ago) link
most recently seen here at the end of this video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WhPOeKgO6LI
― ten man poland chasing this means hamsik feasts (breastcrawl), Sunday, 20 June 2021 20:23 (two years ago) link
Saw a Happy Birthday Mom from Zoe Cassavetes on Twitter recently, and lo: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gena_Rowlands Didn't know she was active that long, or that she was in 10 of John's movies (or possibly problematic re some of them later)
― dow, Sunday, 20 June 2021 20:33 (two years ago) link
was thinking of her anyway, having seen her four Alfred Hitchcock performances, one on Presents, three on Hour.
― dow, Sunday, 20 June 2021 20:36 (two years ago) link
when i'm 94 i will also sleep with a huge chunk of sausage under my pillow
― mark s, Sunday, 20 June 2021 20:55 (two years ago) link
Don't forget the revolver, and/or Revolver---tomorrow never knows.
― dow, Sunday, 20 June 2021 21:01 (two years ago) link
Leslie Caron, 90
― Infanta Terrible (j.lu), Monday, 21 June 2021 12:37 (two years ago) link
Sir Derek Jacobi, 82.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 22 June 2021 12:56 (two years ago) link
Gail Halvorsen, who flew US Air Force cargo planes in the 1948 Berlin Airlift, and was much loved in the city for dropping a total of 23 tons of candy to West Berlin children using improvised handkerchief parachutes. Still going strong at the age of 100.
It was gratifying to have many American friends join our celebration of German Armed Forces Day. It was a particular treat to hear from Col. Gail Halvorsen, Berlin's 'Candy Bomber'. During the Airlift, he lifted spirits - it only felt right to send him a care package of our own. pic.twitter.com/1ZC0SB79SI— German Embassy (@GermanyinUSA) June 22, 2021
― Portsmouth Bubblejet, Tuesday, 22 June 2021 16:25 (two years ago) link
There's a recording studio in Berlin called Candy Bomber. Never knew what the name meant until today.
― but also fuck you (unperson), Tuesday, 22 June 2021 16:29 (two years ago) link
I could have swore Morgan Freeman died a few years ago but he didn't.
Keep thinking the same about John Carpenter.
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Tuesday, 22 June 2021 21:39 (two years ago) link
Geez, John Carpenter is only 73! And thankfully finding a lot of happiness in his latest iteration in the band with his son and godson.
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 22 June 2021 21:51 (two years ago) link
Alas, a lifetime of heavy smoking ...
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 22 June 2021 23:00 (two years ago) link
Damon Albarn.
― Are Animated Dads Getting Hotter? (Tom D.), Tuesday, 22 June 2021 23:00 (two years ago) link
Yeah, I hope he's making music for decades more, it must be that some of the directors he is associated with have died that I thought he had too
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Tuesday, 22 June 2021 23:02 (two years ago) link
Carpenter that is
Erno Rubik
― it me, Wednesday, 23 June 2021 23:45 (two years ago) link
UK film director Desmond Davis (Girl With Green Eyes, Smashing Time)
― soref, Thursday, 24 June 2021 08:13 (two years ago) link
Joanne Woodaward
― Its big ball chunky time (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Tuesday, 29 June 2021 22:29 (two years ago) link
-woodward.
Rude of me
James Ivory, 93.
― Are Animated Dads Getting Hotter? (Tom D.), Tuesday, 29 June 2021 22:43 (two years ago) link
Canadian rockabilly singer Ronnie Hawkins, age 86
― Andy the Grasshopper, Tuesday, 29 June 2021 23:11 (two years ago) link
He's gotta make sure Robbie doesn't have the last word.
― Halfway there but for you, Tuesday, 29 June 2021 23:46 (two years ago) link
with Rumsfeld kicking it, I had to double check that, yes, Kissinger is still alive at 98
― rob, Thursday, 1 July 2021 13:41 (two years ago) link
I was going to say Derrida but I looked it up and he's been dead for more than a decade -- missed that
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Thursday, 1 July 2021 13:54 (two years ago) link
is there a "people you didn't realise were dead" thread?
― A viking of frowns, (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Thursday, 1 July 2021 14:03 (two years ago) link
I watched Poverty Row noir ‘Strange Illusion’ from 1945 last night and was pleasantly surprised that the actor who played the protagonist is still with us. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Lydon
― Dan Worsley, Thursday, 1 July 2021 14:13 (two years ago) link
Today I learned that director Martin Brest (Beverly Hills Cop, Midnight Run, etc.) has been more or less a recluse since the failure of Gigli. This article was fascinating:
https://web.archive.org/web/20141222232939/http:/www.playboy.com/articles/what-happened-to-director-martin-brest
He's just ... gone.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 2 July 2021 23:11 (two years ago) link
Jackie Joseph, who played "Audrey" in the original 1960 The Little Shop of Horrors and was a regular on The Doris Day Show in the early '70s. (87 yo).
― Josefa, Saturday, 3 July 2021 15:21 (two years ago) link
I knew he was still alive, but it's still worth noting Ahmad Jamal turned 91 yesterday.
― MoMsnet (calzino), Saturday, 3 July 2021 15:26 (two years ago) link
June Lockhart (b. 1925), best known as a TV mom on Lassie and a mom-scientist on Lost In Space.I saw her last night in a small but memorable part in Meet Me In St. Louis (as an east-coast romantic rival who turns out to be good-hearted) and it was driving me crazy who she looked like, until I realized it was Heather Graham on Arrested Development; Graham, of course, appeared in the godawful film version of Lost in Space as the daughter to Mimi Rogers's version of Lockhart's old character. (Lockhart is also in the film, in a cameo as a holographic space principal.)― Newb Sybok (Doctor Casino), Friday, December 22, 2017 12:27 PM (three years ago) bookmarkflaglink
I saw her last night in a small but memorable part in Meet Me In St. Louis (as an east-coast romantic rival who turns out to be good-hearted) and it was driving me crazy who she looked like, until I realized it was Heather Graham on Arrested Development; Graham, of course, appeared in the godawful film version of Lost in Space as the daughter to Mimi Rogers's version of Lockhart's old character. (Lockhart is also in the film, in a cameo as a holographic space principal.)
― Newb Sybok (Doctor Casino), Friday, December 22, 2017 12:27 PM (three years ago) bookmarkflaglink
Still with us at 96 (inspired by a Svengoolie screening of The She-Wolf of London).
― Infanta Terrible (j.lu), Sunday, 4 July 2021 02:35 (two years ago) link
What, no mention of Petticoat Junction?
― Planck Generation (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 4 July 2021 03:39 (two years ago) link
Alfred Brendel, 90.
― Are Animated Dads Getting Hotter? (Tom D.), Sunday, 4 July 2021 19:48 (two years ago) link
Felicia Farr, 88.
― Are Animated Dads Getting Hotter? (Tom D.), Monday, 5 July 2021 14:35 (two years ago) link
Is her husband still alive? Think so.
― Planck Generation (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 5 July 2021 16:46 (two years ago) link
Prepare yourself for a shock, Jack Lemmon is not still alive.
― Are Animated Dads Getting Hotter? (Tom D.), Monday, 5 July 2021 17:20 (two years ago) link
Can't keep track anymore, sorry, so not much of a shock.
― Planck Generation (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 5 July 2021 17:42 (two years ago) link
Herb Alpert: trumpeter, Tijuana Brass impresario, cofounder of A&M Records, and last person to perform the Super Bowl rendition of the national anthem as an instrumental. Still around at 86 - just one of those people who I pictured as already being middle-aged in the mid-60s.
― Bobo Honk, real name, no gimmicks (Doctor Casino), Saturday, 10 July 2021 00:44 (two years ago) link
^^His partner in both A & M and Almo Sounds Jerry Moss is also still kickin' at 86.
― blue whales on ambient (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 10 July 2021 00:59 (two years ago) link
Herb Alpert was the last performer I saw in live performance pre-pandemic, back in December 2019. His wife Lani Hall, from Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66, is still alive as well though a decade or so younger than him. They still have it, I enjoyed seeing the two of them together.
― Josefa, Saturday, 10 July 2021 01:18 (two years ago) link
Trivia question: Only one Super Bowl out of the 55 we've had has NOT featured the singing of the National Anthem. What tune was performed in its place that year and who sang it (the singer is still alive)?
― Josefa, Saturday, 10 July 2021 01:44 (two years ago) link
*singing or instrumental performance of it, that is
― Josefa, Saturday, 10 July 2021 01:53 (two years ago) link
You guys really should watch that Herb Alpert documentary. It's fully a mood booster. He's such a wholesome, joyful dude.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Saturday, 10 July 2021 04:42 (two years ago) link