Forgot about Bud Grant--I wonder if fictional Minnesota newsperson Lou Grant was named after him.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 8 December 2021 04:27 (two years ago) link
They had the same color hair
― Josefa, Wednesday, 8 December 2021 04:33 (two years ago) link
Oh wait, I'm thinking of Ted Baxter
― Josefa, Wednesday, 8 December 2021 04:34 (two years ago) link
I wonder how many times Roger Corman has been mentioned in this thread? Still alive, 95.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 8 December 2021 22:52 (two years ago) link
JLL gets me every single time
― caddy lac brougham? (will), Wednesday, 8 December 2021 23:16 (two years ago) link
He's THE KILLER, not the killee
― Andy the Grasshopper, Wednesday, 8 December 2021 23:32 (two years ago) link
Jerry Lee Lewis is cousins with fellow ivory-tinklers Jimmy Swaggart & Mickey Gilley, both of which are still with us - 86 & 85 respectively
― Andy the Grasshopper, Wednesday, 8 December 2021 23:36 (two years ago) link
my mom’s folks (s. Mississippi) all lived well into their 90s and like it just defies all science and reason
― caddy lac brougham? (will), Wednesday, 8 December 2021 23:46 (two years ago) link
So many hip-hop legends:
Melle Mel (a mere 60)Afrika Bambaataa (64)Kurtis Blow (62)Arthur Baker (66)Grandmaster Flash (63)Fab Five Freddy (62)Kool Moe Dee (59)Doug E. Fresh (55)All the members of the Funky 4+1 (afaict; at least one of them was hospitalized with covid in 2020) And many more. Which is great!
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 9 December 2021 17:03 (two years ago) link
do you understand life expectancy
― mookieproof, Thursday, 9 December 2021 20:16 (two years ago) link
for life expectancy add four plus one
― mark s, Thursday, 9 December 2021 20:21 (two years ago) link
Yeah, but there are all sorts of reasons people die young, especially those who found fleeting fame 40 years ago. I mean, how much drugs do you think Arthur Baker did? (Answer: a lot. "I was 100 pounds overweight, taking cocaine every night and a really heavy drinker,” Baker told Melody Maker.)
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 9 December 2021 20:23 (two years ago) link
And also, as far as general life expectancy goes, I mean, Robbie Shakespeare was just a few years older than most of those dudes, and he just died, so ...
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 9 December 2021 20:27 (two years ago) link
Sheldon Harnick, "Fiddler on the Roof" lyricist, 97.
― When Smeato Met Moaty (Tom D.), Thursday, 9 December 2021 20:28 (two years ago) link
Fiddler on the Roof of Life Expectancy.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 9 December 2021 20:29 (two years ago) link
Yeah, but there are all sorts of reasons people die young
got it: 'no'
― mookieproof, Thursday, 9 December 2021 20:34 (two years ago) link
Nehemiah Persoff still going at 102. Sadly his wife died this year after 70 years of marriage.
― When Smeato Met Moaty (Tom D.), Thursday, 9 December 2021 20:38 (two years ago) link
I knew this would be your post.
― tvod+ (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 9 December 2021 20:50 (two years ago) link
bridget riley, 90 years old god bless her
― o shit the sheriff (NickB), Friday, 10 December 2021 13:55 (two years ago) link
Louis Farrakhan, 88
― Alba, Saturday, 11 December 2021 12:09 (two years ago) link
fantasy dinnerparties: caril ann fugate, jerry lee lewis, bridget riley, louis farrakhan
― mark s, Saturday, 11 December 2021 12:20 (two years ago) link
Plot twist: Bridget Riley turns out to be the real killer
― Alba, Saturday, 11 December 2021 12:23 (two years ago) link
Bridget Riley is an op
― calzino, Saturday, 11 December 2021 12:29 (two years ago) link
https://c.tenor.com/d2V5XMzWlvoAAAAC/delete-this-sonic-the-hedgehog.gif
― mark s, Saturday, 11 December 2021 12:40 (two years ago) link
Peter Blake, 89
― Alba, Saturday, 11 December 2021 14:50 (two years ago) link
I've always been more surprised that he was famous, he's just a bang average illustrator in my rude opinion!
― calzino, Saturday, 11 December 2021 14:52 (two years ago) link
Not famous famous but kinda
I had a fascinating conversation with Nuria Schoenberg-Nono today. It will be up on my podcast soon, and perhaps also as a YouTube video. pic.twitter.com/5RCjxTu34O— Samuel Andreyev (@SamuelAndreyev) December 10, 2021
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 11 December 2021 15:46 (two years ago) link
She's famous to me.
― When Smeato Met Moaty (Tom D.), Saturday, 11 December 2021 15:55 (two years ago) link
Yoko Ono’s first two husbands, Toshi Ichiyanagi (88) and Anthony Cox (84-85).
― Alba, Sunday, 12 December 2021 06:22 (two years ago) link
Death of Anne Rice made me realize that Piers Anthony was still alive. 87.
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 12 December 2021 14:34 (two years ago) link
Robert R McCammon is 69, i guess i thought he was a lot older.
― When Young Sheldon began to rap (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 14 December 2021 03:43 (two years ago) link
Alan Dobie, ubiquitous actor on UK TV in the 60s and 70s, 89.
― When Smeato Met Moaty (Tom D.), Saturday, 18 December 2021 14:37 (two years ago) link
bell hooks either a day or several hours before her death was announced.Happen to be reading her quite a bit and have several other titles ordered so wanted to know if I'd missed any of the good ones and then found out that she was still apparently alive when i thought she was already gone for a while. Next thing I heard she's gone. I think Chris Haskett was the first place I heard it from.
― Stevolende, Saturday, 18 December 2021 14:47 (two years ago) link
rompin ronnie hawkins !!
― mark s, Saturday, 18 December 2021 21:07 (two years ago) link
was about to argue and realized you weren't talking about connie hawkins
― When Young Sheldon began to rap (forksclovetofu), Sunday, 19 December 2021 02:48 (two years ago) link
Yes https://t.co/XYjMn9zj2A— Al Green (@algreen) December 19, 2021
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Sunday, 19 December 2021 18:32 (two years ago) link
dele alli
― fix up luke shawp (darraghmac), Sunday, 19 December 2021 18:49 (two years ago) link
lol
― Vanishing Point (Chinaski), Sunday, 19 December 2021 22:11 (two years ago) link
glynis johns, who played the mother in mary poppins, is 94She's also one of the handful of still-alive villains from the Batman TV series. Iirc, the others are John Astin, Joan Collins, Barbara Rush, and Julie Newmar (and Lee Meriwether, if you count the movie).
― Making Plans For Sturgill (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, July 13, 2018 8:04 AM (three years ago)
All still alive!
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Monday, 20 December 2021 07:27 (two years ago) link
Monsignor Bruce Kent, 92.
― When Smeato Met Moaty (Tom D.), Monday, 20 December 2021 12:06 (two years ago) link
Where are you seeing that?
― Alba, Monday, 20 December 2021 13:02 (two years ago) link
Oh whoops - thought this was obituary thread! Not for the first time
― Alba, Monday, 20 December 2021 13:03 (two years ago) link
:-O
― When Smeato Met Moaty (Tom D.), Monday, 20 December 2021 13:06 (two years ago) link
Estelle Parsons, 94
― Josefa, Tuesday, 21 December 2021 04:01 (two years ago) link
Father Abraham, 86
Started the Smurfs on their way, they split from him and he went on to make some right wing pop tunes
― Mark G, Wednesday, 22 December 2021 19:40 (two years ago) link
great now i have that song from Sunday School in my head
― I Am Fribbulus (Xax) (Doctor Casino), Wednesday, 22 December 2021 20:20 (two years ago) link
The Drudge Report. (Resumed watching FX's Impeachment.)
― clemenza, Friday, 24 December 2021 01:11 (two years ago) link
Leslie Phillips
― Chunky Backgammon (onimo), Monday, January 1, 2018 5:45 AM (four years ago) bookmarkflaglink
Watching an old ep of Midsomer murders and find to my surprise he is still alive. 97
― 《Myst1kOblivi0n》 (jim in vancouver), Monday, 3 January 2022 00:30 (two years ago) link
Gary Player.
― I Can't See Gervais In My Mind (Tom D.), Monday, 3 January 2022 00:39 (two years ago) link
... and Neil Coles.
― I Can't See Gervais In My Mind (Tom D.), Monday, 3 January 2022 00:40 (two years ago) link