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

At work today, someone started saying, "The late Stanley Baxter..." and I was like woah there!

roger corman, 96

he seems to be a fixture in this thread lol. go roger!

Brian Glanville, 91.

He is still writing, mostly obituaries of old footballers. I love this one on the old Juventus footballer, later director (possibly corrupt ofc), and politician.

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2021/jun/20/giampiero-boniperti-obituary

Sly Stone, 79

Petula Clark turned 90 in November.

George Foreman, a mere 81.

an 81 year old boxer is like the longevity equivalent of a 160 year old person who never got hit in the head for a living

GASMS

Judith Chalmers, 87.

Kenneth Anger turned 96 yesterday.

Patricia Routledge, 94 today

Happy 94th birthday to Patricia Routledge. Seen here showcasing her Tony Award winning singing talents on the 1973 album – Presenting Patricia Routledge pic.twitter.com/lTh49uZsBf

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Ray Reardon, 90.

Eric Bogle, writer of "And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda" and "No Man's Land" / "The Green Fields of France" / "Willie McBride"

In 2009, Bogle told an audience in Weymouth that he had read about a girl who had been presented with a copy of the song by then prime minister Tony Blair, who called it "his favourite anti-war poem". According to Bogle, the framed copy of the poem credited him, but stated that he had been killed in World War I.

What a photo

Dick Van Dyke, 97, says ‘beautiful young wife half my age’ keeps me going https://t.co/C0OXXOU6Pt pic.twitter.com/n9STIoWAQ8

— New York Post (@nypost) February 20, 2023

Waheeda Rehman.

Guy Roux.

Leotyne Price, 96

Leontyne, even

Barbara Bain, 91.

Catherine Robbe-Grillet, 92 (last spotted, by me anyway, in the video for "Brando" by Scott Walker/Sunn O))) )

Joss Ackland

― Michael Jones, Saturday, 8 February 2020 23:19 (one year ago) bookmarkflaglink

Still with us, 93. He just popped up in the film, "Seven Days From Noon" earlier... that's "Seven Days From Noon" from 1950!

― Someone left a space telescope out in the rain (Tom D.), Friday, 21 January 2022 19:39 (one year ago) bookmarkflaglink

now 95 as he has a leap-year-day birthday (so actually that make him a limber 24)

the beared photos that google throws up are startling and nearly terrifying (but i still somewhat confuse him with jess yates)

bearded but also beared

Dick Van Dyke crashes his car into a gate in Malibu

The 97-year-old is said to have lost control of the wheel of his Lexus over wet streets in Malibu, California, recently drenched by rain.

Bruised and bloodied, the Mary Poppins star appears to have only suffered "minor injuries", police said.

Somebody has a beard? (xp)

Don't want to be ageist at all, but I wonder if it's wise for Dick Van Dyke to be driving any other car than Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang

i mean the cursed and sinister IRL car fleming based CCBB on had a bodycount so

buried at midnight in an unmarked grave in 1927 but today walks* among us once more (and hence belongs in this thread)

*is on show in a museum

Diagnosis: fender bender

another happy birthday to a thread MVP, John Astin, celebrating 93 years

<3

Happy 97th, Peter Marshall! Circle gets the square.

Lee Grant, age unknown

Her date of birth is October 31, but the year is disputed, with all years ranging from 1925 to 1931 having been given as her year of birth at some point; however, census data, travel manifests, and testimony suggest that she was born in 1925 or 1926, while Grant's stated ages at the time of her professional debut and Oscar nomination indicate she was born in 1927.

Tinto Brass, 90.

Tangent but Seven Days From Noon rules.

Wiliam Daniels, who played Dustin Hoffman's dad in The Graduate and was the voice of "KITT" in '80s show Knight Rider, just celebrated his 96th birthday. He has been married to his wife, actress Bonnie Bartlett, for over 71 years.

Shirley Jones turned 89 on Friday

Was she ever in a movie with Julie Andrews, 87?

At this stage of her life is there much point in Lee Grant lying about her age? Dunno, maybe she's forgotten herself.

Joan Plowright, 93.

She’s on telly right now in Olivier’s 1970 film of Three Sisters.

Roger Corman

― it me, Friday, August 24, 2018 2:08 AM (four years ago) bookmarkflaglink

97 today.

John P. Allen (biosphere guy), 93.

trying to think which 50s musicians (that actually had hits in the 50s) are still alive. So far I've come up with:

* Tony Bennett
* Connie Francis
* Shirley Bassey
* Paul Anka
* Cliff Richard (& Hank)
* Jerry Keller
* Tommy Steele
* Frankie Avalon
* Craig Douglas
* Jane Morgan
* Santo & Johnny

I immediately thought of Frank Ifield, but he didn't really have any success outside Australia until 1960. Still, I think he counts.

Not hitmakers as such, but the following musician-composers who made their mark in the '50s (or '40s!) are still around:

Sonny Rollins
Roy Haynes
Benny Golson
Lou Donaldson

Might Sparrow (Slinger Francisco) still singing like a bird at 87

Frank Ifield is spiritually very much a musician of the 50s, yes.

I think Petula Clark too - she might even have had a hit in the '40s, had the UK charts existed then!

Petula Clark is the first one I thought of, she certainly recorded and released material in the 40s.

How could I forget Petula?