Celebrities you're surprised are still alive

Courtney Love.

Keith Richards, Eva Marie Saint, Betty White, Liza Minnelli.

Bob Barker

I could have sworn that Wilford Brimley was already dead.

I guess I was wrong since he just passed.

Charlie Sheen.

Connie Francis. We were channel surfing last night and there was a commercial for one of those Time Life music collections with a C.F. song playing. My husband bet me that she was still alive and I said no way. Obviously I lost.

R4 Not only was I wrong, too, your post is the first I've read about his death.

I used to love Nancy Olson! From Polyanna and The Absent-Minded Professor... Well, I as young.

*was young

Gina Lollobridgida, still alive at 93.

I think it's cute that OP thinks Nancy Olson is a "celebrity."

Tony Dow

Jerry Mathers

Gale Gordon

I'm surprised those technicolor twins Rhonda Fleming and Arlene Dahl are still alive.

And Eva Marie Saint, Cara Williams, Jane Withers and Carleton Carpenter.

I was stunned when I heard the news that Dame Vera Lynn died. I thought she had gone a long time ago.

Joey Heatherton

Gale Gordon, R12?

[quote] Tony Dow, Jerry Mathers

Throw in Tim Considine (the oldest son on "My Three Sons.") The Livingston brothers are still with us, too, but Don Grady is not.

The Everly Brother that's still alive.

Norman Lloyd wins.

Don Murray. Is he the last surviving co-star of Marilyn Monroe?

G

I mean 7 loses. I'd jump.

Cher--she is proof cosmetic surgery revitalizes people.

R19 Here, I guess George Chakiris is also a surviving co-star of Marilyn's. Although he was a mere chorusboy. However, I wouldn't include him in this thread. It doesn't surprise me that George Chakiris is still alive at 85, for some reason.

Betty.

Roberta McCain, John McCain's 108-year-old mother. She was born before the Titanic sank!

R19, Mitzi Gaynor's still around.

I just watched Chuck Yeager on an 80s episode of THE TONIGHT SHOW and looked him up. He is still kicking at 97.

Cara Williams

Dan Quayle is still alive. Surprising because you never hear about him

Lohan.

r24 wow. Had no idea.

Sad that she's had to bury two of her three children. I would never want to live to be that old. She's essentially the only one left of her generation.

My grandmother lived to be 102. She had seven siblings (close-knit Italian family) and her last sibling died over ten years before her. She was the only one left, and it was very lonely for her.

Walter Mondale

Helen Lawson. Even after being poisoned (twice) and shot. She’s a modern Rasputin.

Aaron Carter

Nancy Olson (Betty) has great Sunset Boulevard stories on YouTube.

Norman "St. Elsewhere" Lloyd, 105!

Tila Tequila

I made a nasty comment about Joanne Woodward's looks, which prompted me to Google what she looked like when she was younger. During my research I was shocked to find out she's still alive...and upon Olivia de Havilland's death she became the oldest Best Actress winner (who's still alive).

I like the "six degrees" type of connections that great age makes possible. Olson did not appear in the scene with Keaton, Nilsson, Warner, and Swanson but she's connected to that era by virtue of being in the film. The "waxworks" in a way to connect Olson to very early film history. I always hope that young people are wise enough to listen to their elderly family members to get stories.

Similarly, Prince Charles' great-grandmother Queen Mary was the great-granddaughter of King George III. I know it sounds weird, but I always wonder if P Charles remembers Q Mary telling him stories of the royal family that she knew as a child.

Dick Van Dyke and Jackie Stallone (Sylvester Stallone's mother).

Marge Champion is 100.

Comedian Jackie Mason is still alive. He's currently 92 years old.

Donald Trump

Ozzy Osbourne

John Astin

Why are you people not posting pictures of the people you’re posting? Why? Why can’t you at least be considerate of others to post a picture of the people? Did you ever think that maybe not everyone knows who these fucking people are right off the bat? Did you? Did your ever stop for one minute of your filthy selfish little lives to think of others and to think they may not know who these people are without a picture?

Many of these people smoked like chimneys, ate anything and never exercised a day of their lives. It's weird how former professional and Olympic athletes rarely, if ever, live to such an advanced age.

I fantasize about Helen Merrill recording Wedding Bell Blues (since it was written about her).

It could still happen.

We need to work on her. Fast.

Thanks R34! What treasures!

Janis Paige, the original star of "The Pajama Game" on Broadway, is still alive at 97.

I think Janis Paige doesn't get enough love. She was one of Fred's great dance partners. Ginger was elegant, Rita was ravishing, but when Janis did Stereophonic Sound (from Silk Stockings) with him she kept up and spurred him on. I don't love the late '50s choreography generally as it's trying to incorporate Fosse-like moves (without Fosse).

R45 Jesus. Just google them. We are no under obligation to cater to you.

Barbara Walters. Of course, she may be dead and no one is saying,

Two actors in Dallas. William Smithers who played Jeremy Wendell (93 years old) and Priscilla Pointer (96 )who played Rebecca Wentworth.

Here is a less blurry version.

92. Still performing.

Olivia de....Ooops

Joe Biden

Queen Elizabeth

Prince Charles

Harry Belafonte and Sidney Poitier

[quote]Polyanna

And her sister they kept in a small room beneath the stairs, Polyvinyl.

Pat Suzuki turns 90 next month

Nancy Olson was married to Alan Jay Lerner at the time he and Frederick Loewe wrote the score for MY FAIR LADY. They divorced shortly thereafter, in 1957.

Legendary opera diva Leontyne Price, now 93 years old.

Beverly Cleary how in the Beezus is that bitch still alive?

I'm a huge Keith Richards fan but the man should have been dead 50 years ago. He just recently gave up drinking and smoking so he'll probably be dead in another year. My grandmother did the same thing at 93 and she was gone in 6 months. Just saying.

Dick Cavett

Harry Belafonte

Cher's mom

I remember being surprised when Burt Reynolds died in 2018. I thought he'd been dead for at least 20 years.

Nancy Kwan is still hanging in there at 81

R69, So am I.

Asia's Queen of Song, Pilita Corrales, also 81.

Ann Blyth

Jane Powell

R71 Speaking of Filipinas, that reminds me...

Imelda Marcos

Jean-Louis Trintignant

Jean-Paul Belmondo

Julie Andrews, Alice Ghostly and Kay Ballard are all still alive and kicking.

Nana Mouskouri

[quote]Julie Andrews, Alice Ghostly and Kay Ballard are all still alive and kicking.

Well, you got one out of three right.

R77, "Kay" Ballard may be alive, but the only thing beloved lesbian entertainer Kaye Ballard is kicking is the dirt... from six feet under, since January 21, 2019.

And Alice GhostlEy has been a ghost since 2007, dimwit.

Keith Richard

Pat Boone

Gale Gordon

Buck Taylor (Newly from Gunsmoke)

Do we really have to play this game?

All right.

I admit I would have expected the shame of failure to have killed off one person I could think of if I took the time to do so.

Daddy.

Pig Fat Ass.

Brigitte Bardot

Alain Delon

Almost 89-year-old Barbara Eden. I'm sure she's the last surviving cast member from I Dream of Jeannie.

Annette Funicello and Frankie Avalon

Annette died in 2013 of MS but Frankie still alive (and married to the same woman since 1963)

r82 Gale Gordon died 25 years ago.

Evil ass Rupert Murdoch is still alive. A foreigner who was allowed to help destroy America.

Bob Barker, who i think Joe Biden looks like by the way, LOL.

Speaking of evil guys.....Dick Cheney.

The first men who went to the moon: Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins.

She did, R91?!

Gale Gordon is a man R96.

I know, R97, I was being puckish, in the spirit of one not knowing he had died so long ago.

Joyce Randolph the actress who played Trixie Norton on The Honeymooner's is still kicking at 95 years old.

R88: she looks like hell--I'll bet she regrets that cheek work.

Micheline Presle

Recently, I was curious to discover if Donovan was still alive. Yes, he still is.

R100 the circa 1960 nose work ain’t so hot either .

Two of the biggest Italian bombshells are still alive. Sophia Loren and Gina Lollobrigida. You know Sophia. Here’s Gina.

R104 Monica Vitti's still around, too, which actually surprises me because it sounds like she's had Alzheimer's since the late-90s. I didn't realize people could live so long with it.

Claudia Cardinale is still appearing in Italian films. Her first was in 1956, and she's been working steadily ever since, which is more than can be said for Sophia, Gina or Monica.

Kim Novak

R104, see R10.

ALL of the Lohans.

Jim J. Bullock.

Yoko Ono (87 - just did an installation for the Met in NYC).

Maggie Smith (85)

Angela Lansbury. That bitch is 94. Murder she wrote but death she did not!

The ones that amaze me the most for being still alive are Joyce Randolph, Gale Gordon, Gina Lollobrigida, and Bob Barker.

R11

You are reading m thoughts, dear! I heard Miss Davis feels the same about Celeste.

[quote] "Kay" Ballard may be alive, but the only thing beloved lesbian entertainer Kaye Ballard is kicking is the dirt... from six feet under, since January 21, 2019.

In fairness to R77, at one point in her career, on the advice of a numerologist, she changed her billing to 'Kay'

Dosen't Sophia Loren have a new film coming out? I believe I saw paparazzi photos of her in the Dailymail either late 2019 or early 2020 on a film set somewhere, and it was to be a new film she's apart of.

Am I the only one who saw that?

Yes, it's a remake of Madame Rosa. Loren's last theatrical release was Nine in 2009;.

Thanks R114, I thought I remembered something about Sophia doing a new film. It's cool to see someone from that era of Hollywood, still making Movies in today's world especially given the fact that her older films are shown on TCM and various other classics film platforms. This is really cool!

Thanks a lot.

to her own surprise

Miss Jane Fonda

Some of us are creatures of the spring

R28 Dan Quayle is only alive because God is not taking him until he learns how to spell Potatoe.

Barack Obama

I was sure some racist redneck prick would assassinate him when he was the president.

Bob Dole

Pat Buchanan

Pat Boone

R120, it was pointed out in another thread that of the 1976 major party presidential and vice-presidential nominees, 3 of the 4, Jimmy Carter, Walter Mondale, and Bob Dole, are still alive, 44 years later.

JFC !!!!!!! How many times do you have to say it !!!! Gale Gordon is DEAD !!!

He - or at least his death - will be missed, R123.

Larry Storch.

[quote] Larry Storch.

Here's an utterly useless bit of trivia. Larry Storch was the original Sammy Fong in FLOWER DRUM SONG (starring the above mentioned Pat Suzuki). He got the boot in Boston in favor of Larry Blyden (another white guy) who was married to the show's choreographer, Carol Haney (of PAJAMA GAME fame).

Also still alive from that show is handsome Manila-born Patrick Adiarte (78), whom you may remember as Prince Chulalongkorn in THE KING AND I, Ho-Jon in M*A*S*H and his appearance in the Brady Bunch Hawaii episodes, where his tight shorts made this 15 year old feel funny in places he'd not felt funny before (he was 29 in that photo, btw)

Marge Champion and Glynis Johns

I'm surprised Glynis Johns is still alive. She looked old when I watched her on tv back in the 1970s.

Not only is she still alive, but the remarkable Marilyn Maye is performing this weekend in Provincetown. At age 92, she's not going to let a little thing like a global pandemic stop her.

Sly Stone

Estelle Parsons

Joan Collins is 87. She's going to be the new Olivia de Havilland.

Shirley Jones

[quote]Barack Obama

[quote]I was sure some racist redneck prick would assassinate him when he was the president.

I also thought that too. Things in this country have become a lot worse since Trump entered politics and I still have the awful feeling that some black, Hispanic, or minority Democratic politician will be killed by some crazy racist.

[quote] I'm surprised that Nancy Olson (Betty in Sunset Boulevard)

Better know for her co-starring role with Gloria Swanson in Airport-1975

Sly Stone is a good one. Definitely seems like someone who wouldn't have lasted long. It is surprising to see that Estelle Parsons, Gale Gordon and Glynis Johns (!) are still with us, but Joan Collins still looks great for her age.

Gale Gordon is DEAD R136.

Oh dear r137!! Oops a daisy by r136! I 😁😲

Clu Gulager

Peter Mark Richman

I'm sorry to hear about Gale Gordon.

All the Knots Landing broads.

Donna Mills

Michelle Phillips

Michele Lee

Joan Van Ark

And Constance McCashin.

Has anyone told Vivian Vance about Gale Gordon’s transition?

I forgot. Am I among the living or did I finally kick the bucket?

Fish sleeps with the Luca Brasis.

r142 Weren't there rumours that Joan Van Ark sadly looked very ill and unhealthily skinny in recent years?

I have wondered about Shirley Jones health. You still saw her working a few years ago, but I remember noticing there was not seeing her or hearing a comment from when David Cassidy died (unless Susan Dey was threatening her) and I don't think I have seen her since then.

Loretta Lynn has lasted longer than many feared after her serious health problems back in 2017.

Warren Beatty

Oh ? r150 You thought maybe his promiscuity may have harmed his health?

How did we miss Iris Apfel's 99th birthday last Saturday?

Iris looks fabulous.

Lindsay Lohan.

R152 Who can be surprised that she's lived this long? She's fabulous!!

Magic Johnson. Didn't he get AIDS decades ago when people were dropping like flies? Is he really magic?

Rush Limbaugh. DIE ALREADY.

"Didn't he get AIDS decades ago when people were dropping like flies?"

Look how long Larry Kramer lived

I wonder if bandleader / trumpeter Ray Anthony is still doing the Hokey Pokey at age 98.

I recently saw a current picture of Ms Olson and my first thought was that she had really aged well and that she must have gotten some first class dick over the years. Lucky bitch!

Clarissa Eden

Nehemiah Persoff -- 101 years old.

Bob Dole

Walter Mondale

Roger Mudd

Wow, R162, that one was completely under the radar. I had no idea he was still alive.

R159, Ray Anthony and ex-wife Mamie Van Doren are both alive and kicking. I wonder if they still get together for some ex-sex.

NY weatherman Frank Field. Born in 1923.

Most of these old timers never lived “healthy” as we know today. They drank, smoked, ate what they liked and many never exercised or set foot in a gym.

Catherine Deneuve’s mother Renee Simonot turns 109 years young next week!

She voiced Olivia De Havilland for French dubbing.

Shannon Doherty seems to be hanging in there since things looked pretty grim a few years ago.

"They drank, smoked, ate what they liked and many never exercised or set foot in a gym."

Ate what they liked? We're talking about showbiz people. They certainly dieted.

The French woman that knew Van Gogh and died at 117 and bragged about smoking, drinking, never exercising and putting "olive oil on all my food".

Jeanne Calment

Today’s resident critic Gene Shalit is 94. Weatherman Willard Scott is 86. He’s hoping he makes it to 2034 so he can see his face on a Smucker’s jelly jar.

Actor L.Q. Jones. Huge career. 93 years old.

He is one of those people R175 where you don't know his name, but you know the face.

Barbara Rush and Gena Rowlands.

Michael York. He's been ill for a long time.

Topol

George Segal

R172/173, Jeanne Calment, who lived to 122, not a mere 117, owns the record for the longest verified life.

Aliza Kashi

Lindsay Lohan

Mick Jagger

Chubby Checker

Tony Bennett, Cleo Laine, Burt Bacharach and Phyllis McGuire

Henry Kissinger

Tom Skerritt

As a little gayling I used to hide Beverly Cleary's books in between more boy-appropriate books when I came home from the library.

Dear Beverly is still with us at age 104

Engelbert Humperdinck is 84 and is still performing. I thought he had died years ago.

Pierre Cardin (98)

R175, he started out as one of Henry Wilsson's boys. Wonder if he had to put out.

I'm surprised that Frankie Avalon (who REALLY kept his looks for a long time), Butch Patrick, Billy Gray, Dwayne Hickman, Gale Gordon and Warren Beatty are still around.

Fellow Baby Boomers will fondly remember Gloria Henry as Dennis' mother in TV's DENNIS THE MENACE (1959-1963) .

She's still alive at 97 (as is Jay North, age 69)

R191 Gale Gordon passed away years ago. Perhaps you have him confused with Gale Storm.

Gale Storm passed away in 2009 R193.

Thank God Vivian Vance is still with us.

R194 WHAT??

[quote] Mitzi Gaynor's still around.

Happy 89th, Mitz

I was going to mention Zizi Jeanmaire but I see she died in July at the age of 96.

BUT Tiana Elg is still with us at 90.

I can’t believe that Beverly Cleary is 104!

But she’s got another decade before she can catch Gale Gordon, who, according to Wikipedia, is 114 - and counting!

Speaking of frequent Lucille Ball collaborators, comic actress Carole Cook is still with us at 96.

Two years ago she drew attention for wishing someone would assassinate the current president.

That’s a feisty nonagenarian.

I wonder if ILL would have been as successful with Gale Gordon and Bea Benadaret as the Mertzes.

Beverly Cleary should be the new Olivia de Havilland

Gale Gordon should really write a book. I bet he has a lot of good stories to tell about working with Lucy all those years.

I love Carole Cook's line: "Where's John Wilkes Booth when you need him?"

[quote]I love Carole Cook's line: "Where's John Wilkes Booth when you need him?"

She should know -- she probably dated him.

[quote] I love Carole Cook's line: "Where's John Wilkes Booth when you need him?"

A few years ago Carole and her husband Tom Troupe (still kicking at 92) were on the Frank DeCaro radio show. They were both sharp and funny, and Carole is as salty as ever.

Britney Spears and Courtney Love. This body language expert did an analysis on Brit's nonverbal communication, what he concluded is interesting. Her "team" volunteered her to perform even on her birthday.

Richard Simmons. It's been years since he's been in public. I still feel ambivalent about his bizarre schtick. Cute or creepy?

DL logic:

Someone who wants to assassinate Trump is "feisty" and "salty", see R201 and R207. But, the much less likely scenario---the assassination of a minority politician, has R119 and R134 cowering in concern and fear. LOL.

May Britt

Kim Novak

R210: there's a difference between punching up and punching down. There's also a difference between having a coherent thought and being atroll.

Rhonda Fleming, Norman Lloyd and Cindy Adams.

R210, my mother, in her mid-eighties, stayed at Thanksgiving dinner that she wished someone would assassinate djt as all the grandchildren looked on.

That is where we are.

I would be afraid of the violence that would erupt if that did happen.

Otherwise, I don’t care how he goes out, so long as he goes.

R210 Agreed, the hypocrisy is quite something.

Some dictators need to be taken out R215.

R210 and R215 were part of Hitler Youth.

Gene Hackman.

Yes, great example. I continually forget Gene Hackman is still alive R218.

R217 knows she's lost the argument.

Trump.

Where's the assault rifle when you really need one?

R220, I wasn't categorizing this as an "argument". Obviously there's hyprocrisy if we simplify the entire subject into whether it's wrong to kill anyone. But if there's any retribution left in this godforsaken place,Trump will get his. That's all any of us can hope for in whatever form.

Back to the thread topic--Michael Constantine, Jimmy Lydon,, Marisa Pavan, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Tom Robbins

Buster Crabbe

He died in 1983 R223.

Buster looks amazing at 112.

Still hot.

Anna Marie Alberghetti

Rupert Murdoch

His media promotes and sustains Trump.

Not only that R228, but that he has been married to Jerry Hall for 4 years.

I checked out of this thread for a bit. Come back to find two queens arguing about Trump.

Never change, DL.

Robert Colbert.

Cicely Tyson, 95

I'm surprised Cicely Tyson is 95. I assumed she was at least 10 years younger.

Joan Darling

Beverly Cleary is age 104

Catherine Deneuve with all her smoking.

Robert Clary (94).

Tyson shaved a decade off her age for many years. She admitted this when she was doing "Trip to Bountiful" on Broadway. She was great by the way--much more subtle than Geraldine Page was in the film.

Not only is Catherine Deneuve still alive, but so is her mother (aged 108).

Bob Crane

Princess Alexandra

Mitzi Gaynor

Don Murray

Arlene Dahl

Betty White

Alex Trebec

Lindsey Lohan

Prince Philip

Walter Mondale and the Carters

George Maharis turned 92 last week.

Kate McKinnon

Phillip looks like he's decomposing already.

To be fair, Philip does look not only unwell but close to death, but he’s 99 years old. He will probably survive another three or four Twitter death hoaxes though.

"Li'l Abner" Peter Palmer

I didn't know that about Robert Clary!

George Chakiris .

[quote] Someone who wants to assassinate Trump is "feisty" and "salty", see [R201] and [R207]. But, the much less likely scenario---the assassination of a minority politician, has [R119] and [R134] cowering in concern and fear. LOL.

My comment about Carole Cook being 'salty' referred to her bawdy stories on a radio show which aired years before Trump was even elected. In no way was I advocating violence. My wish is for Trump to live long enough to be held accountable for his crimes, go to jail, and see the Trump name forever associated with corruption and failure

R251 Yeah, that happened 30 years ago in 1990 when he would have been a Datalounge-young 64.

I was about to put Dino De Laurentiis, but it turns out he died in 2010. I'll go with Roger Corman.

That hot, hairy Tarzan, Mike Henry.

John Astin and Cousin Itt (Felix Silla)

Some of the 'old' game show hosts like Bob Barker, Wink Martindale, and Peter Marshall.

Lee Grant. She'll be ~95 next month. She makes an appearance in an indie flick coming out this month. (Killian & The Comeback Kids)

[quote]Joey Heatherton

Okay, that one shocks me, I would have sworn she died a couple of years after Cry-Baby, where she looked to be 80 years old.

R259 that’s not Grant.

Wow. Amazed John Astin is still with us. Thanks R257.

R243 Alex Trebec turned 80 in July. The odds were very much against him celebrating that milestone birthday because of his pancreatic cancer but his most recent treatments have allowed his cancer to go into remission.

No, R240, Bob Crane was murdered over 40 years ago,

Perma-hunk Gale Gordon.

^ That picture in the attic isn’t working like it used to, though.

Hal Holbrook

June Lockhart

Ed Asner Gavin McLeod Bernie Koppel

R237, Robert Clary came to my junior high school back in the 1980s to speak about the Holocaust (he survived Buchenwald), and presented a graphic documentary that made my stomach turn and gave me nightmares for weeks. I got his autograph, but not being a Hogan's Heroes fan (my sister watched the reruns all the time), and considering the circumstances of our interaction, it wasn't exactly a thrill. Nevertheless, I'm surprised he's still alive, and good for him for having a long life despite that horror of an experience.

Helen Gallagher

R261 The photo at R259 came from Lee's own Facebook page, where she put it up last December as her "Happy Holidays!" post, telling her fans:

[quote] It’s been great to see so many of you at Film Forum this fall. I’ll be back for more films in the new year, until then, Happy Holidays!

You can see the Film Forum bag in her hand. They'd being honoring Grant with a retrospective of her films during the Fall of 2019, and she'd been participating in Q&A sessions with the audience after many of them. This was going to continue into 2020.

Maria Riva is 95

Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev

Gale Gordon owns this thread.

R274: Too bad he's dead as a door nail.

Robert Wagner

The thing about Robert Wagner is that he's featured on the cover of some supermarket tablioid about two or three times a year, so one is reminded that he's still alive and kicking.

Pat Priest.

Bob barker

Rona Barrett isn't that old, but she just seems like someone from a different age for some reason. I thought she was very glamorous when I was young.

r277 True but by surprise I mean more in the sense that 10 20 years ago I wouldn't have predicted or thought he'd still be alive at 90.

Not sure if celebrity is the right description: Ethel Kennedy.

Hal Holbrook

Handsome TV actor Robert Brown (Here Come the Brides, Perry Mason, Primus) is 94

R284, so all 3 Bolt brothers from Here Comes The Brides are still with us? I wonder if Biddy is, too?

Norman Lloyd

Someone who wants to assassinate Trump is "feisty" and "salty", see [R201] and [R207]. But, the much less likely scenario---the assassination of a minority politician, has [R119] and [R134] cowering in concern and fear. LOL. Not hypocrisy at all. Someone who is evil, who is responsible for 200,000 deaths and counting, who is dismantling a democratic country, and because of their actions are bringing about climate disaster, it's normal one would want them gone one way or the other. Just like one would with any evil force in the world. Trump can't be reasoned with, he is beyond repair, and with his evil nature just pulls everything down with him. The other politicians mentioned aren't like that. Anyone who can't see that at this point needs to check their moral compass, their is something wrong with it if they can't see the difference.

Back to Nancy Olson. . .In 1974 I was a lovely and precocious 18 yr. old living in the guest house of writer/actor George Furth. He was working on the movie "Airport 75" with Ms. Olson. In spite of his own success as a writer ( "Company"), George was a big name-dropper and mentioned her name in passing, not thinking I'd know who she was. Of course, I knew who she was! He went on to tell me she thought she had been forgotten by my generation. Turns out Ms. Olson maintained her figure by avoiding the craft table on set in favor of her homemade Endive salad. She gave George a taste and told him to give her a call if he wanted the recipe. Using this recipe as an excuse George called her and handed the phone off to me, telling her I was his cook. She relayed the recipe (torn not chopped endive leaves and crushed cranberries, as I recall) in under 5 min. and we spent the next hour talking about the making of Sunset Blvd. Thus a tentative friendship was born. George took me to the "Airport 75" set to meet her. She in turn invited me to go with her to a party at Rudi Gernrichs house. Unbeknownst to me, she had spoken to Mr. Gernrich about me, thinking I would be the "exotic" model type he was in search of for his "unisex" line of clothes. Thus a short and not very profitable side-carrier was born. My budding friendship with Ms. Olsen came to a screeching halt when she tried to push her newfound fellowship in the Church of Scientology on me. An intelligent, naive, and sophisticated lady of many contradictions, I believe the secret of Ms. Olsons longevity is Endive Salad, two homosexual husbands and genetics.

Karen Morrow is still around at 83. I saw her blow the roof off in the Long Beach production of FOLLIES back in 1990

Stories like r288 are why I come to the Data Lounge.

Last week we lost Tommy DeVito (bottom row, far right), one of the original Four Seasons, to the coronavirus at age 92 but Frankie Valli (86, bottom row, second from left) ) and Bob Gaudio (77, bottom row, second from right) are still around. The Bob Gaudio character was portrayed by big-dicked Daniel Reichard (top row, second from right) in the original production of JERSEY BOYS

I didn't know Bob Gaudio was handsome. Is he a heterosexual?

[quote] I didn't know Bob Gaudio was handsome. Is he a heterosexual?

In the play he's portrayed as straight. I got his autograph one night when I noticed him at the back of the theater (I only knew him because I'd seen him on the Tony Awards). Nice guy, seemed thrilled with their resurgence in popularity,

The younger Gaudio seemed to be going for that Frankie Avalon / Fabian look.

I was thinking about Angie Dickenson in relation to this thread, and coincidentally learned she turned 89 TODAY.

That led to Earl Holliman, who turned 92 a few weeks ago. Back when the Sherman Oaks Galleria was a thing, my boyfriend and I were standing in line at the mall's movie theatre, and Earl and his two twinks were in front of us. .. lol!

Wasn't Pope Benedict XVI supposed to be at death's door?

The old Nazi is still kicking at 93. I guess neither god nor the devil wants any part of him

97 year-old Henry Kissinger

Kissinger with a successor at Foggy Bottom, George Shultz. whose 100th birthday is in December.

Not only is the epitome of late '60s cool, Herb Alpert still alive at 85, there is a documentary about him premiering tomorrow, October 1 ('Herb Albert Is...')

Who knew?

In the late '60s an older cousin gave me a copy of 'What Now My Love' because I played the trumpet in the school band. Not only was I obsessed with the music, I was obsessed with the cover. Not only was Alpert was talented and sexy, he seemed to be completely uninterested in that cheap floozy who was hanging all over him.

Happy 85th birthday Johnny Mathis, you big ol' queen

Oldest BRADY child, Barry Williams, is 66 today.

The photo is from 1972 during the Hawaii episode.

I'd forgotten that Pope Ratzo was still alive. I'll bet Pope Frankie would love to officiate at Ratzo's funeral.

Glenn Close - she looked really upset after that seventh Oscar loss. The poor thing even wore a gold dress because she was so confident she was going to win. I believe she was on suicide watch for sometime after that.

She has some new films coming out soon so hopefully one of them will bring her an Oscar. I don't think her mental health could cope with yet another loss.

[quote]Kissinger with a successor at Foggy Bottom, George Shultz. whose 100th birthday is in December.

I wonder what that tiger tattooed on Shultz's ass looks like today. Anyone want to take one for the team and check it out?

Not really a celebrity in the typical sense, but all this talk about Supreme Court justices got me thinking about Sandra Day O'Connor, who's 90 now.

Tippi Hedren

Three actors who showed up on a lot of sit-coms and had series gigs in the Sixties:

Bernie Kopell (Get Smart) - now 87

Ronnie Schnell (Gomer Pyle) - now 88

Larry Storch (F Troop) - now 97

Just saw a promo for tonight's film on public television (In Cold Blood), which reminded me that Robert Blake is still alive (now 87).

I had no idea until I saw a thread about him tonight that Bob Dole is still alive.

I'm the Foggy Bottom now!

F. Lee Bailey

Charo

I recently watched a few Mary Tyler Moore Show episodes on Hulu, and I had to google to see if Ed Asner, Gavin McLeod, and John Amos were still alive, and they are! Ed is 90, Gavin is 89, and John is a young 80.

Marsha Hunt, 103.

Susan Richardson.

Abe Vigoda

Abe Vigoda died in 2016 R315.

R316 = azzhole

R317=idiot

R318 = CuntWitch

I thought Joni Mitchell was a goner a few years ago after her serious illness but she now seems to be stable and out and about up to a certain point.

[quote]Just saw a promo for tonight's film on public television (In Cold Blood), which reminded me that Robert Blake is still alive (now 87).

Which is more than can be said for his second wife.

Keith Richards

Keith Richards

June Lockart

Joni Mitchell

June Lockhart, Keith Richards, Gale Gordon and Joan Baez are the ones that surprise me the most.

[quote]June Lockhart, Keith Richards, Gale Gordon and Joan Baez are the ones that surprise me the most.

You couldn't possibly be more surprised than Gale Gordon, who died 25 years ago.

June Lockhart found that young dick is the secret to long life

Joanne King Herring Davis - 91

Obscure actors are not a surprise R329. Who the hell even knows her?

Elvis

Tatum O'Neal.

Tatum O'Neal.

r330, she's not an actress

Ryan O'Neal

R330, she's not an actress; however, she was played by Julia Roberts in [italic]Charlie Wilson's War[/italic].

Jimmy Carter. I'm glad he's still with us, though!

Richard Gere...

Sorry, only thru half thread. William Shatner?

Alice Ghostly died several years ago.

Dixie Carter, Gary Coleman, Mary Frann, and the girl in the 1982 movie "Savannah Smiles".

What's your point, R341? That they're all dead? Because they are. Including the "Savannah Smiles" girl (Bridgette Andersen). Or are you the "Gale Gordon is still alive" troll?

[quote] Roberta McCain, John McCain's 108-year-old mother. She was born before the Titanic sank!

We lost Roberta McCain today

[quote]We lost Roberta McCain today

That was rather careless of you, I must say.

R343, not even when his dissenting vote single-handedly saved the ACA?!

Bobby Ewing

[quote] not even when his dissenting vote single-handedly saved the ACA?!

McCain didn't single-handedly save Obamacare. Three Republican senators — McCain, Susan Collins and Lisa Murkowski — and all Democrats voted against the repeal bill.

And don't forget McCain was vehemently against repealing "Don't Ask Don't Tell". You couldn't turn on a television without hearing him braying about 'unit cohesion'

McCain demonstrated in 2008 that he was basically your crazy uncle in the attic. He was a demonstrably lousy flyer , which is how he got shot down. A legacy at the Naval Academy who finished at the bottom of his class. Dumped his long suffering wife for a wealthier model. It goes on and on--he was just scum.

Whatever, R347, his was THE deciding vote. And why he incurred the eternal enmity of Trump.

R348 And don't forget. He gifted us with Sarah Palin.

And don’t forget that Obama thought well enough of him to deliver a eulogy at his funeral.

Nancy was the quiet matriarch on Paper Dolls. In the last episode of its run, the character was presumed dead in a plane crash.

Not sure if they were going to have Morgan Fairchild go after Lloyd Bridges or if she'd pop up alive later on.

My mother just says off the cuff a year or so later, oh, they should have gotten her to take over for Barbara Bel Geddes instead of Donna Reed.

She really would have been a good temporary Miss Ellie.

I was going to say Tommy Rall from two of my fave films, "Kiss Me Kate" and "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers", but I just looked him up and he died 5 days ago :(

Jacques D'Amboise and Russ Tamblyn are still with us, as is Jane Powell and Ruta Lee amongst the brides.

Norman Lear is still alive at 98

[quote]Jacques D'Amboise and Russ Tamblyn are still with us, as is Jane Powell and Ruta Lee amongst the brides.

What am I -- chopped liver?

Roger Corman is alive at 94 and was making films for Syfy not that long ago.

Sorry Julie, I thought you’d died eons ago.

Jean-Luc Godard. Smokes cigars like a chimney. Clearly has genes that protect him from all that heavy smoking.

[quote]Jacques D'Amboise and Russ Tamblyn are still with us, as is Jane Powell and Ruta Lee amongst the brides.

And I suppose that I'm chopped liver, also?

^^Okay, you mentioned me. But I don't get talked about too much these days.

Ruta will be happy to know that her contemporary (and fellow game show contestant) Jaye P Morgan also is alive.

If we could have a thread, "Celebrities you're surprised are still dead..." we might get a little spiteful, bitchy action. I think.anyway.

Doc Severinson is still tooting at 93.

R80 Kaye said an astrologer or numbeologist told her that for success she should drop the "e." She did, Next show, starring as Molly Goldberg on Broadway bombed.

[quote] Ruta will be happy to know that her contemporary (and fellow game show contestant) Jaye P Morgan also is alive

Yes, but is she happy and peppy and bursting with love?

Jo Anne Worley is 83

Lulu Roman from Hee Haw.

She had lost 200 lbs.

Bobby Goldsboro is 79.

^^^ What's more surprising to me is the Bobby Goldsboro is that "young". Thinking back on my impression of him, I would probably have added about 10-12 years.

Joe Dallesandro, 71.

That's some helmet hair Bobby Goldsboro has!

Speaking of Goldsboro. He apparently is into pornography and one of his daughters accused him of molesting her.

I vote for Beverly Cleary 104 as the next "so young" name. (Mentioned in a previous comment). It's just so random.

Old Boomers like me might be pleased to know that all 3 Anderson children from FATHER KNOWS BEST are still alive.

Elinor Donohue is 83

Billy Gray is 82

Lauren Chapin is 75

I know the prevailing theory is that shows like FATHER KNOWS BEST fucked up my entire generation by portraying an unrealistic image of post-war family life, but this particular show did deal with some social issues such as when Bud befriends a kid from school who turns out to be homeless

Don't be silly, R374- there were no homeless people in the '50s!

Ruth Buzzi. She’s 84 and tweets corny jokes regularly.

[quote] RUTH BUZZI @Ruth_A_Buzzi Oct 10

[quote] You’ve heard of “Who’s Who?” I was just notified I’ll be in a book called “What’s That?”

Not a surprise that she's still around, but Angela Lansbury turns 95 tomorrow (Oct. 16).

The fact that ALL the Brady kids are still alive. Don't get me wrong - I'm pleased even if Susan Olsen is a stupid cunt.

I feel like Angela Lansbury is ageless

[quote] I feel like Angela Lansbury is ageless

I felt that way about Carol Channing and we all know how that turned out

This thread will last so long that everyone mentioned will be dead.

Klaus Kinski

Ruth Buzzi

R382 He died decades ago.

JFK, Jr.

r385 for wit and wisdom!

Klaus Kinki lives on! I've just watched several of his films on Prime. Fitzcarraldo, Cobra Verde, A Fistful of Dollars, Aguirre the Wrath of God. Klaus lives on!!!

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Dick Cavett is only 83 years old, but I'm always surprised to find out he's still alive because he's such a relic from a bygone era.

I'm glad Mackenzie Phillips is still hanging in there considering all the hell she's been through with drugs and a horrible father.

When I heard that Rhonda Fleming had died at age 97 a few days ago, I was surprised that she was still alive. Until, you know, a few days ago.

I read this thread from top to bottom and it's kind of amusing that a few of these folks have died since this thread started. Go figure.

Mary Costa who did the voice of Sleeping Beauty is 90. Sweet lady.

Pete Davidson

Not sure if he's a "celebrity" but for some reason I'm surprised Sirhan Sirhan is still alive.

Bette White

[quote] Comedian Jackie Mason is still alive. He's currently 92 years old.

If I looked like Jackie Mason I wouldn't buy green bananas

Re R394, how did "they" who silenced Oswald allow Sirhan to live lo these many years later?!

[quote] I'm surprised Glynis Johns is still alive. She looked old when I watched her on tv back in the 1970s.

Dear Glynis turned 97 on October but did any of you bitches think to send her a card?

I sent her a clown.

Happy 95th Joyce Randolph!

Joyce Randolph turned 96 today.

Thank for the correction R401

Ursula Andress

Armin Mueller-Stahl

Blair Brown

You're quite welcome, R402.

If anyone was surprised that Marge Champion was still alive at 101, apparently she no longer is. I haven't seen an obit yet, though.

Ann Blythe is 92.

I honestly thought she died years ago.

Marge Champion (Marjorie Belcher---what an awful name) is dead as a door nail and her obits are everywhere

They weren't "everywhere" last night. But never pass up an opportunity to be gratuitously bitchy, R407.

Mel Brooks. I thought he died years ago, but he just made a video endorsement for Biden/Harris. Glad he's still around.

Hey hypocrite baiters. Go fuck yourselves! If you still respect and are voting for Donald Trump I wish YOU would die. Just crawl in your shit hole and rot. I HATE all racist republicans pus boils. A curse upon you all!!! Traitors!!!

Cicely Tyson, 95

She looks great. A lot better than Ms Warwick with an E.

Ok, so I'm stretching the term "celebrity," but I was so happy to see the then-105 Virginia McLaurin who danced in the White House with the Obamas is still alive at 111.

R412 That's incredible. I was wondering whether she was still alive.

Britney

Vera Lynn

r415 Sad to say, Dame Vera is no longer with us. She died in June of this year. RIP

I'm surprised Sir Elton John is still alive. That cunt's been cunting around so long. What with the drugs and booze! But I have to admit I would be sorry if we lost him. I would feel like people felt when they lost a Beatle. Sir Elton is our John Lennon!

FIDDLER ON THE ROOF lyricist Sheldon Harnick is still alive at 96

His brother Jay was married to DL fave Barbara Barrie (a youthful 89) until his death in 2007.

Barrie was fired from her role as Yente, the matchmaker, in the 2004 revival of FIDDLER. Things must've been rather tense around the seder table at the Harnick house that year.

Donna Mills, Michelle Lee Van, Joan Van Ark (Abby Cunningham, Ewing, Karen McKenzi, Valene Ewing)

Comparing Sir Elton to John Lennon is just ridiculous. He never had the talent. Yoko, for all her lack of talent, was smart enough to exit the public spotlight. I have more respect for her despite being a talentless hack than I do for Elton.

Elton does have talent. He may be a douche but he's not an untalented douche

Sir Elton is a coaster. He was one in the 80s when SPY magazine noticed and he's one now.

Elton was never in The Coasters.

R423: Good example of why puns are difficult to put over as good jokes.

I'm a little surprised Cicely Tyson is alive at 95. She's the oldest Oscar-nominated actress still live, followed by Fernanda Montenegro at 92.

As for the winning actresses, there sure was a big gap between Olivia and Woodward. The actresses in the intervening ages sure had a rough go.

Oldest living Best Actor awardee is Gene Hackman, at the same age of 90 as Woodward. Next is Jack Nicholson, shockingly.

[quote] Michelle Lee Van

Who?

R426, Michelle Lee Van Cleef, Dutch-Chinese actress of yesteryear.

Wow, I can't believe Hackman is 90.

Yeah me neither R428. I thought Hackman was in his late seventies.

Walter Mondale, John Warner, Adlai Stevenson III

I didn't know Mondale was still alive

Mondale has survived his wife and one of his three kids.

Which reminds me that Michael Dukakis is still alive. He'll be 87 this coming November 3.

R419, don't forget Claudia Lonow, you bitch!

Jimmy Carter, too ... so all three losing candidates in the 1980s presidential elections are alive, while both of the winners (Bush and Reagan) are dead.

I assumed Hal Holbrook was dead, but he's still alive and he's six months older than Angela Lansbury!

Larry Storch from F Troop turns ninety-eight in January!

The main cast/crew of the The Love Boat!

[quote] Jimmy Carter, too ... so all three losing candidates in the 1980s presidential elections are alive, while both of the winners (Bush and Reagan) are dead.

Not all the losers are still alive

Eva Marie Saint (96 years old)

Genevieve Page

Jean Louis Trintignant

I'm embarrassed to say that, until I saw him in the Greatest Living Homosexualist' thread, I thought David Hockney was dead.

He's still alive at 83

Larry Flynt

Anderson's obviously gay son tried to sell me a condo once. He clearly liked telling people he was John Anderson's son. Luckily this was DC where some people actually knew who Anderson was.

And yet no one cares who Anderson or his son is R443.

John Anderson was the only Republican I've ever voted for. (And I've been voting since 1972.)

R445 = ancient

How cute, R446 thinks he's insulting R445.

When you've lost as many friends as I have (and presumably R445 has, since we're about the same age), it's a privilege to grow old. As a former colleague of mine, who survived cancer, used to say 'Any day I wake up on this side of the grass is a good one'.

My sincerest wish for R446 is that s/he lives long enough to be derided for being 'ancient'

Give it a rest. Anderson is the answer to a trivia question at this point.

The Brooklyn Museum has an interesting exhibit on Studio 54. Many many photos by photographer and Jacqueline Onassis nemesis Ron Galella

I was surprised he's still alive at 89

Keir Dullea.

June Brown

Broadway's George Hearn is still with us at 86.

I did not know he was once married to Dixie Carter (1977-1979). Even they were all older than she was, all three of Dixie Carter's husbands are still alive and ol' Dix is, pffffttt

Clint Hill, the Secret Service agent who jumped up on the limo pull Jacqueline Kennedy back into the president's car after she crawled onto the trunk to retrieve part of JFK's skull is still alive at 88. He's the last surviving member of the team that was with the president on November 22, 1963, and has written several interesting books.

How did we miss Norm Crosby?!

Because his schtick was old 50 years ago.

I know he's more of a politician than celebrity, but I really thought Henry Kissinger was long dead. Nope, still alive at 95.

[Keir Dullea.]

Gone tomorrow.

R456, please see R86 & R296. And he's 97 years old.

Wayne Thiebaud

San Francisco Gays of a Certain Age will remember socialite and authoress (HOW TO BE A PARTY GIRL) Pat Montandon, caricatured as Prue Giroux in Armistead Maupin's TALES OF THE CITY series.

I was sure she'd died ages ago, but the old gal is still with us at 91

[quote]I'm surprised Cicely Tyson is 95. I assumed she was at least 10 years younger.

Yeah, for some reason I thought that she is in her 80s.

She stopped lying about her age 10-15 years ago. Of course, she could be lying now.

LQ Jones

Harriet Andersson

Earl Holliman, 92. I just saw him in "Tennessee Champ" on TCM. Everyone else in them movie (Shelley Winters, Keenan Wynn, Charles Bronson, the extremely hot Dewey Martin) is dead. (Dewey just died a couple of years ago at 94.)

R465, I watch that everytime it's on TCM. Very hot Dewey. Earl's hilarious harmonica implanted in his mouth (WTF?). Dewey boxes with hot Charles Bronson.

Holliman is family isn't he? Truly paleo-gay, if true.

Yes, Earl is very gay.

I wonder what other ancient gays he did.

He should've done Dewey. I mean, damnnnnn! Hot AF.

Earl's longtime bf was actor Anthony George, who was pretty hot himself

R471 Variety's obituary for George said his partner was Robert Watson.

In any event, back in the mid-80s, I saw Holliman out on a date with a cute twink. They were standing in line in front of us at the movie theatre inside the Sherman Oaks Galleria. (Yes, the one in The Valley Where that Slut Brooke Logan is from ... like, ohmygawd!) Nothing to hide. It was very obvious.

"Variety's obituary for George said his partner was Robert Watson."

They weren't still an item when George passed away but they were together for many years

r472 Wow.Do you think Earl ended up shagging the cute twink?Did you notice any sexual vibes or tactileness between them?

R474 Oh, they were definitely an item. No doubt. Cute twink was gushing over daddy.

The twink was Alexander (Leigh McCloskey) from Alexander: The Other Side of Dawn (1977ish).

r475 Thanks! Was there any touching between them?Caressing or squeezing of jottons etc?!

Lucky twink 🔥🥰😘

Andre Gregory

Abbe Lane

Keith Richard, Mick Jagger, Alan Delon and Brigitte Bardot. Very surprising these Dinausorus are all still alive

[quote] Tony Bennett, Cleo Laine, Burt Bacharach and Phyllis McGuire

Sorry to be the bearer of bad news R185

Priscilla Pointer still alive at 96.

Her character Rebecca was killed off on DALLAS. I hated to see her go, but I could see why. As Cliff's mother (and Pam's) she was JR's greatest adversary and the wealth she inherited from Herbert Wentworth made her a formidable foe.

She had money, power, and motivation to bring JR down.

She not only outlived Barbara Bel Geddes, Howard Keel, and Keenan Wynn, but ironically, JR - Larry Hagman - himself.

Heather Locklear & Ryan O'Neal.

Heather Locklear & Ryan O'Neal.

I think Heather Locklear is doing better, isn’t she? She’s been out of the news (arrests, etc.) for a while.

Ryan O’Neal hasn’t been in good health for a long time. I believe he has leukaemia among other ailments.

R485, really?

Ironical.

Wow R482. I had no idea that Mrs. Chadwick from Mommy Dearest was still kicking. And I also had no idea that she is Amy Irving's mother!

Tanya Roberts

Sondra Lee

[quote] Sondra Lee

Speaking of old Broadway actors, Sab Shimono, the original Ito in MAME (as well as Manjiro in PACIFIC OVERTURES) is still with us at 83.

He's a fellow gay. I saw him in a café in P'town a few years back and it took me awhile to place the face. He was around 80 then.

Another PACIFIC OVERTURES alum, Alvin Ing turns 89 this year.

Former NY Senator - and brother of William F. - James Buckley is alive at the age of 97 (98 in March).

Don Murray

"Canadian Pacific," which features "introducing Nancy Olson" is on TCM right now.

R492, I still trip over the fact that Sid outlived Mac; I was a HUGE Mac fan as my Mom was widowed and I always wanted Mac to marry her and be a great step dad

Rosie O'Donnell felt the same way about Betty Buckley's Abby on Eight is Enough

Jerry Lee Lewis is still alive, the Devil is afraid he'll take over.

I thought that Hal Holbrook died years ago, sometime after Dixie Carter did. But that's neither here nor there now...........

I also was under the impression that Ann Jillian died decades ago of cancer. I was SHOCKED to find out recently that she's still alive!

More infamous than famous, Sara Jane Moore, the crazy woman who fired a shot at President Ford outside the St. Francis Hotel in San Francisco in 1975 is still alive and turns 90 on 2/15.

Sad footnote: Oliver Sipple, the former Marine who deflected her shot and quite possibly saved Ford's life was later outed by columnist Herb Caen, which caused a period of estrangement between Sipple and his family. He suffered from schizophrenia and drank heavily and, in 1989 was found dead in his San Francisco apartment, with a bottle of Jack Daniel's next to him and the television still on. He was only 47.

What about me Pat Carroll? Married to the same man for years & very wrapped up in my Catholic religion, which is why I couldn’t be a lesbian. But I played one - Gertrude Stein - onstage for a while to signal my inner lady lovey-ness

All three actors who played the juvenile roles in the original production of GYPSY are still alive. Coincidentally, all three were born in 1938, within a few months of each other, and will all turn 83 this year.

Sandra Church (Louise) was born on January 13

Paul Wallace (Tulsa) was born on May 26

Lane Bradbury (June) was born on June 17

James Earl Jones (90).

Cicely Tyson and Cloris Leachman. I was surprised when I read their obituaries because I had thought they were dead already.

Scoey Mitchlll (yes, that's the legal spelling) turns 91 in March. As a young gayling, having seen my Black classmates in the showers in gym class, I used to watch RHODA and fantasize about what was under his tight '70s double knits.

Lucy Marlow.

Tiger Woods

Not sure if you'd consider him a celebrity, but every eldergay who twirled a parasol and wanted to be Ann Marie has Bill Persky to thank (he also wrote the iconic "That's My Boy" and "Coast to Coast Big Mouth" episodes of the DICK VAN DYKE SHOW).

I listened to him on Judy Gold's podcast from 2017 and was pleased to see he's still kicking at 89

Charlie Sheen. Oddly enough, quite alive in the thread below this one right now.