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

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... seriously

The Doug Walters of Crime (Tom D.), Wednesday, 30 November 2016 14:19 (seven years ago) link

https://st33.files.wordpress.com/2010/04/mary-wilson.jpg

soref, Wednesday, 30 November 2016 14:23 (seven years ago) link

One of the more interesting PM spouses.

The Doug Walters of Crime (Tom D.), Wednesday, 30 November 2016 14:27 (seven years ago) link

Desmond Morris

Darcy Sarto (Ward Fowler), Wednesday, 30 November 2016 14:41 (seven years ago) link

Bob Barker

ed.b, Wednesday, 7 December 2016 18:44 (seven years ago) link

Ed Meese

Οὖτις, Wednesday, 7 December 2016 18:54 (seven years ago) link

Glen Michael.

― Horizontal Superman is invulnerable (aldo), Wednesday, November 30, 2016 2:45 AM (one week ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

paladin sadly has passed on

harold melvin and the bluetones (jim in vancouver), Wednesday, 7 December 2016 18:57 (seven years ago) link

my friend's autistic brother-in-law once gave him a glen michael biography for his xmas

harold melvin and the bluetones (jim in vancouver), Wednesday, 7 December 2016 18:58 (seven years ago) link

(xp) His light has dimmed

The Doug Walters of Crime (Tom D.), Wednesday, 7 December 2016 19:05 (seven years ago) link

Doc Severinsen

a full playlist of presidential apocalypse jams (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 14 December 2016 19:22 (seven years ago) link

kirk douglas

― Ward Fowler, Wednesday, June 19, 2013 5:10 AM (three years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Is Kirk Douglas still alive?
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Holy crap, he is!

― pplains, Saturday, August 29, 2015 9:30 PM (one year ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

yeah this is always kirk douglas for me

― balls, Saturday, August 29, 2015 9:40 PM (one year ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Prompted by seeing that he'd just celebrated his 100th!

The Pleasure Principal (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 14 December 2016 19:28 (seven years ago) link

Dan Rather

Mr. Snrub, Wednesday, 28 December 2016 14:24 (seven years ago) link

Debbie Reynolds tbh

forgive me fader for I have sinned (wins), Wednesday, 28 December 2016 14:28 (seven years ago) link

Awful circumstances, but, Debbie Reynolds.

xpost

mega pegasus for reindeer (Doctor Casino), Wednesday, 28 December 2016 14:29 (seven years ago) link

some of you didnt see Soderbergh's Liberace film apparently

Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 28 December 2016 14:31 (seven years ago) link

guilty as charged

forgive me fader for I have sinned (wins), Wednesday, 28 December 2016 14:31 (seven years ago) link

mixed feelings, it's like I lost one living celebrity and gained another

forgive me fader for I have sinned (wins), Wednesday, 28 December 2016 14:32 (seven years ago) link

there is a Debbie & Carrie as contemporary neighbors documentary around which I'm sure will be fast-tracked for release now.

Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 28 December 2016 14:36 (seven years ago) link

It's about that time of year when I post Doris Day to this thread. It's tradition.

Eats like Elvis, shits like De Niro (Tom D.), Wednesday, 28 December 2016 14:42 (seven years ago) link

happy New Years Doris Day

Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 28 December 2016 14:43 (seven years ago) link

Kind of surprised that Richard Adams only just went, so up to yesterday or whatever.

Stevolende, Wednesday, 28 December 2016 15:15 (seven years ago) link

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Daily aka Roger from I dream of Jeannie and Barbara Eden who played Jeannie of course.

I had assumed until this year they were long gone.

Cosmic Slop, Wednesday, 28 December 2016 15:38 (seven years ago) link

Speaking of Carrie, I was looking up some stuff on Shampoo yesterday, and she's the first of Beatty's conquests in the film to go--Lee Grant, who played her mother, turned 91 this year on Halloween.

"I must believe that my charm was not in my ass." (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 28 December 2016 18:14 (seven years ago) link

well Debbie Reynolds was just rushed to a hospital with a possible stroke so 2016 can continue to get fucked.

nomar, Wednesday, 28 December 2016 21:57 (seven years ago) link

Dick Cavett.

Fake Sam's Club (I M Losted), Thursday, 29 December 2016 00:09 (seven years ago) link

And now, Debbie Reynolds has died too. Unbelievable. :(

Roz, Thursday, 29 December 2016 01:49 (seven years ago) link

These celebrity deaths are getting absurd.

Treeship, Thursday, 29 December 2016 02:12 (seven years ago) link

I feel like an insane person. Everyone says "this happens every year."

Treeship, Thursday, 29 December 2016 02:16 (seven years ago) link

well what an unfortunate event to end the celebrity year, goddamn

Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 29 December 2016 02:19 (seven years ago) link

I just don't agree that it happens every year, it's absolutely a lot more.

I went a bit mad in 2014 and made a collage of everyone from the Wikipedia deaths page for that year (this took a long time and nobody was interested, think it might be my biggest waste of time ever, I'm even ashamed to be thinking about it now) but it was actually a slow year for celebrity deaths. If I had waited two years this may have been a worthwhile project... nah, who am I fooling

https://haonowshaokao.com/2014/12/30/obituary-for-2014/

Camaraderie at Arms Length, Thursday, 29 December 2016 02:25 (seven years ago) link

I made this yesterday

http://i.imgur.com/7PY6ewR.png

The beaver is not the bad guy (El Tomboto), Thursday, 29 December 2016 02:37 (seven years ago) link

Patricia Morison

soref, Friday, 30 December 2016 03:43 (seven years ago) link

Whew. Thought this was the 2016 obit thread.

Mark G, Friday, 30 December 2016 21:12 (seven years ago) link

saw a couple of places "wishing a happy birthday" to carol reed & was like no fucking way, almost came to this thread but luckily I checked first and nope, dead 40 years

Movie-Movie: The XXX Porn Parody (wins), Friday, 30 December 2016 21:25 (seven years ago) link

rick barry

mookieproof, Friday, 30 December 2016 22:18 (seven years ago) link

joan collins

mookieproof, Wednesday, 4 January 2017 01:15 (seven years ago) link

donald trump

loudmouth darraghmac ween (darraghmac), Wednesday, 4 January 2017 01:23 (seven years ago) link

already mentioned, but i could have sworn valerie harper had died and there had been a big to do about her death

Autumn Almanac, Wednesday, 4 January 2017 01:35 (seven years ago) link

nah you were thinking of harper lee, picked up by a valkyrie after clogpopping in #2016

loudmouth darraghmac ween (darraghmac), Wednesday, 4 January 2017 01:38 (seven years ago) link

that was it, definitely

Autumn Almanac, Wednesday, 4 January 2017 02:00 (seven years ago) link

Valerie Harper was diagnosed with terminal cancer some time ago but has then gone on to live for longer than people expected I think, kind of like Clive James

soref, Wednesday, 4 January 2017 02:06 (seven years ago) link

half of the cast of the Mary Tyler Moore show are candidates for this thread tbh, until a few minutes ago I hadn't realised that Ed Asner, Gavin MacLeod and Cloris Leachman are all still alive

soref, Wednesday, 4 January 2017 02:12 (seven years ago) link

cloris leachman! fabulous

Autumn Almanac, Wednesday, 4 January 2017 02:14 (seven years ago) link

this is one of my favourite threads

Autumn Almanac, Wednesday, 4 January 2017 02:15 (seven years ago) link

William Goldman

it me, Monday, 9 January 2017 21:48 (seven years ago) link

plus Norman Lear, Chuck Berry, Angela Lansbury and Herman Wouk (101!) all live to see another year

it me, Monday, 9 January 2017 22:25 (seven years ago) link

Super Bowl I MVP Bart Starr

it me, Monday, 9 January 2017 22:27 (seven years ago) link

Damn, Herman Wouk. They've shown a few What's My Line? eps on Buzzr that he's on--in the first one, it's mentioned he used to write for Fred Allen's radio show in the early '40s.

"I must believe that my charm was not in my ass." (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 9 January 2017 22:54 (seven years ago) link

Wouk has kept a personal diary since 1937.[21] On September 10, 2008 Wouk formally presented the Library of Congress with his journals, which number more than 100 volumes as of 2012

it me, Tuesday, 10 January 2017 00:52 (seven years ago) link


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