... born within eight days of each other.
― The British Boy of Film Classification (Tom D.), Friday, 23 February 2024 10:49 (three months ago) link
They're the Scottish Harry Belafonte/ Sidney Poitier.
― The British Boy of Film Classification (Tom D.), Friday, 23 February 2024 10:51 (three months ago) link
When Stanley finally goes we should, at least, start a new thread or, my preference, close down the entire site. (Just kiddin', like)
― Michael Jones, Friday, 23 February 2024 11:27 (three months ago) link
Stanley is also my personal Mandela Effect, mainly because (as he admits in his hugely entertaining biography) he wasn't going to come out until after his death, and his biography weirdly ends with his 'death' - people gather for his last moments and he fades away. But then an epilogue that says he didn't actually die after all is is frail but fine.
So weird that he outlived Victor Lewis-Smith, who did so much to promote Stanley's life, achievements and place in British comedy.
― Hello I'm shitty gatsworth (aldo), Friday, 23 February 2024 11:36 (three months ago) link
probably haven't given glen michael a single thought for 15 years or more but oddly heartened to know he's still around
― memphis milano: the new trend of the 80s (bizarro gazzara), Friday, 23 February 2024 12:55 (three months ago) link
Reminds me that I just read that Edwin Morgan came out when he was 70, I think.
― The Ginger Bakersfield Sound (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 23 February 2024 19:29 (three months ago) link
Please help the cause against loneliness https://www.sundaypost.com/fp/glen-michael-loneliness-campaign/
― Alba, Friday, 23 February 2024 20:50 (three months ago) link
He's looking good for 97!
― The British Boy of Film Classification (Tom D.), Friday, 23 February 2024 20:53 (three months ago) link
Peter Jay, 87.
― The British Boy of Film Classification (Tom D.), Saturday, 24 February 2024 13:10 (three months ago) link
Scargill ! had no idea, thought he died ages ago.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-68457786
― mark e, Saturday, 2 March 2024 20:10 (three months ago) link
He's outlived Thatcher, Ian MacGregor, David Hart etc by quite a while. Which must please him no end.
― The British Boy of Film Classification (Tom D.), Saturday, 2 March 2024 21:00 (three months ago) link
Former Canadian Prime Minister Joe Clark, 84. Defeated Pierre Trudeau in 1979, defeated by Pierre Trudeau in 1980.
― Halfway there but for you, Saturday, 2 March 2024 23:20 (three months ago) link
A friend worked a celebrity/autograph event today or yesterday and said Pete Best was there.
― nickn, Sunday, 3 March 2024 04:34 (three months ago) link
Came here to note Ann Vernon, she was in a movie I watched last night (Shakedown, 1950.) James Redd mentioned her when she was 97. She just turned 100 in January.
― Requiem for a Dream: The Musical! (Dan Peterson), Wednesday, 6 March 2024 16:37 (three months ago) link
Yay, Ann!
― man in suit and red tie raising his fist (Tom D.), Wednesday, 6 March 2024 16:48 (three months ago) link
Peggy Dow was also in that movie. She’ll be 96 on March 18th.
― Requiem for a Dream: The Musical! (Dan Peterson), Wednesday, 6 March 2024 16:57 (three months ago) link
Never heard of that one!
― The Ginger Bakersfield Sound (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 6 March 2024 19:51 (three months ago) link
Also seems that whilst in the US or at least for that film she dropped the final ‘e’ in her first name so Ann Vernon instead of Anne Vernon.
― The Ginger Bakersfield Sound (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 6 March 2024 19:52 (three months ago) link
Of course her real name was something entirely different
― The Ginger Bakersfield Sound (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 6 March 2024 19:53 (three months ago) link
Only e-less for that one movie apparently
― The Ginger Bakersfield Sound (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 6 March 2024 19:56 (three months ago) link
Not exactly famous but Karl Kohn, who Frank Zappa studied composition with, 97.
― man in suit and red tie raising his fist (Tom D.), Thursday, 7 March 2024 22:28 (three months ago) link
István Szabó, 86
― help me I am in hull (Matt #2), Saturday, 9 March 2024 14:06 (three months ago) link
Gudrun Ure, Supergran herself, 98 today.
― Hello I'm shitty gatsworth (aldo), Tuesday, 12 March 2024 12:24 (three months ago) link
drummer roy haynes, who made his pro debut in 1942, turned 99 today
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 13 March 2024 22:35 (three months ago) link
Estelle Parsons, 96.
― Tom D (the first British Asian ILXor) (Tom D.), Wednesday, 20 March 2024 16:58 (two months ago) link
GENE SHALIT TURNS 98 TODAY
WHAT IN THE LIVING FUCK
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 25 March 2024 19:57 (two months ago) link
I can't believe Rex Reed is still reviewing
― bendy, Monday, 25 March 2024 21:09 (two months ago) link
actress-singer Janis Paige, 101
Appeared in Esther Williams' first aquamusical Bathing Beauty in 1944; co-starred in Doris Day's debut film Romance on the High Seas in 1948; starred in the original The Pajama Game on Broadway in 1954... among numerous credits.
― Josefa, Tuesday, 26 March 2024 12:21 (two months ago) link
Julio Iglesias, 77
He's 80 now, and until I looked him up I would have given 50/50 odds on whether I had heard he died.
― Halfway there but for you, Wednesday, 27 March 2024 01:10 (two months ago) link
Famous-in-Canada character actor and exploding head Louis Del Grande, also 80.
― Halfway there but for you, Wednesday, 27 March 2024 14:48 (two months ago) link
watching this week Season 2 of Only Murders In The Building : Shirley Maclaine !
had no idea she is still alive until i realised i recognised her.
― mark e, Wednesday, 27 March 2024 16:52 (two months ago) link
In a similar vein, she's already been mentioned a couple times ITT, but I was surprised to see Nancy Sinatra posting on threads about the Beyoncé albums.
― Muad'Doob (Moodles), Saturday, 30 March 2024 01:53 (two months ago) link
Leslie Caron, still with us at 92.
― ailsa, Wednesday, 3 April 2024 16:36 (two months ago) link
Bobby Seale
― The Prime of the Ancient Minister (Tom D.), Wednesday, 3 April 2024 16:46 (two months ago) link
Jane Goodall, 90
https://usrimg-425.fark.net/L/Lq/fark_Lqx8seCyGV_RwHDq3ANfhlQXf0s.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=JO3ELGV4BGLFW7Y3EZXN&Expires=1712548800&Signature=K2vdpXUmWIBYIt7Qykg1pIfUSR4%3D
― Infanta Terrible (j.lu), Wednesday, 3 April 2024 18:03 (two months ago) link
I was surprised when I found out that Robert Johnson's stepsister, Annye Anderson, is still alive (she put out a book about him in 2020). I would have guessed that everyone who knew him was long gone by now.
― mirostones, Thursday, 4 April 2024 14:50 (two months ago) link
Jim Rosenthal. Not actually *that* old (76). Just thought he was dead.
In November 2019, Rosenthal became the new "Voice of JACK", replacing and following the death of actor Paul Darrow as the new on-air voice of Oxfordshire's local JACK branded radio stations and their national radio station Union JACK.[19] He is the lead presenter of matchday coverage on Manchester United's in-house channel MUTV and is one of the presenters of Amazon Prime's Premier League coverage.
― Fizzles, Thursday, 4 April 2024 15:03 (two months ago) link
Roger Corman, 93.
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 22 February 2020 00:09 (four years ago) bookmarkflaglink
now he's 98 (happy birthday roger!)
― mark s, Friday, 5 April 2024 20:27 (two months ago) link
George Carlin. I thought he died in the 1970s.
― Esteemed character actress (sunny successor), Friday, 5 April 2024 22:16 (two months ago) link
He is dead though.
― Hunky Tory (Tom D.), Friday, 5 April 2024 22:18 (two months ago) link
Anthony Rendon.
https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/anthony-rendon-records-first-hit-of-2024-how-mlb-and-angels-changed-in-278-days-between-hits/
― clemenza, Saturday, 6 April 2024 16:15 (two months ago) link
lol
― mookieproof, Saturday, 6 April 2024 16:17 (two months ago) link
The Diana Dors' movie "Yield to the Night" is on just now and Michael Craig is still alive! 95!
― Hunky Tory (Tom D.), Saturday, 6 April 2024 20:34 (two months ago) link
... that's Diana Dors who when she was at school had a boyfriend called Desmond Morris, the Desmond Morris, who is also still alive at 96!
― Hunky Tory (Tom D.), Saturday, 6 April 2024 21:06 (two months ago) link
... Desmond Morris who designed Oxford United's logo!
― Hunky Tory (Tom D.), Saturday, 6 April 2024 21:07 (two months ago) link
Not quite the thread title, but I was pleasantly surprised to see Leslie Uggams in a key role in American Fiction. I hadn't thought about her in decades--looking at her IMDB page, she's worked steadily, but I hadn't seen her in anything since The Cosby Show. She was someone I was aware of as a kid in the late '60s; my parents must have had an album or two around the house.
― clemenza, Saturday, 6 April 2024 21:20 (two months ago) link
also desmond morris (presumably) the last of the living birmingham surrealist groupuscule
― no lime tangier, Sunday, 7 April 2024 08:26 (two months ago) link
I'm sure Tom Lehrer has already been in this thread, but can there be anyone else still alive who recorded their last studio album in the 1950s?
― Zelda Zonk, Sunday, 7 April 2024 08:35 (two months ago) link
Terry Riley, 88. Found a CD copy in excellent shape of A Rainbow in Curved Air today for $2; already have the album, but handy for the car.
― clemenza, Monday, 8 April 2024 03:19 (two months ago) link
all the ones posted 2003-2011yes i am bored
Richard Widmark - 2008Saddam Hussein - 2006Stanley Baxter - aliveAnita O'Day - 2006Clive Dunn - 2012Dennis Hopper - 2010Mickey Rooney - 2014J.D. Salinger - 2010George Jones - 2013Joe Namath - aliveRed Auerbach - 2006Sly Stone - aliveUrsula Moray Williams - 2006Reg Varney - 2008Dave Allen - 2005Christopher Lee - 2015Gene Wilder - 2016richard pryor - 2005Windsor Davies - 2019Telma Hopkins - aliveARNOLD STANG - 2009Zsa Zsa Gabor - 2016abe vigoda - 2016Ernest Borgnine - 2012 doris day - 2019Shirley Temple - 2014Louie Anderson - 2022Jane Russell - 2011, 10 days after the postHerbert Lom - 2012Ken Dodd - 2018Patrick Moore - 2012Peter O'Toole - 2013G Gordon Liddy - 2021Rolf Harris - 2023lauren bacall - 2014wilford brimley - 2020George Kennedy - 2016Dick Van Dyke - aliveNelly Furtado - aliveWalter Mondale - 2021
― adam t. (abanana), Monday, 8 April 2024 05:41 (two months ago) link