I was surprised that Bosko even lived.
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, June 15, 2004 4:15 AM (6 years ago) Bookmark
dying here
had no idea Sam Beckett lived until 1989 until the other day
― CharlieS, Thursday, 23 September 2010 19:12 (thirteen years ago) link
j.d. salinger, but then he died not long after i found out
― just1n3, Thursday, 23 September 2010 19:24 (thirteen years ago) link
Louie Anderson
― Godzilla vs. Rodan Rodannadanna (The Yellow Kid), Friday, 18 February 2011 06:17 (thirteen years ago) link
He was on Tim & Eric a year or two ago.
― Wacky Way Lounge (Evan), Friday, 18 February 2011 06:41 (thirteen years ago) link
Kenneth Mars, but once again after he was dead.
― Your cousin, Marvin Cobain (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 18 February 2011 07:56 (thirteen years ago) link
Jane Russell
― Alba, Friday, 18 February 2011 09:00 (thirteen years ago) link
Clive Dunn
― Alba, Friday, 18 February 2011 09:01 (thirteen years ago) link
(still)
― Alba, Friday, 18 February 2011 09:02 (thirteen years ago) link
len lesser
― flopson, Friday, 18 February 2011 09:03 (thirteen years ago) link
Herbert Lom
― Alba, Friday, 18 February 2011 09:12 (thirteen years ago) link
(I keep being surprised, sorry)
One of the people who was in Hitler's bunker when he shot himselfLee Harvey Oswald's wife (not even that old - still in her sixties)
― Ismael Klata, Friday, 18 February 2011 09:31 (thirteen years ago) link
Ken Dodd, and Patrick Moore.
― Mark G, Friday, 18 February 2011 09:47 (thirteen years ago) link
Doris Day
― Inevitable stupid dubstep mix (chap), Friday, 18 February 2011 10:50 (thirteen years ago) link
Every time I think Peter O'Toole is dead he scores a new role. This has been going on for more than 20 years.
― egregious fannydangling (Autumn Almanac), Sunday, 20 February 2011 21:59 (thirteen years ago) link
G Gordon Liddy
― the butthead frond (rip van wanko), Sunday, 20 February 2011 22:06 (thirteen years ago) link
I have a distinct (and apparently false) memory of reading Rolf Harris's obituary about six months ago, even though I barely knew he was then and barely know who he is now.
― uncle twikkelingssteurnissen (unregistered), Sunday, 20 February 2011 22:11 (thirteen years ago) link
also Bob Hope's wife has no business being alive in 2011, although I'm not really surprised about it.
― uncle twikkelingssteurnissen (unregistered), Sunday, 20 February 2011 22:14 (thirteen years ago) link
lauren bacall
― Mordy, Sunday, 20 February 2011 22:26 (thirteen years ago) link
wilford brimleyernest borgnine
― David Allah Coal (sexyDancer), Sunday, 20 February 2011 22:28 (thirteen years ago) link
I follow BFI on Twitter and part of the pleasure I get from it is them linking to onstage chats with visiting Hollywood legends who are always Surprisingly Still Alive. Borgnine was one (super-sharp too); George Kennedy another.
― Michael Jones, Sunday, 20 February 2011 23:19 (thirteen years ago) link
Dick Van Dyke
― 3.5" flopson (The Reverend), Friday, 6 May 2011 05:40 (twelve years ago) link
sort of thought nelly furtado was dead
― diouf est le papa du foot galsen merde lè haters (nakhchivan), Thursday, 29 September 2011 13:20 (twelve years ago) link
Walter Mondale
― The Reverend, Friday, 28 October 2011 23:16 (twelve years ago) link
Didn't know there were two threads for this concept. Anyway, Alby Mangels is not dead.
― Autumn Almanac (Schlafsack), Monday, 16 April 2012 01:29 (twelve years ago) link
Joan Fontaine and Olivia de Havilland, currently at ages 94 and 95, respectively.
― Look at how funky he is! (jer.fairall), Monday, 16 April 2012 03:03 (twelve years ago) link
Ray Bradbury, 92, from this list.
― The Painter of Blight™ (Sanpaku), Monday, 16 April 2012 05:37 (twelve years ago) link
Burt Young, who is only in his 70s.
― Raymond Dubious Davies (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 16 April 2012 05:56 (twelve years ago) link
Seems to happen to me regularly when i see/hear obituaries on people. Keep thinking that i'd heard they'd died a few years back.Certainly happened with Spike Milligan and Don van vliet
― Stevolende, Monday, 16 April 2012 06:19 (twelve years ago) link
"Muhammad Ali 70 Bufferfly/Bee"
lul
― Waxahachie Swap (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Monday, 16 April 2012 06:26 (twelve years ago) link
don rickles
― ma ck ro ma ck ro (mackro mackro), Monday, 16 April 2012 06:27 (twelve years ago) link
Fats Domino, off that list
― Waxahachie Swap (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Monday, 16 April 2012 06:28 (twelve years ago) link
mido departs barnsley
― first u get the flower, then u get the honey, then u get the stamen (darraghmac), Thursday, 13 December 2012 15:42 (eleven years ago) link
the least famous person you were surprised to discover was actually still alive
― Nilmar Honorato da Silva, Thursday, 13 December 2012 15:44 (eleven years ago) link
Dave Brubeck... when his death was announced.
― Kiarostami bag (milo z), Thursday, 13 December 2012 15:45 (eleven years ago) link
sherman hemsley. when he died i experienced deja vu. i could have sworn that he died several years earlier and even had faint memories of reading his obituaries.
― sadkdsajkldaskjdsajklasdkl (Pat Finn), Thursday, 13 December 2012 16:34 (eleven years ago) link
Ravi Shankar, as of a couple days ago
― One Way Ticket on the 1277 Express (Bill Magill), Thursday, 13 December 2012 17:12 (eleven years ago) link
Was gonna say OdH but I didn't realize her sister was still around too! Guess they're each determined to outlive the other.
― Faster than food (Myonga Vön Bontee), Thursday, 13 December 2012 20:08 (eleven years ago) link
Mary Tyler Moore
― The Reverend, Wednesday, 19 June 2013 04:00 (ten years ago) link
ha, I've posted Dick van Dyke and MTM itt!
― The Reverend, Wednesday, 19 June 2013 04:01 (ten years ago) link
Olivia De Havilland and Joan Fontaine
― polyphonic, Wednesday, 19 June 2013 04:47 (ten years ago) link
Martin Landau.
― Sleep Deprivation Thriver (B.L.A.M.), Wednesday, 19 June 2013 05:24 (ten years ago) link
lisa kudrow
― Treeship, Wednesday, 19 June 2013 05:27 (ten years ago) link
I always seem to think that Ennio Morricone is dead, but he's still working!
― Dan I., Wednesday, 19 June 2013 10:02 (ten years ago) link
kirk douglas
― Ward Fowler, Wednesday, 19 June 2013 10:10 (ten years ago) link
Denis Healey
― Bees Against Racism (Tom D.), Wednesday, 19 June 2013 10:47 (ten years ago) link
Slim Whitman...but he's dead now :-(
― Mr. Mojo Readin' (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 19 June 2013 14:57 (ten years ago) link
Esther Williams (til recently)
― ballin' from Maine to Mexico (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 19 June 2013 15:01 (ten years ago) link
Horace Silver and Clark Terry. Both fortunately still alive.
(Terry might be the last surviving member of any of Duke Ellington's orchestras)
― Tarfumes The Escape Goat, Wednesday, 19 June 2013 15:07 (ten years ago) link
found myself at I.M. Pei's wikipedia page just now. he is 96 years old and STILL ALIVE. i thought he died in the 80s for some reason.
― Treeship, Sunday, 7 July 2013 16:41 (ten years ago) link
Jackie Robinson's widow Rachel (101!)
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Sunday, 21 April 2024 20:54 (three days ago) link
I know...I've posted about her at least once in this thread. Time passes, I'll assume she died and I forgot about it, and then she'll be in the news--she was in one of the clubhouses (Mets', I think) on Jackie Robinson Day last week.
― clemenza, Sunday, 21 April 2024 22:01 (three days ago) link
I've posted her once too, itt.
― nickn, Monday, 22 April 2024 17:49 (two days ago) link
PJ Proby, 85.
― Not waving but droning (Tom D.), Monday, 22 April 2024 19:10 (two days ago) link
Norman "Spirit in the Sky" Greenbaum, 81.
― Halfway there but for you, Tuesday, 23 April 2024 19:22 (yesterday) link
Picked up a nice copy of this not two weeks ago.
https://www.discogs.com/release/1684951-Norman-Greenbaum-Back-Home-Again
― clemenza, Tuesday, 23 April 2024 19:24 (yesterday) link
Howard Wilkinson, 80
― prog ain't no religious cult (Matt #2), Tuesday, 23 April 2024 20:23 (yesterday) link