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

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Not really famous, but pretty surprising: John McCain's mom.

Larry Storch

Dick Van Dyke

― 3.5" flopson (The Reverend), Friday, May 6, 2011 1:40 AM (six years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

John McCain's mom - wow, she looks amazing for 105!

Lee Iacocca

June Lockhart (b. 1925), best known as a TV mom on Lassie and a mom-scientist on Lost In Space.

I saw her last night in a small but memorable part in Meet Me In St. Louis (as an east-coast romantic rival who turns out to be good-hearted) and it was driving me crazy who she looked like, until I realized it was Heather Graham on Arrested Development; Graham, of course, appeared in the godawful film version of Lost in Space as the daughter to Mimi Rogers's version of Lockhart's old character. (Lockhart is also in the film, in a cameo as a holographic space principal.)

John Cullum, who I saw in the Christine Chubbuck movie last night. I would have sworn he died 5-7 years ago, and that's why they stopped having him as Lee Garner Sr. on Mad Men.

Kenneth Anger

doris day, 95yo

ugly dave gray

lulu

Sydney Devine.

Dick Van Dyke

― 3.5" flopson (The Reverend), Friday, May 6, 2011 1:40 AM (six years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

― © l0u1s jagg3r/richards (Pillbox), Sunday, December 10, 2017 6:35 AM (two weeks ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

You just had to point it out.

Oops I misread the announcement, it's Rose Marie that died. RIP.

Leslie Phillips

John Simon, because Clemenza said he died on the Critical Vendettas thread, and I was all like, "Yeah, he did", but then I looked it up, and he's still chuggin' on at 92.

johnny young

paul sorvino

I'm not surprised he's alive, but I'll just say that there are some days in which I take comfort knowing that Tom T. Hall is still out there somewhere, hopefully not in a cold hotel bar in Des Moines.

Jackie Mason.

As a collective, it is surprising to me that basically all of the James Bond girls of the 1960s are still alive. Ursula Andress, Honor Blackman, Shirley Eaton, Daniela Bianchi, Claudine Auger, Luciana Paluzzi, Martine Beswick, Mie Hama, and Diana Rigg - all in their 70s, 80s, or 90s (Blackman). A semi-exception is Karin Dor, who played a villain in You Only Live Twice.

Clarissa Eden, wife of Anthony Eden (British Prime Minister from 1955-1957) - and she's not even the oldest living Prime Minister's spouse, as Mary Wilson is more than four years older than her.

― Camaraderie at Arms Length, Wednesday, November 30, 2016 1:39 PM (one year ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Mary Wilson still going and is 102 as of today

That's cool, congratulations, Mary.

Imelda Marcos

read an article in this week's TLS about Louis-Ferdinand Céline and discovered that his widow Lucette is still alive, 105 years old

Clu Gulanger

^^ Outlived his co-star in The Killers Lee Marvin by 30 years. Although his other co-star Angie Dickinson is still alive as well.

Gina. Lollobrigida is 90 and finally got her star on Hollywood Blvd. yesterday. She seems determined not to go before Sophia Loren.

kenneth anger

also Ann Blyth, the daughter in Mildred Pierce

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Charles Aznavour will return to the Royal Albert Hall for one final time on June 30.

The 93-year-old French vocalist, who last played the London venue in 2015, will perform his greatest hits from his collection of 294 albums.

Liv Ullmann

Maybe I should run over to FF to see her

I saw The Magician yesterday at 2pm, and when I was leaving, there was a big crowd for another Bergamn (The Devil's Eye I think, in 35mm), and when I was walking to the bathroom Liv was there being fawned over by someone: "you're such an inspiration it's such a pleasure!!" it was cool

whenever i read her name i think of howie morris as professor little-old-man in high anxiety: "lillOman! lillOman!"

Gloria Jean (nee Schoonover). I know her best as W.C. Fields' niece in Never Give a Sucker an Even Break.

xps Lotta Bergman actresses are doing well, seemingly. Gunnel Lindblom, Harriet Andersson, and Margit Carlqvist are all 86. Bibi Andersson's 82.

Both of the Smothers Brothers. They seemed really old to me when I watched their revived TV series as a 10-year-old in 1988.

Harry Belafonte just on this Nat King Cole documentary, not so much 'surprised to find still alive' as if he had died we'd have heard about it.

Craig Breedlove

Topol (83)

Er, 82 for now. Hence I also just learned that at the time of the film of Fiddler he was 36. Wild.

Tom Wolfe only just dying was a surprise. Thought I'd heard that a few years ago, maybe he'd just been badly ill.

Stan Lee.

Engelbert Humperdinck

Stan Lee.

― Poisoned by Johan's pea soup. (Tom D.), Thursday, 17 May 2018 08:45 (two days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

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

Meh, comics and comics stuff, what do I care?

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If Stan Lee had come up with something as good as 8 Ace I'd have some respect, but spidey can get fucked!

I'll always love his "It's the enemy that comes disguised as a friend"

Ace describing the 8-ace, obv.

Robin Leach