people still alive that you thought were dead

Alefroth · Post by **Alefroth** » Fri Dec 30, 2022 1:54 pm

Not sure if he'll outlive Jimmy Carter.

Max Peck · Post by **Max Peck** » Fri Dec 30, 2022 10:00 pm

Dick Cavett

Dick Cavett Takes a Few Questions

The legendary television host talks about his friendships with Muhammad Ali and Groucho Marx, interviewing Katharine Hepburn and Bette Davis, and finding a new audience on YouTube.

Sudy · Post by **Sudy** » Fri Dec 30, 2022 10:08 pm

Yeah, if you were friends with Groucho you're definitely frigging old.

Max Peck · Post by **Max Peck** » Sat Dec 31, 2022 1:04 pm

Another sign that you're definitely frigging old is if you interviewed Henry Kissinger back when people weren't surprised that Henry Kissinger is still alive.

Holman · Post by **Holman** » Sat Dec 31, 2022 1:32 pm

I wonder who will be considered the last surviving WW2 veteran, and in what country?

I suppose if you were a partisan (or late-stage Hitler Youth) in Europe you could have been as young as 12 while fighting in 1945 (and you'd be 89 now). But the youngest regular soldiers are all into their mid-90s.

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Sat Dec 31, 2022 1:57 pm

Abe Vigoda let me down years ago so I cant participate in this thread now days.

dbt1949 · Post by **dbt1949** » Tue Jan 24, 2023 7:24 pm

John Astin. 92 years olde. Thought for sure he was dead.

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Tue Jan 24, 2023 7:31 pm

I love that guy. Ya I saw something about him doing something last year and this year too the other week. Surprised me he was still working.

Sudy · Post by **Sudy** » Tue Jan 24, 2023 7:42 pm

I didn't think they were dead, but John Williams and Judd Hirsch are now the oldest ever Oscar noms respectively.

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Tue Jan 24, 2023 8:52 pm

Judd 87 and John 90. I knew John was pretty up there as he has done music scores forever as I can recall. But did not realize Judd was 87. I was thinking 70s. Should have realized that as I first saw him in Taxi. Not saw him in a lot though. He did more stuff my wife would have enjoyed like Ordinary People and A Beautiful Mind ( which I did really enjoy). But I do recall Dear John and of course Independence Day.

Jeff V · Post by **Jeff V** » Tue Jan 24, 2023 11:02 pm

dbt1949 wrote: Tue Jan 24, 2023 7:24 pm John Astin. 92 years olde. Thought for sure he was dead.

Gomez can never die. Not because of Addams Family mumbo-jumbo, mind you, but it was in his contract.

Kraken · Post by **Kraken** » Tue Jan 24, 2023 11:23 pm

After watching "Contact" again I discovered that author Ann Druyen, Carl Sagan's widow, is still this side of the sod.

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Tue Jan 24, 2023 11:31 pm

Jeff V wrote: Tue Jan 24, 2023 11:02 pm
dbt1949 wrote: Tue Jan 24, 2023 7:24 pm John Astin. 92 years olde. Thought for sure he was dead.
Gomez can never die. Not because of Addams Family mumbo-jumbo, mind you, but it was in his contract.

Loved him in that but also Night Court. He is also where I got my saying of "Im feeling much better now!"

Max Peck · Post by **Max Peck** » Thu Jan 26, 2023 10:41 am

In the I didn't actively think he was dead but I'm surprised that he's still alive category, Terry Carter (the original Colonel Tigh) is still going at 94.

Hrdina · Post by **Hrdina** » Sat Feb 04, 2023 2:53 pm

Jeff V wrote: Tue Jan 24, 2023 11:02 pm
dbt1949 wrote: Tue Jan 24, 2023 7:24 pm John Astin. 92 years olde. Thought for sure he was dead.
Gomez can never die. Not because of Addams Family mumbo-jumbo, mind you, but it was in his contract.

Funny, I was just reading about him last night because we were watching Batman. John Astin is one of only five "Special Guest Villains" from the Batman series who are still alive. The others are Julie Newmar

, Barbara Rush, Joan Collins, and Glynis Johns.

Kraken · Post by **Kraken** » Mon Feb 06, 2023 10:31 pm

After just re-watching Grumpy Old Men I see that Ann-Margaret is still with us. 30 years later the other principal actors are gone. But man, Matthau and Lemon were a joy to watch together.

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Tue Feb 07, 2023 12:31 am

That was a great movie we loved. And Ann was always a babe.

Kraken · Post by **Kraken** » Tue Feb 07, 2023 12:57 am

I've got Grumpier in my queue too. One of those rare sequels that's as good as the original. Looking forward to seeing it again soon.

Max Peck · Post by **Max Peck** » Wed Feb 08, 2023 12:20 am

William Russell, who played Ian Chesterton, one of the original group of companions to the First Doctor, is still alive at age 98.

In 2022, Russell made a cameo appearance as Ian in the 2022 special "The Power of the Doctor". With this appearance, he broke the Guinness World Record for the "Longest gap between TV appearances" at 57 years, 119 days.

Jaymann · Post by **Jaymann** » Thu Feb 09, 2023 1:33 pm

Have you ever noticed John Landis looks exactly like the late great Harold Ramis.

Kraken · Post by **Kraken** » Thu Feb 09, 2023 2:35 pm

Having watched Grumpier Old Men last night, I learned that Sophia Loren is also still alive.

dbt1949 · Post by **dbt1949** » Thu Feb 09, 2023 3:14 pm

And she STILL hasn't done a Playboy type spread!

Jeff V · Post by **Jeff V** » Thu Feb 09, 2023 11:41 pm

dbt1949 wrote: Thu Feb 09, 2023 3:14 pm And she STILL hasn't done a Playboy type spread!

You may just be the only one alive who looks forward to such a "young dish" showing her stuff.

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Fri Feb 10, 2023 12:25 am

She is one of us. I mean if they're out there you might as well inspect them!

And from what Ive seen of her pics she is amazing clothed or not. Age or not. I do recall wondering what happened to Ann Margret but Sophia made herself at home and fit right in.

Max Peck · Post by **Max Peck** » Tue Feb 28, 2023 10:00 pm

Patrick Duffy.

For some reason, I was convinced that he was dead. Apparently I just dreamed it.

hepcat · Post by **hepcat** » Tue Feb 28, 2023 10:10 pm

Atlanteans age more slowly than humans.

Max Peck · Post by **Max Peck** » Tue Feb 28, 2023 10:22 pm

He's not even all that old (73). I've been trying to figure out why I thought he was dead, and I suspect that my slowly curdling brain had him mixed up with Bill Bixby, maybe.

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Tue Feb 28, 2023 10:40 pm

Max Peck wrote: Tue Feb 28, 2023 10:00 pm Patrick Duffy.

For some reason, I was convinced that he was dead. Apparently I just dreamed it.

Did you find him in your shower?

Alefroth · Post by **Alefroth** » Thu Apr 27, 2023 6:11 pm

Dr. Ruth

Holman · Post by **Holman** » Thu Apr 27, 2023 6:55 pm

I was recently reminded of how much I love Hitchcock's North by Northwest, and it turns out that Eva Marie Saint (Cary Grant's love interest in the movie) is still alive at 98.

Holman · Post by **Holman** » Thu Apr 27, 2023 6:55 pm

Also--holy cow!--Dick Van Dyke (97).

Unagi · Post by **Unagi** » Thu Apr 27, 2023 7:06 pm

Holman wrote: Thu Apr 27, 2023 6:55 pm Also--holy cow!--Dick Van Dyke (97).

I'm going to be just so super sad when he passes. But - yeah, 97 is amazing.

Kraken · Post by **Kraken** » Thu Apr 27, 2023 7:36 pm

Unagi wrote: Thu Apr 27, 2023 7:06 pm
Holman wrote: Thu Apr 27, 2023 6:55 pm Also--holy cow!--Dick Van Dyke (97).
I'm going to be just so super sad when he passes. But - yeah, 97 is amazing.

He is either still working, or was recently.

Unagi · Post by **Unagi** » Thu Apr 27, 2023 8:18 pm

Kraken wrote: Thu Apr 27, 2023 7:36 pm
Unagi wrote: Thu Apr 27, 2023 7:06 pm
Holman wrote: Thu Apr 27, 2023 6:55 pm Also--holy cow!--Dick Van Dyke (97).
I'm going to be just so super sad when he passes. But - yeah, 97 is amazing.
He is either still working, or was recently.

Well yeah man, he was in Mary Poppins Returns ! (5yrs ago)

You should watch it if only to see him in it.

It’s also pretty good

Kraken · Post by **Kraken** » Thu Apr 27, 2023 9:29 pm

Unagi wrote: Thu Apr 27, 2023 8:18 pm
Kraken wrote: Thu Apr 27, 2023 7:36 pm
Unagi wrote: Thu Apr 27, 2023 7:06 pm
Holman wrote: Thu Apr 27, 2023 6:55 pm Also--holy cow!--Dick Van Dyke (97).
I'm going to be just so super sad when he passes. But - yeah, 97 is amazing.
He is either still working, or was recently.
Well yeah man, he was in Mary Poppins Returns ! (5yrs ago)

You should watch it if only to see him in it.

It’s also pretty good

Fans can still catch Van Dyke moving his feet on his Instagram account. In June 2021, he danced to Beck's "Loser." "Mister likes dancing to the beats of @beck in his new overalls from @urbanoutfitters," his wife wrote in the caption.

The actor wanted to be challenged by his Mary Poppins Returns dance, as well. He was given three versions of the choreography to choose from and "took the hardest one."

"I said I want that one," Van Dyke told CBS This Morning. "I just had to prove I could do it."

Rumpy · Post by **Rumpy** » Fri Apr 28, 2023 4:32 pm

Yeah, he was pretty spry in Mary Poppin Returns.

Jeff V · Post by **Jeff V** » Sat Apr 29, 2023 12:00 am

Rumpy wrote: Fri Apr 28, 2023 4:32 pm Yeah, he was pretty spry in Mary Poppin Returns.

I find it disturbing so many here have seen that movie. How do you know it's not CGI Van Dyke?

Rumpy · Post by **Rumpy** » Sat Apr 29, 2023 12:32 am

Because it's not? He was very forward about his role in the movie, that it was all him. No CGI, no Stunt doubles.

Max Peck · Post by **Max Peck** » Sun May 07, 2023 4:21 pm

U. S. Robotics Corporation (hey, corporations are people).

I had no idea they are a still a going concern and are still making modems (among other things).

dbt1949 · Post by **dbt1949** » Tue May 09, 2023 10:19 pm

Marylu Henner