He was vocally against the war in Iraq; MSNBC cancelled his show in 2003. I don't think he ever believed it was ratings and was instead retaliatory (based on what I've read)
Re: people still alive that you thought were dead
Posted: Mon Aug 19, 2024 2:25 pm
by LordMortis
I'm surprised he was that young, was still alive, and had a show until 2003. He was the first day time talk show how I remember along with Mike Douglas. He seemed very old in the 70s to a elementary school kid. Much older than my parents who are now in their mid 80s.
Re: people still alive that you thought were dead
Posted: Mon Aug 19, 2024 3:13 pm
by Unagi
Smoove_B wrote: Mon Aug 19, 2024 1:39 pm
(based on what I've read)
That was a great read - thanks for including that!
Smoove_B wrote: Mon Aug 19, 2024 1:39 pm
(based on what I've read)
That was a great read - thanks for including that!
Thank you for thanking him so that I would have a look myself. I skipped it the first time around.
Re: people still alive that you thought were dead
Posted: Fri Dec 06, 2024 5:11 pm
by Jaymann
Jimmy Cliff still hanging in at a spry 80 spot.
Re: people still alive that you thought were dead
Posted: Fri Dec 06, 2024 11:09 pm
by hitbyambulance
Jaymann wrote: Fri Dec 06, 2024 5:11 pm
Jimmy Cliff still hanging in at a spry 80 spot.
many of the Jamaican greats did not live too very long
Re: people still alive that you thought were dead
Posted: Thu Dec 12, 2024 12:46 am
by Alefroth
Rita Moreno.
Re: people still alive that you thought were dead
Posted: Thu Dec 12, 2024 10:53 pm
by dbt1949
Walter Koenig
Re: people still alive that you thought were dead
Posted: Fri Dec 13, 2024 9:20 pm
by Jaymann
Ian Underwood, alto sax player for Frank Zappa. At 85 apparently he is quite accomplished per wiki:
After his association with Frank Zappa, he pursued a career as a session keyboardist. Underwood has since been proficient on the Minimoog synthesizer, mostly in film.[2] He has been credited in recordings for Quincy Jones, Barbra Streisand, Ronee Blakley, Hugh Cornwell, Freddie Hubbard, Jean-Luc Ponty, Herb Alpert, Hugh Masekela, Peggy Lee, Dolly Parton, Chicago, Janet Jackson, Dave Grusin, Jefferson Airplane, Frankie Valli, the Carpenters, James Ingram, and Barry Manilow. Underwood was also one of the musicians who played the main title theme for the 1980s hit series Knight Rider.[3] Underwood was the uncredited producer of the debut album by Alice Cooper, Pretties For You, in 1969.[4]
Underwood contributed synthesizers and programming to the historic recording of the Michael Jackson/Lionel Richie single "We Are the World" (produced by Quincy Jones in 1985); he has also been a featured performer (mostly on keyboard) with James Horner on numerous James Horner film scores including Titanic (1997) and Sneakers (1992).
Re: people still alive that you thought were dead
Posted: Sun Dec 15, 2024 1:22 am
by Hrdina
Alefroth wrote: Thu Dec 12, 2024 12:46 amRita Moreno.
You know, that’s a show that just begs for a good reboot. But they’d really have to pull off a casting coup with the lead. Glenn Howerton? Bryan Cranston? Clooney is a little too old.
You know, that’s a show that just begs for a good reboot. But they’d really have to pull off a casting coup with the lead. Glenn Howerton? Bryan Cranston? Clooney is a little too old.
It's 2024. If Kathy Bates can play Matlock, you need to expand your list of casting options.
Well, at least until gender-swapping starring roles in unnecessary reboots of classic American TV shows is outlawed in 2025.
Re: people still alive that you thought were dead
Posted: Tue Dec 17, 2024 9:01 pm
by hepcat
Are you saying that it was wrong to gender swap roles prior to 2024? That’s some small minded thinkin’ pal.
Re: people still alive that you thought were dead
Posted: Sat Dec 21, 2024 4:29 pm
by Kraken
Brenda Lee is 80 years old. She recorded "Rockin Around the Christmas Tree" when she was just 13, signed her first recording contract before she was 12, and enjoyed a 60-year career, releasing her last album in 2007. Here she is early in her career, already a big star.
What a voice.
Re: people still alive that you thought were dead
Posted: Sun Jan 05, 2025 1:48 am
by Alefroth
I didn't think she was dead, but it seems like Jane Goodall has been an old woman all my life, and now she's getting a Medal of Freedom.
Re: people still alive that you thought were dead
Posted: Sun Jan 05, 2025 10:45 am
by Daehawk
Alefroth wrote: Sun Jan 05, 2025 1:48 am
I didn't think she was dead, but it seems like Jane Goodall has been an old woman all my life, and now she's getting a Medal of Freedom.
Ive seen pics of her young..she was a babe
Re: people still alive that you thought were dead
Posted: Sun Jan 05, 2025 9:45 pm
by Unagi
Alefroth wrote: Sun Jan 05, 2025 1:48 am
I didn't think she was dead, but it seems like Jane Goodall has been an old woman all my life, and now she's getting a Medal of Freedom.
I absolutely assumed she was dead by now.
I just needed to see if Abe Vigoda has or has not actually died.
Spoiler:
(2016)
Re: people still alive that you thought were dead
Posted: Sun Jan 05, 2025 9:50 pm
by Isgrimnur
Rich Little
Apparently he's been appearing on Mike Huckabee's show.
Re: people still alive that you thought were dead
Posted: Sun Jan 05, 2025 9:57 pm
by Unagi
Isgrimnur wrote: Sun Jan 05, 2025 9:50 pm
Rich Little
Apparently he's been appearing on Mike Huckabee's show.
In heaven?
Oh wait, Mike Huckabee is alive still too?
Re: people still alive that you thought were dead
Posted: Sun Jan 05, 2025 10:16 pm
by Isgrimnur
TBN, the waiting room.
Re: people still alive that you thought were dead
Posted: Sun Jan 05, 2025 10:20 pm
by Unagi
Re: people still alive that you thought were dead
Posted: Sun Jan 05, 2025 10:34 pm
by Rumpy
Jane Goodall is still very much alive and well. She recently did a collaboration for a documentary about the regreening of our community. Mining practices leading up to the 70's had left our city and its environs blackened and scarred, and through a decades-long effort, has managed to regreen itself.
Re: people still alive that you thought were dead
Posted: Sun Jan 05, 2025 10:36 pm
by Max Peck
I had no idea that Rich Little had gone MAGA -- I just read that he is a pro-Trump 2020 election denier. That's disappointing.
Re: people still alive that you thought were dead
Posted: Wed Jan 08, 2025 4:09 pm
by Jeff V
Max Peck wrote: Sun Jan 05, 2025 10:36 pm
I had no idea that Rich Little had gone MAGA -- I just read that he is a pro-Trump 2020 election denier. That's disappointing.
Senility is hard on everyone.
Re: people still alive that you thought were dead
Posted: Thu Jan 09, 2025 2:16 pm
by dbt1949
I never thought he was funny anyways. Amazing voice imitations but his jokes failed.
Re: people still alive that you thought were dead
Posted: Thu Jan 09, 2025 2:19 pm
by hepcat
He told jokes?
Re: people still alive that you thought were dead
Posted: Thu Jan 09, 2025 2:20 pm
by dbt1949
Well, he tried to act funny mostly but yeh, he told jokes too.
Re: people still alive that you thought were dead
Posted: Thu Jan 09, 2025 2:29 pm
by hepcat
I used to see him on tv a lot as a kid during the 70s. But I don't recall thinking to myself, "Man, he's funny!" It was usually, "Get to the Dean Martin appearance, will ya?".
Re: people still alive that you thought were dead
Posted: Tue Jan 21, 2025 12:08 pm
by Jaymann
Marv Levy is 99. Can you imagine if he lives to see...
I absolutely assumed she was dead by now.
