People I Was Surprised To Find Are Still Alive

[Spade_Cooley 9,019]

Ricky "Tell Laura I Love Her" Valance. 

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1 hour ago, Spade_Cooley said:

Ricky "Tell Laura I Love Her" Valance. 

 

Yeah, I always get him mixed up with Richie Valens, or however you spell it.

[msc 17,737]

It'll be fatal. I used to think DDT had got points on Richie Havens (Woodstock guy) in the DDP in 2010 for ages. Then I realised it was Richie Hayward, drummer for Little Feat, and Woodstock guy was still alive. About a month after realising this, Havens died.

[maryportfuncity 9,991]

51 minutes ago, msc said:

It'll be fatal. I used to think DDT had got points on Richie Havens (Woodstock guy) in the DDP in 2010 for ages. Then I realised it was Richie Hayward, drummer for Little Feat, and Woodstock guy was still alive. About a month after realising this, Havens died.

 

 

FFS - can't be bothered sourcing and posting pictures here but...

 

The pair were even colour coded for easy reference!

[msc 17,737]

13 minutes ago, maryportfuncity said:

 

 

FFS - can't be bothered sourcing and posting pictures here but...

 

The pair were even colour coded for easy reference!

 

 

On a similar note, one newspaper - I forget which - ran an obit for Carl Davis, the World at War composer, when the music producer died in 2012. Only one of them was a white New York guy, and he's still breathing.

[NotSirPeterMaxwellDavies 4]

Abe Vigoda

[maryportfuncity 9,991]

87 year old recovering smackhead and jazz singer Annie Ross turned up in the last in Gregory Porter's series about singers.

 

How the hell did she last this long?

 

Wiki page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_Ross#Personal_life

[Drewsky1211 4,051]

On 12/1/2017 at 23:49, NotSirPeterMaxwellDavies said:

Abe Vigoda

This site says otherwise.

[Joey Russ 7,119]

4 minutes ago, Drewsky1211 said:

This site says otherwise.

[maryportfuncity 9,991]

There was an Abe Vigoda death hoax for years

 

So now we have a living one!

 

Death hoax discussion: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/arts-and-entertainment/wp/2016/01/26/the-decades-long-history-of-the-abe-vigoda-death-hoax/?utm_term=.1a4a959e1e21

[Sir Creep 7,011]

Wow this was a stunner.
Whilst researching other crap, I came across Ann Turner Cook (91) , the original Gerber baby food baby!  

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(Edit: Not 'original' but rather always.  " The drawing of Ann Turner Cook has been used on all Gerber baby food packaging since.")

[Phantom 2,467]

6 minutes ago, Sir Creep said:

Wow this was a stunner.
Whilst researching other crap, I came across Ann Turner Cook (91) , the original Gerber baby food baby!  

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(Edit: Not 'original' but rather always.  " The drawing of Ann Turner Cook has been used on all Gerber baby food packaging since.")

She appeared as a guest on some talk show recently. I forget which show it was.

[Weebl 216]

On 10/15/2017 at 23:06, Wee Jum said:

I am really surprised, but happy as he was a likeable character, George A Cooper is still alive.  He played janny Mr Griffiths in Grange Hill from 1985 and left in 1992 at the age of 67.  He is now 92 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_A._Cooper

 

This guy -

 

Definitely looks Deathlistable to me!

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14 minutes ago, Weebl said:

 

Definitely looks Deathlistable to me!

Yeah, he was in  A Night To Remember too.  Not too many cast members left now.

 

https://forums.deathlist.net/topic/8124-a-night-to-remember/

 

[Weebl 216]

12 minutes ago, Toast said:

Yeah, he was in  A Night To Remember too.  Not too many cast members left now.

 

There are so many good picks like him that probably won't get chosen because they're just that bit too obscure for the main list.

[YoungWillz 18,967]

Seems an opportune time to update the lists from last year to include those mentioned on the thread in 2017 and deleting those who have died.

 

As always, if you know better....

 

A - L

 

Abi Ofarim (d. 2018)

Andre Maranne

Angela Lansbury

Anita Harris

Ann Hamilton (British actress)

Ann Turner Cook

Ann Winterbottom (Lady) (d. 2018)

Annie Ross

Anton Mosimann

Antonio Tejero

Arthur Cox (NI Actor)

Barry Chuckle (d. 2018)

Benjamin Ferencz

Bernard Lewis (Historian) d. 2018

Beverly Cleary

Bill Legend

Bill Macy

Bobby Brown (Footballer)

Brian Holland

Burt Bacharach

Carl Davis (Composer)

Carol Channing

Charles Van Doren

Christopher Biggins

Christopher Tolkein

Chuck Yeager

Cicely Tyson

Clarissa Eden

Cloris Leachman

Colin Jeavons

Creed Taylor

David Edgerton (Entrepreneur) (d. 2018)

David Graham (actor)

David Montgomery, 2nd Viscount of Alamein

Debra Mooney

Debra Paget

Diana Serra Carey

Dick Cheney

Don Fraser (Boxing Promoter)

Don Larsen

Doug Sandom (Who Drummer)

Eddie Harty (Jockey/Trainer)

Eddie Holland

Eddie Stobart

Edgar Ray Killen (d. 2018)

Edward De Bono

Elsie Robson (Lady)

Erich von Daniken

Esther Ofarim

Doris Day

Felix Silla

Francoise Gilot

Frank Windsor

Gary Glitter

Gene Chandler

George A Cooper

Georgia Holt

Gershon Kingsley

Gloria Vanderbilt

Glynis Johns

Hal Holbrook

Hannah Hauxwell (d. 2018)

Herb Stempel

Irving Kanarek

Jack Elliott (Ramblin')

Jack Thompson (Aus actor)

James Galway

Janet Mead

Jean Coutu

Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg

Jerry Maren (d. 2018)

Jimmy James (Singer)

Joe Brown (climber)

John Asquith (?)

John Astin

John Gavin (d. 2018)

John Mallory (?) (George Mallory's son)

John Patler

Joseph Kittinger II

Joseph Marcell

Josip Elic

Joss Ackland

Ken Nordine

Kenneth Anger

Lamont Dozier

Leonard Fenton

Lily Ebert (Holocaust Survivor)

Lisa Loring

Lloyd Price

Lucy Greenwood

Lynda La Plante

Lyndon LaRouche

[YoungWillz 18,967]

M - Z

 

"Mad" Mike Hoare

Marge Champion

Mary Carlisle (d. 2018)

Mary Wilson, Baroness of Rievaulx (d. 2018)

Max Splodge

Michael York

Noam Chomsky

Norman Kember

Norman Lloyd

Olivia De Havilland

Oscar Quitak

Pearl Carr

Peter Carrington (Lord) (d. 2018)

Philip Pullman

Pierre Delauney

R Dean Taylor

Rachel Robinson (Jackie Robinson's Widow)

Radovan Karadzic

Ratko Mladic

Ray Kennedy

Richard Bach

Richard Carpenter

Richard O'Sullivan

Richard Sherman

Ricky Valance

Roberta McCain

Roger Bannister (d. 2018)

(Roland Doe)

Rona Barrett

Ruth Westheimer

Sepp Piontek

Sheila Mercier

Sophia Loren

Stanley Bates (Bungle)

Sue Nicholls

Susan Maughan

Sydney Lotterby

Teddy Johnson (d. 2018)

Tippi Hedren

Tom Lehrer

Tony Soper

Ursula K Le Guin (d. 2018)

Victoria Ramsey (Lady)

Vince Fumo

Werner Herzog

Wilford Brimley

William Goldman

William Perrie (d. 2018)

Yoshiko Kuga

Zizi Jeanmaire

[maryportfuncity 9,991]

Let myself down badly at work today after being asked - on the basis of following celebrity deaths - whether Freddy Parrot Face Davis was still a going concern. Having expressed the opinion that he surely went a few years back I Googled the subject and discovered I was wrong and he's 81 this year.

 

 

Q/O obit a shoo-in as and when. His official site lists only masterclasses as gigs and doesn't specify any dates or venues for these. Also non-specific is the spelling of Freddy/Freddie which varies even on his official record - note the Freddy above whilst his biography is by Freddie

[Joey Russ 7,119]

@YoungWillz David Edgerton died last month from your list above. Only mentioning that due to seeing Abi Ofarim marked but not him. 

[Sir Creep 7,011]

OK maybe I'm missing something, but if there is a pre-existing master list of people who .... I guess (given the thread title).... were people who were shockingly still alive, you can't UPDATE the list.  Everyone on it is KNOWN to be alive now.  SMFH

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[coffee_and_candles 21]

I’m gobsmacked every time I hear/remember Stanley Baxter is still alive

[Joey Russ 7,119]

Was just listening to Barrett Strong. Thought he died years ago tbh...

[maryportfuncity 9,991]

Edward de Bono (highly obitable) is 85 today. Didn't realise he was still around until I saw it mentioned in a paper.

[YoungWillz 18,967]

On ‎6‎/‎25‎/‎2008 at 19:15, maryportfuncity said:

Edward de Bono is still alive, B. 1933. Worth keeping an eye on I reckon cos if anyone could figure a way round death, it'd be him.

 

Just now, maryportfuncity said:

Edward de Bono (highly obitable) is 85 today. Didn't realise he was still around until I saw it mentioned in a paper.

 

Surprised 10 years ago and surprised today MPFC....

[maryportfuncity 9,991]

5 minutes ago, YoungWillz said:

 

 

Surprised 10 years ago and surprised today MPFC....

 

Aye, what's yer point?

 

We all keep forgetting him and he's - metaphorically speaking - in that part of life that corresponds to way above 14,000 feet without oxygen and his broadsheet obits are likely written and ready. No sign of him in the DDP picks this year.

 

I have a hunch that won't be the case if he sees 2019