Reprising my list of entertainers over 90 years old, for the seventh time. I helped keep all but two of last year’s aged picks alive for another full year. In 2023, Harry Belafonte and Tony Bennett gave me a few points, but I’m hoping for a low score again this year to avoid losing any more of these great talents. (Well, I wouldn’t be terribly sad to see Clint Eastwood go.)
As always, I’m playing the odds, not going for points. The maximum I could earn, if all of these wonderful actors dropped dead in early January, is 53.
They’re listed in descending age.
Eva Marie Saint
June Lockhart
Dick van Dyke
David Attenborough
Mel Brooks
William Daniels
Rosemary Harris
Lee Grant
Estelle Parsons
Bob Newhart
Joan Plowright
Tippi Hedren
Gene Hackman
Alternates:
Robert Wagner
Clint Eastwood
James Earl Jones