# Celebrities still around, or "Wow, I thought they were already dead". **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 9, 2009, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-still-around-or-wow-i-thought-they-were-already-dead/499221 "2009-06-09T17:03:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2009, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-still-around-or-wow-i-thought-they-were-already-dead/499221/41 "2009-06-10T03:38:11Z")
> [@ghardester](#): > > Good Lord what are you talking about with the Batman thing?? I think what he’s saying is that, because he wasn’t a fan of the Batman animated series, he didn’t know that Efrem was still active. ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2009, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-still-around-or-wow-i-thought-they-were-already-dead/499221/42 "2009-06-10T04:29:18Z")
> [@ghardester](#): > > Good Lord what are you talking about with the Batman thing?? Efrem Zimbalist Jr is the voice of Alfred in any of the DCU animated shows. Which means he’s been playing Alfred regularly for the last 17 years. For those of us that watched Batman: The Animated Series, those voices (and that animation) basically set in stone how those characters _should_ look and act in real life. ---
**Author:** ![Promethea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Promethea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Promethea)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2009, 9:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-still-around-or-wow-i-thought-they-were-already-dead/499221/43 "2009-06-10T09:06:17Z")
Herbert Lom (born 1917) is the king of my “celebrities unexpectedly still alive” list now that Joan Fontaine & Olivia De Havililand have been named already. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2009, 9:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-still-around-or-wow-i-thought-they-were-already-dead/499221/44 "2009-06-10T09:52:10Z")
> [@riker1384](#): > > He revealed his secret on Fox: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oEhKZNQlJrY](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oEhKZNQlJrY) Forgoing, for the moment, the content of that clip, I hope I look that good when I’m 91. Hell, I hope I look that good tomorrow. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2009, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-still-around-or-wow-i-thought-they-were-already-dead/499221/45 "2009-06-10T12:36:47Z")
> [@dropzone](#): > > OTOH, Betty Garrett was in one of the worst movie musicals I slogged through, _On the Town._ “One of” because the sequel was worse. I love _On the Town_, but de gustibus. What are you calling its sequel? ---
**Author:** ![singular1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ba9def/32.png) [@singular1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/singular1)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2009, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-still-around-or-wow-i-thought-they-were-already-dead/499221/46 "2009-06-10T12:41:04Z")
> [@Chanteuse](#): > > Until I saw her in _Miss Congeniality 2_, I was sure that [Eileen Brennan](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0107281/) had died. I could’ve sworn that I’d seen her obit on the news some years ago. Obviously, I was mistaken, but I have no idea why I made such an error! By looking at this I just learned that I have mistakenly thought she was married to Tom Waits for years now. Sorry, Tom.:o ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2009, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-still-around-or-wow-i-thought-they-were-already-dead/499221/47 "2009-06-10T13:07:06Z")
Thanks for setting **ghardester** straight, **kenobi 65** and **Justin\_Bailey**. > [@](#): > > For those of us that watched Batman: The Animated Series, those voices (and that animation) basically set in stone how those characters _should_ look and act in real life. Well, except for Mark Hamill, presumably. 🙂 > [@dropzone](#): > > (embarrassed to admit I know him from “77 Sunset Strip.” Not because the show was bad, but because the theme song was irredeemable.) Concur. FWIW, he’ll always be Daniel Chalmers to me. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2009, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-still-around-or-wow-i-thought-they-were-already-dead/499221/48 "2009-06-10T13:54:14Z")
> [@riker1384](#): > > He revealed his secret on Fox: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oEhKZNQlJrY](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oEhKZNQlJrY) Well, it’s gratifying to learn I discovered this independently. ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2009, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-still-around-or-wow-i-thought-they-were-already-dead/499221/49 "2009-06-10T14:27:03Z")
> [@KneadToKnow](#): > > Well, except for Mark Hamill, presumably. 🙂 I was disappointed that the producers of The Dark Knight passed over Mark Hamill until the pencil scene. From that moment on Heath Ledger was the Joker. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2009, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-still-around-or-wow-i-thought-they-were-already-dead/499221/50 "2009-06-10T14:29:18Z")
> [@Ichbin\_Dubist](#): > > I saw Abe Vigoda walking up Second Avenue in NYC last weekend. He used a cane, but looked tan and healthy. I didn’t bug him about being not dead. Hmm…better check. Yeah, [he’s still here](http://www.abevigoda.com/). ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2009, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-still-around-or-wow-i-thought-they-were-already-dead/499221/51 "2009-06-10T14:30:05Z")
> [@Justin\_Bailey](#): > > I was disappointed that the producers of The Dark Knight passed over Mark Hamill until the pencil scene. My girlfriend and I were watching _Mommie Dearest_ this weekend. During the “night raid” scene, I paused the DVD and turned to her and said, “I’m gonna make this wire hanger disappear. Ta-daa!” She giggled. ---
**Author:** ![gustp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/fbc32d/32.png) [@gustp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gustp)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2009, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-still-around-or-wow-i-thought-they-were-already-dead/499221/52 "2009-06-14T04:18:56Z")
Idon’t know if they rate the celebrety label but Geordy Howe and johnny Bower are both still alive and they seemed like old guys when I was watching them in the 60’s ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2009, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-still-around-or-wow-i-thought-they-were-already-dead/499221/53 "2009-06-14T04:36:16Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > I love _On the Town_, but de gustibus. What are you calling its sequel? He might be referring to “Wonderful Town,” though it’s not a sequel to “On the Town.” Both are great, though. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2009, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-still-around-or-wow-i-thought-they-were-already-dead/499221/54 "2009-06-14T04:52:41Z")
Am I the only person thinking about bookmarking this thread so that I can take notes when making my next DeathPool entry?😛 ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2009, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-still-around-or-wow-i-thought-they-were-already-dead/499221/55 "2009-06-14T05:17:58Z")
Yeah, but you know it would be cheating. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2009, 7:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-still-around-or-wow-i-thought-they-were-already-dead/499221/56 "2009-06-14T07:07:57Z")
Remembered another one. Eli Wallach, 93 (and celebrated his 61st wedding anniversary a few months ago) ---
**Author:** ![Pushkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ee59a6/32.png) [@Pushkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pushkin)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2009, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-still-around-or-wow-i-thought-they-were-already-dead/499221/57 "2009-06-14T21:38:49Z")
I was suprised that Gregory Peck had passed away, only a few years ago too. Someone mentioned he had a holiday home in Donegal, I had hoped we might see him when visiting a family friend’s holiday home. After looking up a few Star Trek episodes, I was suprised to find Forbidden Planet’s Doc Ostro ([Warren Stevens](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warren_Stevens) was still kicking about. Hardly surprising since his captain, Leslie Nielsen is looking well for 83, but Stevens seemed to have aged so much between FP and his appearance in Star Trek. ---
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2009, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-still-around-or-wow-i-thought-they-were-already-dead/499221/58 "2009-06-15T00:12:25Z")
Haley Joe Osment, Jonathan Lipnicki, Alex Winter and several of the Coreys from the 80s (Haim, Feldman, Hart, maybe one or two others)–ALIVE! Unrecognizable, but alive! ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2009, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-still-around-or-wow-i-thought-they-were-already-dead/499221/59 "2009-06-15T00:43:14Z")
[Robert Downey Jr](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Downey_Jr) is still alive. [Morton Downey Jr](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morton_Downey_Jr) is not. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2009, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-still-around-or-wow-i-thought-they-were-already-dead/499221/60 "2009-06-15T01:25:30Z")
Wow, that’s so weird. I was just thinking about Morton Downey today, for some reason. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-still-around-or-wow-i-thought-they-were-already-dead/499221.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-still-around-or-wow-i-thought-they-were-already-dead/499221.md?page=4)