# Celebrities unexpectedly still alive

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-unexpectedly-still-alive/396698>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [March 20, 2007, 10:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-unexpectedly-still-alive/396698 "2007-03-20T10:48:46Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2007, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-unexpectedly-still-alive/396698/61 "2007-03-21T17:07:35Z")

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> I am always experience mild surprise when I realize that both Arthur C. Clarke and Ray Bradbury are still alive.

_The Science Fiction Hall of Fame_ was published in 1970 to commemorate all of the great stories written before the Nebulas began. There are four living authors from the book - Bradbury, Clarke, Daniel Keyes, and Richard Matheson.

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**Author:** ![Kizarvexius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/da6949/32.png) [@Kizarvexius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kizarvexius)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2007, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-unexpectedly-still-alive/396698/62 "2007-03-21T19:25:36Z")

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Folks, Keith Richards died from a drug overdose around 1975. The cocaine just hasn’t worn off yet.

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**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2007, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-unexpectedly-still-alive/396698/63 "2007-03-22T02:56:38Z")

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I was pleased to see Mickey Rooney (age 86) in _Night at the Museum_ late last year.

And I forget where I saw this, but Art Linkletter is still with us at 95. This surprised me because I hadn’t thought much about him since his 1960’s show, and as a seven-year old at the time, I thought he was _reeellly_ old back then. Of course, now I realize he was a sprightly 50 in 1962.

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**Author:** ![Merkwurdigliebe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/74df32/32.png) [@Merkwurdigliebe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merkwurdigliebe)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2007, 10:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-unexpectedly-still-alive/396698/64 "2007-03-22T10:22:35Z")

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Dude, This is sad about Abe Vigoda. It’s one thing for someone to make light of your impending death, but it’s another to put it at [www.abevigoda.com](http://www.abevigoda.com)! Jesus that’s awful!

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**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2007, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-unexpectedly-still-alive/396698/65 "2007-03-22T18:15:23Z")

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The Keith Richards catagory includes Brian Wilson of the Beath Boys and Whitney Houston

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