# Celebs that you are surprised are still alive **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 21, 2018, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebs-that-you-are-surprised-are-still-alive/818342 "2018-07-21T21:23:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2018, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebs-that-you-are-surprised-are-still-alive/818342/1 "2018-07-21T21:23:57Z")
I just stumbled across the fact that Paul Williams is still alive: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/naT1THO2QSw/hqdefault.jpg "Dick Clark and Cast of 1000's Paul Williams Interview") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=naT1THO2QSw) Really? Where the heck has he been? ---
**Author:** ![JXJohns](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jxjohns/32/469_2.png) [@JXJohns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JXJohns)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2018, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebs-that-you-are-surprised-are-still-alive/818342/2 "2018-07-21T21:33:59Z")
Doris Day ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2018, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebs-that-you-are-surprised-are-still-alive/818342/3 "2018-07-21T22:25:41Z")
Cloris Leachman. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2018, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebs-that-you-are-surprised-are-still-alive/818342/4 "2018-07-21T22:39:59Z")
I see your Cloris Leachman and raise you with Betty White (96 to Cloris Leachman’s 92). And also Mel Brooks. I’ll be very sad when he leaves us. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2018, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebs-that-you-are-surprised-are-still-alive/818342/5 "2018-07-21T22:59:06Z")
Pulitzer prize winning author Herman Wouk (_The Caine Mutiny, The Winds of War, War and Remembrance_ is 103. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2018, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebs-that-you-are-surprised-are-still-alive/818342/6 "2018-07-21T23:28:38Z")
Diana Rigg. I was shocked to see her in Game of Thrones; I figured she’d passed away years ago. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2018, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebs-that-you-are-surprised-are-still-alive/818342/7 "2018-07-21T23:43:18Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > I see your Cloris Leachman and raise you with Betty White (96 to Cloris Leachman’s 92). The thing with Cloris Leachman is that she looks like she died years ago. But actually I confused her with someone who did die some years back and I have to remind myself it wasn’t her. I can’t remember who actually did die though. ---
**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:** [July 21, 2018, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebs-that-you-are-surprised-are-still-alive/818342/8 "2018-07-21T23:58:04Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > The thing with Cloris Leachman is that she looks like she died years ago. But actually I confused her with someone who did die some years back and I have to remind myself it wasn’t her. I can’t remember who actually did die though. Madeline Kahn and Cloris Leachman both did multiple movies for Mel Brooks. Could Kahn be the other person you’re thinking of? She died in 1999; was only 57. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2018, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebs-that-you-are-surprised-are-still-alive/818342/9 "2018-07-22T00:22:53Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > Madeline Kahn and Cloris Leachman both did multiple movies for Mel Brooks. Could Kahn be the other person you’re thinking of? She died in 1999; was only 57. The same thought occurred to me but I just can’t recall. What stuck with me was my surprise the first time I saw her on TV after I thought she was dead. ---
**Author:** ![glowacks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/glowacks/32/5548_2.png) [@glowacks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glowacks)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2018, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebs-that-you-are-surprised-are-still-alive/818342/10 "2018-07-22T02:26:40Z")
I’m constantly amazed that Stan Lee (born December 1922) continues to make cameos in Marvel movies. Most of the time I end up thinking “He _still_ isn’t dead?” I suppose with the long production time he’ll appear in a few after his death. Henry Kissinger (born May 1923). Most everyone else from that era of politics is gone. I was surprised to see an article recently with him talking about the current political scene. ---
**Author:** ![Tilt-A-Whirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e79b87/32.png) [@Tilt-A-Whirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tilt-A-Whirl)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2018, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebs-that-you-are-surprised-are-still-alive/818342/11 "2018-07-22T02:27:20Z")
Just saw Wayne Newton on one of the tabloids at the check out lane. I thought he’d been gone for a while. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Tooth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c67d28/32.png) [@The\_Tooth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tooth)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2018, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebs-that-you-are-surprised-are-still-alive/818342/12 "2018-07-22T03:34:45Z")
Andy Dick. ---
**Author:** ![DavidwithanR](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3bc359/32.png) [@DavidwithanR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidwithanR)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2018, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebs-that-you-are-surprised-are-still-alive/818342/13 "2018-07-22T05:03:17Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > The thing with Cloris Leachman is that she looks like she died years ago. But actually I confused her with someone who did die some years back and I have to remind myself it wasn’t her. I can’t remember who actually did die though. Phyllis Diller? ---
**Author:** ![ZonexandScout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zonexandscout/32/544_2.png) [@ZonexandScout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZonexandScout)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2018, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebs-that-you-are-surprised-are-still-alive/818342/14 "2018-07-22T17:43:33Z")
> [@Lucas\_Jackson](#): > > I just stumbled across the fact that Paul Williams is still alive: > [https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=naT1THO2QSw](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=naT1THO2QSw) > > Really? Where the heck has he been? He’s had a recurring role on _ **Goliath** _. And nobody has mentioned Keith Richards? He’s still high-profile, but that doesn’t mean that I’m not shocked he’s still among the living. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2018, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebs-that-you-are-surprised-are-still-alive/818342/15 "2018-07-22T17:46:43Z")
I thought maybe Charo, but it turns out that she’s younger than me! ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2018, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebs-that-you-are-surprised-are-still-alive/818342/16 "2018-07-22T18:02:16Z")
> [@JXJohns](#): > > Doris Day Heh–the 2006 song “Mirror Door” by The Who name-checked Doris Day as being on the “other side” of the door. Someone pointed out the mistake to Pete, but it was too late as the album had already been released. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2018, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebs-that-you-are-surprised-are-still-alive/818342/17 "2018-07-22T18:03:24Z")
There are a lot more of these in [this thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=858300) also on the first page. Gotta admit, this thread has the better title. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2018, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebs-that-you-are-surprised-are-still-alive/818342/18 "2018-07-22T19:19:47Z")
I had to check on the renowned French chef [Paul Bocuse](https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/20/obituaries/paul-bocuse-dead.html), as well. Turns out he died this year at 91. Bourdain featured him in one of his episodes of Parts Unknown. ---
**Author:** ![tingbudong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tingbudong/32/520_2.png) [@tingbudong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tingbudong)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2018, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebs-that-you-are-surprised-are-still-alive/818342/19 "2018-07-22T20:55:24Z")
Julian Glover also showed up in Game of Thrones. Totally thought he passed away in the 90s. Sent from my SM-G920W8 using Tapatalk ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2018, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebs-that-you-are-surprised-are-still-alive/818342/20 "2018-07-22T21:18:54Z")
I went to look up when Rich Little had died a few weeks ago. Turns out he hasn’t. Not that he was particularly old, But he showed up constantly in so many cameos and weird places in the 70s-00s I kind of assumed that when I had seen him in nothing new since Futurama, he must have died. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebs-that-you-are-surprised-are-still-alive/818342.md?page=2)