# He (or she) is alive........... **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 8, 2018, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-or-she-is-alive/817531 "2018-07-08T20:44:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2018, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-or-she-is-alive/817531/142 "2018-07-31T12:51:34Z")
I just saw a recentish celeb birthday list that had Rosie Grier on it- 86. I thought he died years ago. To me, known for football, knitting, the OJ thing and, of course, _The Thing with Two Heads_. ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2018, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-or-she-is-alive/817531/143 "2018-07-31T15:23:54Z")
^^Kinda impressive that Rosie is still alive at 86. He’s a big, big guy, and they tend to have shorter life spans. I thought former Congressman and ‘Cooter’ from ‘Dukes of Hazzard’ Ben Jones had died. Nope. Still alive and kickin’ at 76. I think I was conflating him with Ralph Waite, who did die a while back. ---
**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2018, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-or-she-is-alive/817531/144 "2018-08-12T23:42:32Z")
60’s and 70’s TV and movie fixture Barbara Rush- > **[Barbara Rush - IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0750640/?ref_=tt_cl_t2)** > > Barbara Rush. Actress: It Came from Outer Space. The epitome of poise, charm, style and grace, beautiful brunette Barbara Rush was born in Denver, Colorado in 1927 and enrolled at the University of California before working with the University... Never quite hit “the big time” but worked steadily. ---
**Author:** ![Scribble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scribble/32/3317_2.png) [@Scribble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scribble)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2018, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-or-she-is-alive/817531/145 "2018-08-13T00:22:48Z")
[Ruth Westheimer](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth_Westheimer). Not only is she alive, but she lives in the neighborhood I moved out of just a month and a half ago. For all I know, I’ve passed her on the street or stood on line behind her at one of the two farmers’ markets or main supermarkets and had no idea. ---
**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:** [August 13, 2018, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-or-she-is-alive/817531/146 "2018-08-13T00:49:24Z")
A couple ‘near misses’ for me - the context where I was reminded that they hadn’t died years ago was discussion of their _recent_ deaths - Steve Ditko (died June 29), and Joe Jackson (Michael Jackson’s dad, not the musician - died June 27). Thought they’d both died years ago (Joe, I was SURE had died before Michael)…but…nope…both this year. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2018, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-or-she-is-alive/817531/147 "2018-08-13T01:13:26Z")
> [@Scribble](#): > > [Ruth Westheimer](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth_Westheimer). Not only is she alive, but she lives in the neighborhood I moved out of just a month and a half ago. For all I know, I’ve passed her on the street or stood on line behind her at one of the two farmers’ markets or main supermarkets and had no idea. And you never noticed a really short, really old broad passing you by? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2018, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-or-she-is-alive/817531/148 "2018-08-13T01:36:46Z")
> [@E-DUB](#): > > I’d have sworn that Jerry Lee Lewis was dead. Maybe we’re all conflating him and Jerry Lewis. You’re [not the first Doper](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=1168540&postcount=1) to get them mixed up. (Scroll down to the end.) > [@Scribble](#): > > [Ruth Westheimer](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth_Westheimer). Not only is she alive, but she lives in the neighborhood I moved out of just a month and a half ago. For all I know, I’ve passed her on the street or stood on line behind her at one of the two farmers’ markets or main supermarkets and had no idea. She’s easy to overlook. ;):smack: ---
**Author:** ![5\_time\_champ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/5/278dde/32.png) [@5\_time\_champ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/5_time_champ)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2018, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-or-she-is-alive/817531/149 "2018-08-13T01:46:34Z")
Anna Maria Alberghetti still alive at 82 Claudia Cardinale is 80 Joey Heatherton 74 next month Early Bond girls Ursala Andress 82 Daniela Bianchi 76 Claudine Auger 77 Mie Hama 74 ---
**Author:** ![Scribble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scribble/32/3317_2.png) [@Scribble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scribble)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2018, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-or-she-is-alive/817531/150 "2018-08-13T01:58:00Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > And you never noticed a really short, really old broad passing you by? 😉 There are an awful lot of them (though fewer and fewer each day, sadly) in the little old Jewish section of Washington Heights. That neighborhood was full of European Jewish WWII refugees. As their numbers dwindle, their apartments get taken over by their heirs, Orthodox families with some money, or couples seeking refuge from rapidly escalating real estate prices in other parts of Manhattan. If you hang out at the Trivium (this little circular bench thing on W. 187th St and Cabrini) in the middle of the day, you can end up sitting next to some of the last of that group. They’ll tell you remarkable stories from their lives, if you’re willing to listen. (Offering to share pastries from the grocery store right behind you helps. It also helps if the Haitian guitar playing guy isn’t there, because everyone ends up listening to him instead. Which he richly deserves, but he’s compelling in a very different way. But I digress…) Anyway–I might have sat next to her, while one of her contemporaries told me all about his escape from occupied Poland or being smuggled in a barrel out of occupied France. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2018, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-or-she-is-alive/817531/151 "2018-08-13T02:07:30Z")
> [@ftg](#): > > I just saw a recentish celeb birthday list that had Rosie Grier on it- 86. I thought he died years ago. > > To me, known for football, knitting, the OJ thing and, of course, _The Thing with Two Heads_. And of course _ **Daniel Boone** _. ---
**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:** [August 13, 2018, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-or-she-is-alive/817531/152 "2018-08-13T03:16:51Z")
> [@5\_time\_champ](#): > > Early Bond girls > Ursala Andress 82 > Daniela Bianchi 76 > Claudine Auger 77 > Mie Hama 74 Luciana Paluzzi 81 ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2018, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-or-she-is-alive/817531/153 "2018-08-13T12:37:22Z")
> [@5\_time\_champ](#): > > Early Bond girls > Ursala Andress 82 > Daniela Bianchi 76 > Claudine Auger 77 > Mie Hama 74 Honor Blackman tops those- 92. * * * Saw Arlene Dahl had a birthday recently- 93. Remember _Journey to the Center of the Earth_? Always surprised when I see her on the birthday lists. She seems to come from an entirely different era. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2018, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-or-she-is-alive/817531/154 "2018-08-13T13:00:24Z")
> [@5\_time\_champ](#): > > Early Bond girls > Ursala Andress 82 > Daniela Bianchi 76 > Claudine Auger 77 > Mie Hama 74 Diana Rigg 80 Catherine Schell (“Nancy,” bedded by Bond) 74 Joanna Lumley 72 All from _ **OHMSS** _. Angela Scoular, who played Ruby (also bedded by Bond), passed away in 2011. ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2018, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-or-she-is-alive/817531/155 "2018-08-13T13:55:30Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Ed Asner. > > Alive. Yeesh, did that guy ever not look old? I was driving with my wife a week ago when we saw a billboard for Ed Asner appearing somewhere and both said “Wait, Ed Asner is still alive?” ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2018, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-or-she-is-alive/817531/156 "2018-08-13T19:29:16Z")
I was sure [Ed Ames](https://youtu.be/0L5QC9ZJkM8) had died, but apparently he’s still with us. ---
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2018, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-or-she-is-alive/817531/157 "2018-08-13T19:46:04Z")
Norman Lloyd still acting at 103 most well known in his later career for Dead Poet’s Society and St. Elsewhere > **[Norman Lloyd](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Lloyd)** > > Norman Nathan Lloyd (né Perlmutter; November 8, 1914 – May 11, 2021) was an American actor, producer, director, and centenarian with a career in entertainment spanning nearly a century. He worked in every major facet of the industry, including theatre, radio, television, and film, with a career that started in 1923. Lloyd's final film, Trainwreck, was released in 2015, after he turned 100. > In the 1930s, he apprenticed with Eva Le Gallienne's Civic Repertory Theatre and worked with such influe... ---
**Author:** ![Crafter\_Man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crafter_man/32/458_2.png) [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2018, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-or-she-is-alive/817531/158 "2018-08-13T19:48:33Z")
I could have sworn **Carol Burnett** had died. Nope, she’s still around. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![CelticKnot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/celticknot/32/3392_2.png) [@CelticKnot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CelticKnot)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2018, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-or-she-is-alive/817531/159 "2018-08-14T00:00:18Z")
I don’t remember how we got onto the subject, but Alan Alda came up in casual conversation today. He’s 82, and still acting. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2018, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-or-she-is-alive/817531/160 "2018-08-14T00:11:55Z")
> [@Morgyn](#): > > I was sure [Ed Ames](https://youtu.be/0L5QC9ZJkM8) had died, but apparently he’s still with us. Also from _ **Daniel Boone** _. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2018, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-or-she-is-alive/817531/161 "2018-08-14T20:00:09Z")
Doris Day is 96, and apparently in good health on her California ranch. She’s stayed out of the spotlight for many years, not because of health or reclusiveness, but because she just lost interest in show biz. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-or-she-is-alive/817531.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-or-she-is-alive/817531.md?page=9)