# Is Tokyo Rose still alive **URL:** \ **Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\ **Created:** [December 19, 2002, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-tokyo-rose-still-alive/143861 "2002-12-19T18:58:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![chukhung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e79b87/32.png) [@chukhung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chukhung)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2002, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-tokyo-rose-still-alive/143861/1 "2002-12-19T18:58:22Z")
Regarding this Staff Report, [How did WWII propaganda broadcaster Tokyo Rose get info on Allied ship movements?](http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/mmtokyorose.html): Is Iva Toguri D’Aquino (née Ikuko Toguri) still alive? Apparently she was still kicking back when the report was written (1999), but I was wondering how she’s doing now. I haven’t found an obituary online, but that’s not exactly proof of life… ---
**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2002, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-tokyo-rose-still-alive/143861/2 "2002-12-20T00:17:10Z")
Staying alive at 86, according to [dead-or-alive.org](http://www.dead-or-alive.org/dead.nsf/tnames-nf/Toguri+Iva) ---
**Author:** ![chukhung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e79b87/32.png) [@chukhung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chukhung)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2002, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-tokyo-rose-still-alive/143861/3 "2002-12-20T01:34:29Z")
Thanks. I was talking to a friend the other day about some “famous” (or at least interesting) residents of Chicago and wasn’t quite sure if Tokyo Rose was still amongst us.