# People you were surprised to find out are alive **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 16, 2012, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-you-were-surprised-to-find-out-are-alive/625316 "2012-06-16T04:16:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![oreally](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/7ab992/32.png) [@oreally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/oreally)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2012, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-you-were-surprised-to-find-out-are-alive/625316/1 "2012-06-16T04:16:08Z")
Eli Wallach. Great actor (most remember him as “Tuco” from “The Good Bad and the Ugly”). ---
**Author:** ![Pai325](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Pai325](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pai325)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2012, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-you-were-surprised-to-find-out-are-alive/625316/2 "2012-06-16T04:39:37Z")
Ernest Borgnine, Mickey Rooney, Kirk Douglas. Unless they’re dead. Then, oops. ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2012, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-you-were-surprised-to-find-out-are-alive/625316/3 "2012-06-16T04:53:21Z")
Axl Rose. Come to find out he’s not only still alive, but still alive and [_kickin’ ass!_](http://www.metalinjection.net/gossip/axl-rose-jury-duty) ---
**Author:** ![Toucanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3bc359/32.png) [@Toucanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toucanna)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2012, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-you-were-surprised-to-find-out-are-alive/625316/4 "2012-06-16T04:59:35Z")
[June Foray](http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/June_Foray#section_5). Not only still alive, but still working (as of last year). ---
**Author:** ![nivlac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/3bc359/32.png) [@nivlac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nivlac)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2012, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-you-were-surprised-to-find-out-are-alive/625316/5 "2012-06-16T05:05:42Z")
Alan Young (_Mr. Ed_, _The Time Machine_), 92, and still going strong. ---
**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:** [June 16, 2012, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-you-were-surprised-to-find-out-are-alive/625316/6 "2012-06-16T05:47:01Z")
Sid Caesar. I watched _It’s a Mad Mad Mad Mad World_ a couple of weeks ago and then looked up the cast on wikipedia to see who was still alive. I knew Mickey Rooney was alive and I was pretty sure Jonathan Winters was. But Caesar and Stan Freberg surprised me. (To a lesser extent, Nicholas Georgiade also surprised me. But honestly, he’s one of those actors who you know by face but not by name and I never really gave any thought to whether he was alive or dead. But good for you, Nick, now that I know I’m glad to see you’re still with us.) ---
**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:** [June 16, 2012, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-you-were-surprised-to-find-out-are-alive/625316/7 "2012-06-16T05:48:01Z")
> [@nivlac](#): > > Alan Young (_Mr. Ed_, _The Time Machine_) And Scrooge McDuck. ---
**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:** [June 16, 2012, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-you-were-surprised-to-find-out-are-alive/625316/8 "2012-06-16T05:59:02Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Sid Caesar. I watched _It’s a Mad Mad Mad Mad World_ a couple of weeks ago and then looked up the cast on wikipedia to see who was still alive. I knew Mickey Rooney was alive and I was pretty sure Jonathan Winters was. But Caesar and Stan Freberg surprised me. (To a lesser extent, Nicholas Georgiade also surprised me. But honestly, he’s one of those actors who you know by face but not by name and I never really gave any thought to whether he was alive or dead. But good for you, Nick, now that I know I’m glad to see you’re still with us.) Looking over the cast and crew of _Your Show of Shows_, there’s a surprising number of still living names for a show that started sixty-two years ago: Sid Caesar, Nanette Fabray, Bill Hayes, Marguerite Piazza, Mel Brooks, Neil Simon, and Carl Reiner are all still around. ---
**Author:** ![ShelliBean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f9ae1b/32.png) [@ShelliBean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShelliBean)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2012, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-you-were-surprised-to-find-out-are-alive/625316/9 "2012-06-16T06:09:36Z")
Percy Sledge. Every time I think he is dead he somehow pops up. Unless its one of those PBS or infomercial things then whoops. But I do check wikipedia for him more often tha One person should because hey! Percy Sledge is alive! ---
**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 16, 2012, 7:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-you-were-surprised-to-find-out-are-alive/625316/10 "2012-06-16T07:18:58Z")
Zsa Zsa Gabor is still alive, at 95. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2012, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-you-were-surprised-to-find-out-are-alive/625316/11 "2012-06-16T07:42:11Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > Zsa Zsa Gabor is still alive, at 95. How is that surprising? Existing is what she’s famous for. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2012, 8:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-you-were-surprised-to-find-out-are-alive/625316/12 "2012-06-16T08:01:04Z")
I am convinced that, about fifteen years ago, I read in a newspaper that Diana Rigg had died. Not only did I find out a few years later that Diana Rigg was not dead, but she remains not dead even today! ---
**Author:** ![Toucanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3bc359/32.png) [@Toucanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toucanna)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2012, 8:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-you-were-surprised-to-find-out-are-alive/625316/13 "2012-06-16T08:08:14Z")
Comedienne and actress Phyllis Diller, currently 94 years old, and has a 2009 acting credit. ---
**Author:** ![crypto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b3f665/32.png) [@crypto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crypto)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2012, 8:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-you-were-surprised-to-find-out-are-alive/625316/14 "2012-06-16T08:12:14Z")
I thought Harry Morgan from MASH was alive, only to find out he died last December. RIP, Harry. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![AK84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85e7bf/32.png) [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2012, 8:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-you-were-surprised-to-find-out-are-alive/625316/15 "2012-06-16T08:26:37Z")
Ariel Sharon is apparently still with the living. ---
**Author:** ![6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/6/e19adc/32.png) [@6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2012, 9:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-you-were-surprised-to-find-out-are-alive/625316/16 "2012-06-16T09:16:46Z")
Ken Nordine. Just recently, I assumed he would have already left this mortal coil and was happily surprised to find he’s still jazzed at 92! ---
**Author:** ![Jragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Jragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jragon)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2012, 9:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-you-were-surprised-to-find-out-are-alive/625316/17 "2012-06-16T09:44:56Z")
Adam Sandler\*, I thought I stabbed that bitch last month. \*Celebrity in question picked at random ---
**Author:** ![ryan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a8b319/32.png) [@ryan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ryan)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2012, 9:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-you-were-surprised-to-find-out-are-alive/625316/18 "2012-06-16T09:53:47Z")
Abe Vigoda despite reports of his death starting in 82 is still alive. ---
**Author:** ![Sally\_Mander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e56c9b/32.png) [@Sally\_Mander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sally_Mander)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2012, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-you-were-surprised-to-find-out-are-alive/625316/19 "2012-06-16T13:59:16Z")
> [@Pai325](#): > > Ernest Borgnine, Mickey Rooney, Kirk Douglas. > > Unless they’re dead. Then, oops. I guess all three of these guys get my vote. I thought they were all dead. ---
**Author:** ![scamartistry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/919ad9/32.png) [@scamartistry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scamartistry)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2012, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-you-were-surprised-to-find-out-are-alive/625316/20 "2012-06-16T16:07:57Z")
Charles “Breadwinner” Boston and Toby McVinkle. I could swear they died in that avalanche. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-you-were-surprised-to-find-out-are-alive/625316.md?page=2)