# People you were surprised to find out are alive

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-you-were-surprised-to-find-out-are-alive/625316>\
**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")\
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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:** [July 5, 2012, 11:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-you-were-surprised-to-find-out-are-alive/625316/81 "2012-07-05T11:31:08Z")

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Robert Clary (Corporal LeBeau from _Hogan’s Heroes_) is still alive at 86. Clary is a real survivor, having survived German concentration camps in WWII.

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**Author:** ![Satellite\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Satellite\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Satellite_Guy)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2012, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-you-were-surprised-to-find-out-are-alive/625316/82 "2012-07-05T23:26:43Z")

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There are two Davids that I thought for sure I’d heard had died, a few years ago, and turns out I recently discovered I’d apparently misheard.  
David Crosby, of CSN, and David Gilmour, of Pink Floyd.

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**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:** [July 6, 2012, 7:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-you-were-surprised-to-find-out-are-alive/625316/83 "2012-07-06T07:06:05Z")

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I was surprised several years ago to learn that Mariel Hemingway was still alive. It turns out it wasn’t Mariel but her sister Margaux who died of a drug overdose.

I was sure I’d heard that Andy Williams died years ago, but I read a few months ago that he was just now giving up performing because he’s been diagnosed with cancer. He’s 84.

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