# Still alive??? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 20, 2015, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/still-alive/731952 "2015-09-20T15:14:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**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:** [September 21, 2015, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/still-alive/731952/21 "2015-09-21T00:43:24Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > Hugh Hefner. I believe he’s at least seven years older than the age currently cited by different sources, which would put him well into his 90s. (No, I don’t consider Wikipedia a 100% reliable source of information.) I think his reported age is correct. It’s a matter of record that he joined the military when he turned eighteen near the end of World War II and that would be consistent with his reported birth year of 1926. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2015, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/still-alive/731952/22 "2015-09-21T00:48:25Z")
> [@Lamia](#): > > I’m reading rock journalist Lisa Robinson’s memoir _There Goes Gravity_, and was surprised to realize during the chapter about Led Zeppelin that Jimmy Page is still alive. > > I’m (obviously) not a Zeppelin fan and the band’s heyday was before I was born, but I knew that John Bonham had been dead for a long time and that Robert Plant was still alive. I would not have been certain about John Paul Jones (also still alive), but my best guess would have been that Page was dead. I vaguely remember that he’d recorded and toured with Plant as “Page and Plant” in the 1990s, but I don’t think I’ve heard much if anything about Page since then. > > As a teenager in the 1990s I had the vague impression that Bob Dylan was not only dead, but had been dead for years. I realized my mistake when his 1997 album _Time Out of Mind_ was released and have been aware of his continuing not-deadness since then, though. > [@cochrane](#): > > Jimmy Page is not only still alive, he wanted to get Led Zeppelin back together to play some shows for Richard Branson for some $800 million, but Plant was resistant to the idea. Robert, Jimmy and John still regularly play (not sure I’d call it touring, but they all still play), just not together. I could be wrong, but I’m pretty sure they’ve all played with Jason Bonham (Bonzo’s son) at some point or another. JPJ just recently played with the Foo Fighters. Robert is doing his folk thing with Alison Kraus and Jimmy seems to pop up all over the place. His tour with the Black Crowes was amazing. Don’t forget, of those three guys, Jimmy is the only one older than 70. They’re really not that old. ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2015, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/still-alive/731952/23 "2015-09-21T01:05:43Z")
Last night apropos nothing in a particular a friend told me about _Professor Irwin Corey_, alive and still performing despite being older than God’s parents. ---
**Author:** ![Lamia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Lamia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamia)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2015, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/still-alive/731952/24 "2015-09-21T01:09:25Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > Don’t forget, of those three guys, Jimmy is the only one older than 70. They’re really not that old. Well, I didn’t think Page had died of old age. From what little I know of his life Jimmy Page seems like he would have been a plausible candidate for a relatively early death for drug related reasons. ---
**Author:** ![LH75](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lh75/32/4438_2.png) [@LH75](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LH75)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2015, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/still-alive/731952/25 "2015-09-21T01:14:47Z")
Harry Dean Stanton is 89 ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2015, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/still-alive/731952/26 "2015-09-21T01:19:26Z")
> [@Lamia](#): > > Well, I didn’t think Page had died of old age. From what little I know of his life Jimmy Page seems like he would have been a plausible candidate for a relatively early death for drug related reasons. When I saw him at the Page/Crowes concert and he looked [like this](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/JZhNcn9gzFQ/hqdefault.jpg), instead of [this](https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/8b/a0/bf/8ba0bf23edb201f13f7809be2c2e290c.jpg), I nudged my friend and said “I guess he quit doing coke”. I mean, those pictures are nearly 40 years apart, but I just wasn’t expecting him to look so different. But it seems like most classic rock guys are about 70ish years old and if they made it through the 80’s and cleaned up their lifestyle, they should have a few more years left. ---
**Author:** ![Mangosteen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Mangosteen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangosteen)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2015, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/still-alive/731952/27 "2015-09-21T01:21:07Z")
Lois Lane! (Noel Neill) ---
**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:** [September 21, 2015, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/still-alive/731952/28 "2015-09-21T01:26:45Z")
> [@Mangosteen](#): > > Lois Lane! (Noel Neill) Hubba, hubba! :o [![](https://ilarge.lisimg.com/image/5504132/968full-noel-neill.jpg) ](https://ilarge.lisimg.com/image/5504132/968full-noel-neill.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![MacTech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MacTech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacTech)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2015, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/still-alive/731952/29 "2015-09-21T02:21:27Z")
GlaDOS 😉 ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2015, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/still-alive/731952/30 "2015-09-21T04:33:55Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > Robert, Jimmy and John still regularly play (not sure I’d call it touring, but they all still play), just not together. > > I could be wrong, but I’m pretty sure they’ve all played with Jason Bonham (Bonzo’s son) at some point or another. > > JPJ just recently played with the Foo Fighters. Robert is doing his folk thing with Alison Kraus and Jimmy seems to pop up all over the place. His tour with the Black Crowes was amazing. > > Don’t forget, of those three guys, Jimmy is the only one older than 70. They’re really not that old. Page, Jones, and Bonham all want to play together as Zep, they just can’t get Plant on board. ---
**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:** [September 21, 2015, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/still-alive/731952/31 "2015-09-21T04:40:59Z")
> [@Mangosteen](#): > > Lois Lane! (Noel Neill) Phyllis Coates is also still alive at the ripe old age of 88! [https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7401/10353190894\_5e9ebfa0b2\_b.jpg](https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7401/10353190894_5e9ebfa0b2_b.jpg) Sort of a Ginger and Mary Ann question, eh? 😉 (I’ll still take Noel any day! :o ) ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2015, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/still-alive/731952/32 "2015-09-21T05:21:01Z")
[Abe Vigoda is neither dead nor is he outside, looking in.](http://www.abevigoda.com/) The website contains a link to download [“Abe Vigoda’s Dead (premortem mix)”](http://www.abevigoda.com/abe_vigodas_dead.mp3) by Spinnwebe (feat. Bauhaus). (Or is that the other way around?) ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2015, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/still-alive/731952/33 "2015-09-21T05:26:36Z")
I was going to mention Jack Larson, but darn it, wouldn’t you know. He died today. No fooling. ---
**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:** [September 21, 2015, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/still-alive/731952/34 "2015-09-21T05:40:58Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > I was going to mention Jack Larson, but darn it, wouldn’t you know. He died today. No fooling. Jimmy Olsen’s dead?!? :eek: Oh, nooooooooooooooooo!!! ☹ ---
**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:** [September 21, 2015, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/still-alive/731952/35 "2015-09-21T06:06:47Z")
I can think of three celebrities that previously surprised me with their longevity, alas, none are still alive. Fay Wray died in 2004, at age 96. Eli Wallach died 2014, age 98. And bandleader Raymond Scott died in 1994 at 85 years old. He wrote a lot of the music that Carl Stalling borrowed for the Warner Brothers cartoons in the '40s. You’ve heard his song _Powerhouse_, even if you don’t know the name. I had just heard about him, and was looking for any recordings of his work that were available, then saw his obituary about a week later. ---
**Author:** ![Robert163](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/4af34b/32.png) [@Robert163](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robert163)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2015, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/still-alive/731952/36 "2015-09-21T06:23:03Z")
Eddie Vedder ---
**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:** [September 21, 2015, 11:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/still-alive/731952/37 "2015-09-21T11:27:57Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > I can think of three celebrities that previously surprised me with their longevity, alas, none are still alive. > > Fay Wray died in 2004, at age 96. > > Eli Wallach died 2014, age 98. > > And bandleader Raymond Scott died in 1994 at 85 years old. He wrote a lot of the music that Carl Stalling borrowed for the Warner Brothers cartoons in the '40s. You’ve heard his song _Powerhouse_, even if you don’t know the name. I had just heard about him, and was looking for any recordings of his work that were available, then saw his obituary about a week later. For a long time, Luise Rainer was one of these people. She won back-to-back Oscars in 1936 and 1937 and stopped making movies shortly thereafter. But she stayed alive for decades, making her the ultimate “She’s still alive?”. However, she finally died last December at the age of 104. ---
**Author:** ![yanceylebeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yanceylebeef/32/12290_2.png) [@yanceylebeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yanceylebeef)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2015, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/still-alive/731952/38 "2015-09-21T14:51:17Z")
Every single time a celebrity dies, Abe Vagoda chuckles and whispers, quietly on his throne “There can be only one.” ---
**Author:** ![Diceman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Diceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diceman)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2015, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/still-alive/731952/39 "2015-09-21T16:20:21Z")
> [@kunilou](#): > > I came in here to mention Zsa Zsa. Just how old she is depends on which of her stories you believe, but in all of them, she’s in her 90’s. Didn’t she lose a foot to gangrene a few years ago? When I heard about that, I was sure she’d be gone within a couple of months, but she’s still hanging on. She’s also outlived her daughter, who died back in January. ---
**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2015, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/still-alive/731952/40 "2015-09-21T16:28:19Z")
> [@Icarus](#): > > [IMDB has a list of the 100 oldest](http://www.imdb.com/list/ls075124314/) Al Molinaro is still alive? Yep, yep, yep, yep, yep, yep… I honestly thought he passed years ago. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/still-alive/731952.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/still-alive/731952.md?page=3)