# Wait... \_\_\_\_\_\_ is still alive?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wait-is-still-alive/954212>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [November 11, 2021, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wait-is-still-alive/954212 "2021-11-11T22:36:49Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![AK84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85e7bf/32.png) [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\
**Post date:** [November 24, 2021, 8:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wait-is-still-alive/954212/41 "2021-11-24T08:59:26Z")

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She was the second wife, not much older than his eldest son, KIA in Burma.  
(Has anyone firmly established who Beatrice Edens’s prominent American lover was? The guy who reneged on his promise to marry her).

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**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\
**Post date:** [November 27, 2021, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wait-is-still-alive/954212/42 "2021-11-27T21:48:20Z")

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Watching A Bridge Too Far (1977), I’ve just realised that [Hardy Krüger](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hardy_Kr%C3%BCger) (The Flight of the Phoenix (1965)), is still alive. He’s 93.

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**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\
**Post date:** [November 28, 2021, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wait-is-still-alive/954212/43 "2021-11-28T01:30:28Z")

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> [@Johnny\_L.A](#):
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> Ann Turner Cook, the original Gerber Baby, turned 95 yesterday.

And probably back on that diet.

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**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\
**Post date:** [November 28, 2021, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wait-is-still-alive/954212/44 "2021-11-28T02:21:34Z")

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I saw today that Barry Corbin and John Cullum, both on _Northern Exposure_, are both still alive (81 and 91 respectively). I thought sure that at least Barry Corbin had died.

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**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:** [November 28, 2021, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wait-is-still-alive/954212/45 "2021-11-28T02:33:17Z")

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John Cullum has a glorious baritone voice. I loved him as Rutledge in _1776_. Glad to see he’s still kicking.

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**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\
**Post date:** [November 28, 2021, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wait-is-still-alive/954212/46 "2021-11-28T03:16:22Z")

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Wow. [five characters]

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