# What celebrities in their 90's do you now most hope make it their big 100th birthday? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 2, 2022, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-celebrities-in-their-90s-do-you-now-most-hope-make-it-their-big-100th-birthday/957055 "2022-01-02T00:10:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2022, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-celebrities-in-their-90s-do-you-now-most-hope-make-it-their-big-100th-birthday/957055/1 "2022-01-02T00:10:17Z")
Mel Brooks is 95 and the laughter he has brought us all make me cheer for him. Dick Van Dyke is actually 96 and again, just seems like a nice guy. Not my top picks, though. I want **David Attenborough** to make it the most. The man is an international treasure and his nature documentaries have taught me a tremendous amount about animals and plants. I hope he makes 110 and is still out there talking about life on Earth. He’s 95 as well, just over a month older than Mel Brooks. ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2022, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-celebrities-in-their-90s-do-you-now-most-hope-make-it-their-big-100th-birthday/957055/2 "2022-01-02T00:39:34Z")
Bob Newhart? Though at a mere 92, he’s a relative youngster next to your three mentions. It’s a shame Betty White didn’t quite make it; though really, after all, 100 is mostly just an arbitrary number to live to be. Two weeks shy of the century marker is still a great run. ---
**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:** [January 2, 2022, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-celebrities-in-their-90s-do-you-now-most-hope-make-it-their-big-100th-birthday/957055/3 "2022-01-02T01:21:15Z")
William Shatner? ---
**Author:** ![Boycott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boycott/32/6741_2.png) [@Boycott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boycott)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2022, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-celebrities-in-their-90s-do-you-now-most-hope-make-it-their-big-100th-birthday/957055/4 "2022-01-02T01:22:55Z")
President Jimmy Carter ---
**Author:** ![romansperson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/romansperson/32/17100_2.png) [@romansperson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/romansperson)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2022, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-celebrities-in-their-90s-do-you-now-most-hope-make-it-their-big-100th-birthday/957055/5 "2022-01-02T01:48:32Z")
Definitely David Attenborough, and Norman Lear (who is 99). ---
**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:** [January 2, 2022, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-celebrities-in-their-90s-do-you-now-most-hope-make-it-their-big-100th-birthday/957055/6 "2022-01-02T01:51:42Z")
David Attenborough Harry Belafonte Mel Brooks Angela Lansbury Dick Van Dyke James Earl Jones ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2022, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-celebrities-in-their-90s-do-you-now-most-hope-make-it-their-big-100th-birthday/957055/7 "2022-01-02T13:23:26Z")
Some others, some already mentioned above: 91 - Gene Hackman 91 - Clint Eastwood 90 - Robert Duvall (turns 91 on 01/05) 91 - Robert Wagner 92 - Bob Newhart 94 - Sidney Poitier 91 - John Astin 94 - Harry Belafonte 90 - Philip Baker Hall 92 - James Hong 90 - Hal Linden 93 - Earl Holliman 93 - Joss Ackland 95 - Robert Clary 98 - Larry Storch (turns 99 on 01/08) 93 - George Maharis 90 - James Tolkan 90 - Robert Ito ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2022, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-celebrities-in-their-90s-do-you-now-most-hope-make-it-their-big-100th-birthday/957055/8 "2022-01-02T13:29:49Z")
Also 95 - Queen Elizabeth II ---
**Author:** ![Aescwynn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@Aescwynn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aescwynn)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2022, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-celebrities-in-their-90s-do-you-now-most-hope-make-it-their-big-100th-birthday/957055/9 "2022-01-02T21:48:26Z")
In a way, though, isn’t it better that Betty died at the end of 2021 – an obviously lousy year – rather than filling us with foreboding at the start of 2022? ---
**Author:** ![sciurophobic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cab0a1/32.png) [@sciurophobic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sciurophobic)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2022, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-celebrities-in-their-90s-do-you-now-most-hope-make-it-their-big-100th-birthday/957055/10 "2022-01-02T21:51:40Z")
Norman Lear turns 100 on July 27. ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2022, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-celebrities-in-their-90s-do-you-now-most-hope-make-it-their-big-100th-birthday/957055/11 "2022-01-02T22:22:05Z")
Keith Richards of course. I’m sure he’ll make it and he’ll celebrate his 100th birthday with a bottle of Jack Daniels. ETA: oops, just noticed that the question was about people in their nineties. But at least Keith looks the part. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2022, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-celebrities-in-their-90s-do-you-now-most-hope-make-it-their-big-100th-birthday/957055/12 "2022-01-02T23:46:48Z")
I’ll root for Queen Elizabeth II, and Eastwood, Hackman, and Duvall. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2022, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-celebrities-in-their-90s-do-you-now-most-hope-make-it-their-big-100th-birthday/957055/13 "2022-01-02T23:51:34Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Mel Brooks The first person I thought of when I saw the thread title. Is it odd that so few of the names appearing in this thread have been women, when statistically women tend to be longer-lived than men? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2022, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-celebrities-in-their-90s-do-you-now-most-hope-make-it-their-big-100th-birthday/957055/14 "2022-01-03T00:05:03Z")
> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#): > > Is it odd that so few of the names appearing in this thread have been women, when statistically women tend to be longer-lived than men? Aw, I was just about to mention Terry Moore: in between doing a Laurel and Hardy movie and bouncing lines off Adam West on BATMAN, she earned an Oscar nomination and hit the dance floor with Fred Astaire and did half a hundred other things besides, but the first line of her obituary is gonna mention that gorilla… ---
**Author:** ![SciFiSam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/47e85d/32.png) [@SciFiSam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SciFiSam)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2022, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-celebrities-in-their-90s-do-you-now-most-hope-make-it-their-big-100th-birthday/957055/15 "2022-01-03T00:36:49Z")
Apart from the ones you listed (David Attenborough is going to be a big loss), I agree with William Shatner. I’d also add Angela Lansbury, who has a local connection to me as well as my love of her movies and Murder She Wrote. She’s a good person. Partly because these are people that are still enjoying life so it’s not like a few other famous people in their 90s where wishing them extra years wouldn’t really be kind. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2022, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-celebrities-in-their-90s-do-you-now-most-hope-make-it-their-big-100th-birthday/957055/16 "2022-01-03T00:58:55Z")
My choices who have already been mentioned: Mel Brooks, Dick Van Dyke, Bob Newhart, Queen Elizabeth II. And, one I haven’t seen yet: Marv Levy, the former head coach of the NFL’s Buffalo Bills (as well as the Kansas City Chiefs, and the CFL’s Montreal Alouettes), who is 96. Levy is in both the Pro Football Hall of Fame and the Canadian Football Hall of Fame; his Bills went to four consecutive Super Bowls (losing all four, alas), and he was a key figure in revolutionizing how NFL teams approached special teams (i.e., the kicking game). ---
**Author:** ![DoubleG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc29f/32.png) [@DoubleG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DoubleG)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2022, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-celebrities-in-their-90s-do-you-now-most-hope-make-it-their-big-100th-birthday/957055/17 "2022-01-04T06:17:39Z")
Bob Barker - 98 Barbara Eden - 90 Ruth Westheimer - 93 Marion Ross - 93 Vin Scully - 94 ---
**Author:** ![RobotDevilDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e19adc/32.png) [@RobotDevilDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RobotDevilDog)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2022, 9:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-celebrities-in-their-90s-do-you-now-most-hope-make-it-their-big-100th-birthday/957055/18 "2022-01-04T09:47:36Z")
Some notable names from the sports world: Willie Mays - 90 Whitey Herzog - 90 Bob Cousy - 93 Bud Grant - 94 Marv Levy - 96 ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2022, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-celebrities-in-their-90s-do-you-now-most-hope-make-it-their-big-100th-birthday/957055/19 "2022-01-04T15:32:28Z")
> [@RobotDevilDog](#): > > Willie Mays - 90 Mays was the topic of my “Abe Vigoda” post awhile back. He was someone who I thought was dead and a little bit surprised to learn is still alive. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2022, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-celebrities-in-their-90s-do-you-now-most-hope-make-it-their-big-100th-birthday/957055/20 "2022-01-04T17:06:24Z")
> [@RobotDevilDog](#): > > Bud Grant - 94 As a kid, growing up in Green Bay, and being a Packer fan in the '70s, I didn’t like Bud Grant (being the coach of a rival team and all). But, now, as an adult, I’ve read a fair amount about him and his life, and I have come to realize just how cool he is. Six years ago, when the Vikings were temporarily using the University of Minnesota’s outdoor stadium as their home field, they hosted a wild card game against the Seahawks, at which the air temperature was -6 F at kickoff. Bud Grant, who was, at that time, 88 years old, took the field with the team to participate in the coin toss; it being Bud Grant, who has a reputation for scoffing at cold weather, he wore a short-sleeved shirt. 😃 [![](https://ftw.usatoday.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/90/2016/01/cyymtd_usaa0gzo.png?w=1000&h=563&crop=1) ](https://ftw.usatoday.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/90/2016/01/cyymtd_usaa0gzo.png?w=1000&h=563&crop=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-celebrities-in-their-90s-do-you-now-most-hope-make-it-their-big-100th-birthday/957055.md?page=2)