# Who are our current "Abe Vigodas"? (people you might be surprised to learn are still alive) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** actor-characters\ **Created:** [September 7, 2020, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-our-current-abe-vigodas-people-you-might-be-surprised-to-learn-are-still-alive/919985 "2020-09-07T01:18:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 26
**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 20, 2024, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-our-current-abe-vigodas-people-you-might-be-surprised-to-learn-are-still-alive/919985/501 "2024-01-20T19:59:35Z")
Was Isaac Asimov autistic? It’s quite possible, I suppose. ---
**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2024, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-our-current-abe-vigodas-people-you-might-be-surprised-to-learn-are-still-alive/919985/502 "2024-01-20T20:34:50Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Was Isaac Asimov autistic? It’s hard to be certain. It wasn’t as easy to diagnose during his lifetime. Many websites conjecture that he was. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2024, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-our-current-abe-vigodas-people-you-might-be-surprised-to-learn-are-still-alive/919985/503 "2024-01-21T03:27:04Z")
Autism is a spectrum thing. Sir Anthony Hopkins (an 86-y/o abevigoda) is considered to be somewhat autistic. ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2024, 9:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-our-current-abe-vigodas-people-you-might-be-surprised-to-learn-are-still-alive/919985/504 "2024-02-27T09:44:00Z")
Hes still around! Happy 90th to Ralph Nader. ---
**Author:** ![zimaane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a3d4f5/32.png) [@zimaane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zimaane)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2024, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-our-current-abe-vigodas-people-you-might-be-surprised-to-learn-are-still-alive/919985/505 "2024-03-13T21:43:38Z")
Media mogul Rupert Murdoch is not only still alive, but just got engaged. He is 93, the bride is 67. ---
**Author:** ![zimaane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a3d4f5/32.png) [@zimaane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zimaane)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2024, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-our-current-abe-vigodas-people-you-might-be-surprised-to-learn-are-still-alive/919985/506 "2024-03-13T21:46:49Z")
Tina Louise, who played Ginger on _Gilligan’s Island_ recently celebrated her 90th birthday. The other six main cast members have all taken the three-hour cruise to the next world. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2024, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-our-current-abe-vigodas-people-you-might-be-surprised-to-learn-are-still-alive/919985/507 "2024-03-13T22:07:20Z")
> [@zimaane](#): > > He is 93, the bride is 67. One of those October-December marriages. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2024, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-our-current-abe-vigodas-people-you-might-be-surprised-to-learn-are-still-alive/919985/508 "2024-03-13T22:16:39Z")
I’ll bet that his children are pleased that this marriage is unlikely to end up with yet another child, who will be expected to inherit part of the estate. ---
**Author:** ![xshibax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/13edae/32.png) [@xshibax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xshibax)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2024, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-our-current-abe-vigodas-people-you-might-be-surprised-to-learn-are-still-alive/919985/509 "2024-03-13T22:18:49Z")
I was a bit surprised to learn that Jimmy Carter is still alive ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2024, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-our-current-abe-vigodas-people-you-might-be-surprised-to-learn-are-still-alive/919985/510 "2024-03-13T22:22:10Z")
Welcome xshibax! ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2024, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-our-current-abe-vigodas-people-you-might-be-surprised-to-learn-are-still-alive/919985/511 "2024-03-13T22:23:29Z")
Barbara Feldon ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2024, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-our-current-abe-vigodas-people-you-might-be-surprised-to-learn-are-still-alive/919985/512 "2024-03-13T22:25:29Z")
> [@xshibax](#): > > I was a bit surprised to learn that Jimmy Carter is still alive I guarantee you won’t miss hearing about it when he does go. (And Welcome! Stick around!) ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2024, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-our-current-abe-vigodas-people-you-might-be-surprised-to-learn-are-still-alive/919985/513 "2024-03-14T03:40:55Z")
At least Jimmy Carter lived long enough to see Kissinger go. ---
**Author:** ![Moriarty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moriarty/32/49_2.png) [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2024, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-our-current-abe-vigodas-people-you-might-be-surprised-to-learn-are-still-alive/919985/514 "2024-03-15T01:41:32Z")
Ed Williams, who played the bow tie wearing scientist Ted Olsen on Police Squad and the Naked Gun movies, is 97! [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/rBn4qcxGTNQ/maxresdefault.jpg "FUNNY Forensics with Ted Olsen and Frank - Police Squad Ep5") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBn4qcxGTNQ) ---
**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:** [March 15, 2024, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-our-current-abe-vigodas-people-you-might-be-surprised-to-learn-are-still-alive/919985/515 "2024-03-15T12:12:28Z")
Wow, good one. had no idea. ---
**Author:** ![xshibax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/13edae/32.png) [@xshibax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xshibax)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2024, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-our-current-abe-vigodas-people-you-might-be-surprised-to-learn-are-still-alive/919985/516 "2024-03-15T21:49:45Z")
hello! ---
**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:** [March 19, 2024, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-our-current-abe-vigodas-people-you-might-be-surprised-to-learn-are-still-alive/919985/517 "2024-03-19T19:56:26Z")
I just saw an ad on Facebook that [Charo](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charo) is playing a show near me, and thought, “She’s still alive?” ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2024, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-our-current-abe-vigodas-people-you-might-be-surprised-to-learn-are-still-alive/919985/518 "2024-03-20T14:55:08Z")
Of the 13 individuals who merit their own chapter in the wonderful 1990 book _The Encyclopedia of Bad Taste_, the only ones still alive are Charo and Dolly Parton (artist Margaret Keane died in 2022): > **[Encyclopedia of Bad Taste: Stern, Jane, Stern, Michael: 9780060164706:...](https://www.amazon.com/Encyclopedia-Bad-Taste-Jane-Stern/dp/0060164700)** > > Encyclopedia of Bad Taste \[Stern, Jane, Stern, Michael\] on Amazon.com. \*FREE\* shipping on qualifying offers. Encyclopedia of Bad Taste ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2024, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-our-current-abe-vigodas-people-you-might-be-surprised-to-learn-are-still-alive/919985/519 "2024-03-20T15:19:31Z")
Charo is about 79, although [her legal birthdate would make her 73 this year.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charos-legal-birthdate-is-1951/811412) ---
**Author:** ![flurb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/51bf81/32.png) [@flurb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flurb)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2024, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-our-current-abe-vigodas-people-you-might-be-surprised-to-learn-are-still-alive/919985/520 "2024-03-20T15:46:27Z")
For some reason Bob Uecker came up in conversation the other day and I was surprised to see he’s still with us. And he’s added two birthdays since he was first mentioned in this thread. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-our-current-abe-vigodas-people-you-might-be-surprised-to-learn-are-still-alive/919985.md?page=25) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-our-current-abe-vigodas-people-you-might-be-surprised-to-learn-are-still-alive/919985.md?page=27)