# 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:** 30
**Author:** ![zimaane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a3d4f5/32.png) [@zimaane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zimaane)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2024, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-our-current-abe-vigodas-people-you-might-be-surprised-to-learn-are-still-alive/919985/581 "2024-06-14T15:16:00Z")
Oops, you are right. His date of birth is listed as June 21st, so he’ll be 91 next week Happy birthday in advance! ---
**Author:** ![Crafter\_Man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crafter_man/32/458_2.png) [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2024, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-our-current-abe-vigodas-people-you-might-be-surprised-to-learn-are-still-alive/919985/582 "2024-07-04T16:30:14Z")
We watched **North by Northwest** (1959) last night. Great film. This morning I checked out its Wiki page and the pages for some of the actors. I discovered that, not only is [Eva Marie Saint](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eva_Marie_Saint) still alive, but she turns 100 _today_. ---
**Author:** ![Ellecram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellecram/32/18948_2.png) [@Ellecram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellecram)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2024, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-our-current-abe-vigodas-people-you-might-be-surprised-to-learn-are-still-alive/919985/584 "2024-07-04T20:32:40Z")
Mason Williams (composer of Classical Gas) is still alive. 85 years old. ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2024, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-our-current-abe-vigodas-people-you-might-be-surprised-to-learn-are-still-alive/919985/585 "2024-07-04T22:45:26Z")
Literary scholar Stanley Fish is still alive at 86. ---
**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:** [July 5, 2024, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-our-current-abe-vigodas-people-you-might-be-surprised-to-learn-are-still-alive/919985/586 "2024-07-05T02:13:53Z")
> [@Crafter\_Man](#): > > I discovered that, not only is [Eva Marie Saint](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eva_Marie_Saint) still alive, but she turns 100 _today_. She’s being interiewed on TCM right now. It’s either a rerun, or she looks _fantastic_. Probably a rerun; Robert Osborne is looking very much alive. ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2024, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-our-current-abe-vigodas-people-you-might-be-surprised-to-learn-are-still-alive/919985/587 "2024-07-05T02:18:12Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > Probably a rerun Yeah, the channel guide says it was taped in April of 2013. ---
**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:** [July 5, 2024, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-our-current-abe-vigodas-people-you-might-be-surprised-to-learn-are-still-alive/919985/588 "2024-07-05T05:47:25Z")
Sorry, yes, 88 years old. And _fabulous_. ---
**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:** [July 16, 2024, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-our-current-abe-vigodas-people-you-might-be-surprised-to-learn-are-still-alive/919985/589 "2024-07-16T14:19:12Z")
I was unsure today if Shirley MacLaine was still with us. Yep, 90 years old and still going. ---
**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:** [July 16, 2024, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-our-current-abe-vigodas-people-you-might-be-surprised-to-learn-are-still-alive/919985/590 "2024-07-16T22:28:53Z")
Her [little brother](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000886/) is only 3 years younger. ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2024, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-our-current-abe-vigodas-people-you-might-be-surprised-to-learn-are-still-alive/919985/591 "2024-07-17T14:40:15Z")
Michael Stoller (of the Lieber and Stoller songwriting duo) turned 91 in March. ---
**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:** [July 25, 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/919985/592 "2024-07-25T03:40:55Z")
I did not realize George Lazbenby is not only alive, but is only 84. He is retiring from public appearances and all else. I hope he’s OK. > ---
**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:** [July 29, 2024, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-our-current-abe-vigodas-people-you-might-be-surprised-to-learn-are-still-alive/919985/593 "2024-07-29T19:45:07Z")
Based on the guy before him (Zardoz) and the guy after him (Beauregarde Maverick), George has a good 5 or 6 years left in him. ---
**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:** [August 10, 2024, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-our-current-abe-vigodas-people-you-might-be-surprised-to-learn-are-still-alive/919985/594 "2024-08-10T22:46:31Z")
I watched an episode of the Phil Donahue program from 1989 in which he had a panel of Muhammad Ali, Joe Frazier, Larry Holmes and Ken Norton on. Looking up Donahue and seeing he is still alive surprised me and ‘only’ 88 years old too because he looked like he was 70 back then. ---
**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:** [August 10, 2024, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-our-current-abe-vigodas-people-you-might-be-surprised-to-learn-are-still-alive/919985/595 "2024-08-10T22:52:21Z")
> [@Boycott](#): > > I watched an episode of the Phil Donahue program from 1989 in which he had a panel of Muhammad Ali, Joe Frazier, Larry Holmes and Ken Norton on. Looking up Donahue and seeing he is still alive surprised me and ‘only’ 88 years old too because he looked like he was 70 back then True. He’s younger than William Shatner and Willie Nelson. ---
**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:** [August 10, 2024, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-our-current-abe-vigodas-people-you-might-be-surprised-to-learn-are-still-alive/919985/596 "2024-08-10T22:58:15Z")
> [@Boycott](#): > > Looking up Donahue and seeing he is still alive surprised me and ‘only’ 88 years old too because he looked like he was 70 back then. Going gray young certainly doesn’t help. ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2024, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-our-current-abe-vigodas-people-you-might-be-surprised-to-learn-are-still-alive/919985/597 "2024-08-10T23:55:15Z")
> [@Boycott](#): > > a panel of Muhammad Ali, Joe Frazier, Larry Holmes and Ken Norton That’s a heck of a lineup for a talk show! ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2024, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-our-current-abe-vigodas-people-you-might-be-surprised-to-learn-are-still-alive/919985/598 "2024-08-11T06:03:02Z")
June Lockhart turned 99 last month, and was, in my 1960s childhood, emblematic of what was best about adult women [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/Xm2q-F6FdoY/maxresdefault.jpg "Clips: 1970, June Lockhart gently challenges homophobia on THE VIRGINIA GRAHAM SHOW w/Rev Troy Perry") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xm2q-F6FdoY) ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2024, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-our-current-abe-vigodas-people-you-might-be-surprised-to-learn-are-still-alive/919985/599 "2024-08-11T14:25:02Z")
Slightly OT but in 1978’s _ **Heaven Can Wait** _, we learn that Beatty’s character, Joe Pendleton, was scheduled to die on March 20, 2025. Beatty is 87. There is a chance we could witness the most amazing movie coincidence ever next year…just saying. ---
**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:** [August 11, 2024, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-our-current-abe-vigodas-people-you-might-be-surprised-to-learn-are-still-alive/919985/600 "2024-08-11T14:50:48Z")
I assume many people here remember back in the eighties when Michael Jackson went on tour with his pet chimpanzee Bubbles. I just learned that Bubbles is still alive and is in an animal sanctuary in Florida, the [Center for Great Apes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Center_for_Great_Apes), which has a number of other “retired celebrity” chimps. ---
**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:** [August 11, 2024, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-our-current-abe-vigodas-people-you-might-be-surprised-to-learn-are-still-alive/919985/601 "2024-08-11T18:23:29Z")
> [@Boycott](#): > > Looking up Donahue and seeing he is still alive surprised me and ‘only’ 88 years old too because he looked like he was 70 back then. That girl is only a couple years younger than him. [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=29) [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=31)