# 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:** 40
**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:** [December 26, 2024, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-our-current-abe-vigodas-people-you-might-be-surprised-to-learn-are-still-alive/919985/782 "2024-12-26T21:33:14Z")
Very cool. My professor was Leslie Woodcock-Tentler, but she only used Tentler in day to day use. She was great. ---
**Author:** ![john\_b\_2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a9a28c/32.png) [@john\_b\_2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/john_b_2)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2024, 10:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-our-current-abe-vigodas-people-you-might-be-surprised-to-learn-are-still-alive/919985/783 "2024-12-28T10:27:54Z")
It’s gotta be those now ancient former glamor boys, Robert Redford and Warren Beatty. Two women in or near the same range: Jane Fonda and Faye Dunaway. Not that I’m wishing bad luck or anything on the aforementioned, but they’re up in or close to Abe Vigodaland. ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2024, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-our-current-abe-vigodas-people-you-might-be-surprised-to-learn-are-still-alive/919985/784 "2024-12-28T17:21:54Z")
Speaking of Warren Beatty, something interesting could happen in a few months. See, in 1978’s _ **Heaven Can Wait,** _ Beatty’s character, Joe Pendleton, is sent to heaven by an overeager angel, decades before he was actually supposed to die. The official date he was supposed to die, as announced in the movie, is now just a few short months away - March 20, 2025. If, uh, anything happens to Warren on that date, it will be the ultimate cosmic coincidence of all time! ---
**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:** [December 30, 2024, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-our-current-abe-vigodas-people-you-might-be-surprised-to-learn-are-still-alive/919985/785 "2024-12-30T19:08:57Z")
Illustrator Hilary Knight, best known for the “Eloise” books, turned 98 in November. ---
**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:** [December 30, 2024, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-our-current-abe-vigodas-people-you-might-be-surprised-to-learn-are-still-alive/919985/786 "2024-12-30T19:47:54Z")
With the death of Linda Lavin, I thought I’d see who else from _Alice_ was still alive. I was surprised to see that Polly Holiday (‘Flo’) is still alive at 87. She’s about three months younger than Linda Lavin was. I was surprised to learn that Phillip McKeon died in 2019 at the age of 55. ---
**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:** [December 30, 2024, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-our-current-abe-vigodas-people-you-might-be-surprised-to-learn-are-still-alive/919985/787 "2024-12-30T19:52:30Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > With the death of Linda Lavin, I thought I’d see who else from _Alice_ was still alive. I was surprised to see that Polly Holiday (‘Flo’) is still alive at 87. As is Diane Ladd (89), who had played Flo in the movie, and who replaced Holliday on the show when they spun Flo off into her own series (though Ladd played a different waitress). ---
**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:** [December 30, 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/919985/788 "2024-12-30T22:25:28Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > I was surprised to see that Polly Holiday (‘Flo’) is still alive at 87. _Grits_ are obviously a health food. ---
**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:** [January 11, 2025, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-our-current-abe-vigodas-people-you-might-be-surprised-to-learn-are-still-alive/919985/789 "2025-01-11T06:41:36Z")
> [@Stephe96](#): > > If, uh, anything happens to Warren on that date, it will be the ultimate cosmic coincidence of all time! Right up there with Muammar Gaddafi and _Second Chance_. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2025, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-our-current-abe-vigodas-people-you-might-be-surprised-to-learn-are-still-alive/919985/790 "2025-01-11T15:59:46Z")
Ruth Buzzi has been mentioned several times but not her _Laugh In_ costar Jo Anne Worley. She’s 87 years young. Did a voice thing in 2023. Wonder if it had a chicken joke. Worley is slightly younger than Buzzi but Buzzi has no recent IMDb credits. The next oldest _Laugh In_ regular surviving seems to be Lily Tomlin who is very active. Two times Mrs. Dick Martin and Playboy Playmate Dolly Read is still going at 80. ---
**Author:** ![Tokushizu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c67d28/32.png) [@Tokushizu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tokushizu)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2025, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-our-current-abe-vigodas-people-you-might-be-surprised-to-learn-are-still-alive/919985/791 "2025-01-11T17:26:36Z")
Sam Moore has now passed away at 89. > [@Soul Man Sam Moore has died](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soul-man-sam-moore-has-died/1012843): > > Sam Moore, one half of Sam & Dave has died at age 89. Their music had a bit of a revival when The Blues Brothers movie came out. ---
**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:** [January 13, 2025, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-our-current-abe-vigodas-people-you-might-be-surprised-to-learn-are-still-alive/919985/792 "2025-01-13T05:43:59Z")
Hall-of-Fame pitcher Sandy Koufax is still alive at 89. Always uncomfortable with his celebrity, he has very rarely appeared in public since his brief broadcasting career ended in 1973. ---
**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 13, 2025, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-our-current-abe-vigodas-people-you-might-be-surprised-to-learn-are-still-alive/919985/793 "2025-01-13T13:29:19Z")
> [@Scoobysnax](#): > > With the 50th anniversary of Happy Days passing a few days ago, I was surprised to see that Marion Ross is still with us. She is 95. Lazy Sunday afternoon yesterday. I was flipping channels and landed on a Happy Days episode from season 1 on one of those retro channels (I knew it was season 1 instantly, since the Fonz was wearing a baby blue windbreaker). There was a scene with the Cunningham parents, Joanie, and a guest actress, and I said to my wife “at least 3 of those people are dead”. But then I looked up Marion Ross, and yep, a year after Sccobysnax’s post, she is still alive at 96. ---
**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 14, 2025, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-our-current-abe-vigodas-people-you-might-be-surprised-to-learn-are-still-alive/919985/794 "2025-01-14T00:22:22Z")
> [@ftg](#): > > Vivian Pickles who played Harold’s mom is still alive at 92 Also, her better-known sister Christine (_St Elsewhere_) will be entering her tenth decade early next month. ---
**Author:** ![K364](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k364/32/5_2.png) [@K364](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/K364)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2025, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-our-current-abe-vigodas-people-you-might-be-surprised-to-learn-are-still-alive/919985/795 "2025-01-15T20:03:46Z")
Marina Oswald (former wife of Lee Harvey Oswald) is still with us, age 83 ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2025, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-our-current-abe-vigodas-people-you-might-be-surprised-to-learn-are-still-alive/919985/796 "2025-01-15T21:27:11Z")
And Ruth Paine is 92. Her ex-husband Michael died suspiciously young at the age of 89. Both were living in the same Quaker care facility and were quite friendly for exes. Clearly the cleanup crew for the Kennedy assassination plotters are taking their sweet time. ---
**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 15, 2025, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-our-current-abe-vigodas-people-you-might-be-surprised-to-learn-are-still-alive/919985/797 "2025-01-15T21:34:14Z")
Boris Spassky is only 87 ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2025, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-our-current-abe-vigodas-people-you-might-be-surprised-to-learn-are-still-alive/919985/798 "2025-01-16T16:19:05Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > > [@flurb](#): > > > > 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. > > And he’s still working as one of the Brewers’ radio announcers, though he now only works home games (and not necessarily all of them), and is taking things “one day at a time.” > > [Brewers fans celebrate their 'Mr. Baseball,' Bob Uecker, who continues to broadcast games at 90 | AP News](https://apnews.com/article/brewers-bob-uecker-bc9e03b3757d7aceefb614c79bca3814) He is now _JUST_ a bit outside of living. > **[Beloved Brewers broadcaster Uecker dies at 90](https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/43439250/beloved-brewers-broadcaster-bob-uecker-dies-age-90)** > > Longtime Brewers broadcaster Bob Uecker has died at the age of 90, the team announced Thursday. ---
**Author:** ![K364](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k364/32/5_2.png) [@K364](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/K364)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2025, 8:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-our-current-abe-vigodas-people-you-might-be-surprised-to-learn-are-still-alive/919985/799 "2025-01-18T08:04:08Z")
Actress Kim Novak will have her 92nd birthday on February 13. ---
**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 22, 2025, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-our-current-abe-vigodas-people-you-might-be-surprised-to-learn-are-still-alive/919985/800 "2025-01-22T02:54:59Z")
Grace Slick is 85 ---
**Author:** ![zimaane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a3d4f5/32.png) [@zimaane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zimaane)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2025, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-our-current-abe-vigodas-people-you-might-be-surprised-to-learn-are-still-alive/919985/801 "2025-01-23T21:05:29Z")
Edwin Meese, who served as Attorney General during the Reagan Administration, is 93. [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=39) [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=41)