# 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:** 53
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2025, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-our-current-abe-vigodas-people-you-might-be-surprised-to-learn-are-still-alive/919985/1047 "2025-08-06T01:35:46Z")
So sad for those girls. The Canadian government and their father were so awful to them ---
**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 8, 2025, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-our-current-abe-vigodas-people-you-might-be-surprised-to-learn-are-still-alive/919985/1048 "2025-08-08T22:11:31Z")
I was not aware Jim Lovell was a live until today, so he would have counted. 97 years old! ---
**Author:** ![X.L.Lent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/a5b964/32.png) [@X.L.Lent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/X.L.Lent)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2025, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-our-current-abe-vigodas-people-you-might-be-surprised-to-learn-are-still-alive/919985/1049 "2025-08-08T22:24:48Z")
Eva Marie Saint who stared in “North by Northwest” celebrated her 101st birthday last month Barbra Eden from “I dream of Jeanie” is 93 and Tina Louise who played Ginger Grant on “Gilligan’s Island” is 91. ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2025, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-our-current-abe-vigodas-people-you-might-be-surprised-to-learn-are-still-alive/919985/1050 "2025-08-09T03:01:41Z")
> [@Slithy\_Tove](#): > > (Has this been already cited?) [William H. Webster,](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_H._Webster) former CIA and FBI Director and Chair of Homeland Security until age 96, and; proof that he’s still sharp as a tack, signatory of a letter disputing Trump’s unsuitably for office, turned 101 earlier this month. He’s gone now: > **[Former FBI and CIA Director William H. Webster dies at 101](https://apnews.com/article/obit-william-webster-cia-fbi-director-7eaddeaebd51b9e25bcd0f7a90caa59a)** > > William H. Webster, the former FBI and CIA director whose troubleshooting skills and integrity helped restore public confidence in those federal agencies, has died, his family announced Friday. ---
**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 9, 2025, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-our-current-abe-vigodas-people-you-might-be-surprised-to-learn-are-still-alive/919985/1051 "2025-08-09T03:14:19Z")
I posted that in March so it’s not on me. If it’s within three days I own that I psychically killed them. ---
**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:** [August 9, 2025, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-our-current-abe-vigodas-people-you-might-be-surprised-to-learn-are-still-alive/919985/1052 "2025-08-09T20:02:28Z")
I didn’t know that AOL dial-up service was still alive, but apparently [it’s being discontinued this September 30](https://help.aol.com/articles/dial-up-internet-to-be-discontinued). ---
**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 9, 2025, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-our-current-abe-vigodas-people-you-might-be-surprised-to-learn-are-still-alive/919985/1053 "2025-08-09T20:48:43Z")
how [sad](https://motionarray.com/sound-effects/dial-up-modem-607048/) ---
**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, 2025, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-our-current-abe-vigodas-people-you-might-be-surprised-to-learn-are-still-alive/919985/1054 "2025-08-11T15:40:46Z")
Brother Paramananda is 89. Who? Some of us remember him as “Finnegan”, the crazy guy that Captain Kirk was kerfuffling with in the episode _Shore Leave_, known back in those days as Bruce Mars. ---
**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, 2025, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-our-current-abe-vigodas-people-you-might-be-surprised-to-learn-are-still-alive/919985/1055 "2025-08-11T16:14:29Z")
Anita Gillette is alive at 88. I’m using this as an opening to post an amusing factoid I just learned. The tv series _Quincy, M.E._ (1976-1983) starred Jack Klugman in the role of a medical examiner who solved crimes. The character of Quincy was divorced and there was a season four episode where his ex-wife, Helen, appeared. Gillette was cast as Helen. Move forward a few years. In the eighth and final season, Quincy got married again. His new wife was a doctor, Emily Hanover. And Gillette was cast as Emily. ---
**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:** [August 11, 2025, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-our-current-abe-vigodas-people-you-might-be-surprised-to-learn-are-still-alive/919985/1056 "2025-08-11T18:32:51Z")
I guess Quincy had a “type.” ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2025, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-our-current-abe-vigodas-people-you-might-be-surprised-to-learn-are-still-alive/919985/1057 "2025-08-11T20:10:37Z")
John Cullum is still alive. I have been binging ER recently, and he had a story arc as Mark Greene’s father. I’d seen him in Northern Exposure, and also in 1776. Also in The Day After though I didn’t realize it was him in that role (hadn’t heard of him, otherwise). I assume he was long dead but it turns out he’s still around, at 95. ---
**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:** [August 11, 2025, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-our-current-abe-vigodas-people-you-might-be-surprised-to-learn-are-still-alive/919985/1058 "2025-08-11T20:27:12Z")
His character in _Northern Exposure_ was from a family whose men were well-known for living a very long time. I imagine Holling and Shelly are still together (Cynthia Geary turned 60 this year). ---
**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, 2025, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-our-current-abe-vigodas-people-you-might-be-surprised-to-learn-are-still-alive/919985/1059 "2025-08-11T21:43:51Z")
For a show that premiered thirty-five years ago, _Northern Exposure_ has had a lot of luck with its cast. Of the main cast (all of whom were adults when the show started) only one (Peg Phillips) has died. ---
**Author:** ![Toxylon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f05b48/32.png) [@Toxylon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toxylon)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2025, 9:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-our-current-abe-vigodas-people-you-might-be-surprised-to-learn-are-still-alive/919985/1060 "2025-08-12T09:52:31Z")
See post #875. ---
**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 13, 2025, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-our-current-abe-vigodas-people-you-might-be-surprised-to-learn-are-still-alive/919985/1061 "2025-08-13T14:45:30Z")
some things bear repeating ---
**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 17, 2025, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-our-current-abe-vigodas-people-you-might-be-surprised-to-learn-are-still-alive/919985/1062 "2025-08-17T17:28:22Z")
I missed most of his earlier work, so Terrence Stamp always seemed kind of old to me. Seems he is done with being old. ---
**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:** [August 17, 2025, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-our-current-abe-vigodas-people-you-might-be-surprised-to-learn-are-still-alive/919985/1063 "2025-08-17T17:37:08Z")
Whoops, wrong thread. Never mind. ---
**Author:** ![lawoot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/35a633/32.png) [@lawoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lawoot)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2025, 8:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-our-current-abe-vigodas-people-you-might-be-surprised-to-learn-are-still-alive/919985/1064 "2025-08-18T08:56:27Z")
June Lockhart, of _Lassie_ and _Lost in Space_ fame, turned 100 last June. ---
**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2025, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-our-current-abe-vigodas-people-you-might-be-surprised-to-learn-are-still-alive/919985/1065 "2025-09-15T00:49:02Z")
I don’t know if musical types count but my sister and I were talking books last night and I mentioned that I’m reading one called “Palisades Park”. She mentioned that there was a song by that name and I said: “Oh, yeah. Freddie “Boom Boom” Cannon. Had a number of hits back in the mid-sixties. Still alive at 88. ---
**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:** [September 15, 2025, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-our-current-abe-vigodas-people-you-might-be-surprised-to-learn-are-still-alive/919985/1066 "2025-09-15T01:11:06Z")
Heard a piece about Herb Alpert on NPR this weekend. I am surprised he is still going strong at 90. [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=52) [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=54)