# 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:** 1\ **Showing post:** 1502
**Author:** ![ParallelLines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/parallellines/32/3575_2.png) [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2026, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-our-current-abe-vigodas-people-you-might-be-surprised-to-learn-are-still-alive/919985/1502 "2026-10-07T02:23:59Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Robert Tilton has probably been mentioned, but we shouldn’t be surprised a scam-evangelist and total fraudster is alive. Seems like these guys always live a long time. Jim Bakker(?) I think is alive as well. > [@kenobi\_65](#): > > > [@Mahaloth](#): > > > > Jim Bakker(?) I think is alive as well. > > He is; he turned 86 yesterday, in fact. > > And, he’s still running an online “ministry,” still running scams, etc. He’s apparently been pushing end-times prepper stuff for a while. @Mahaloth you may now mentally cross off Bakker’s presence in **this** thread: > [@Jim Bakker of PTL Club fame, dead at 86](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jim-bakker-of-ptl-club-fame-dead-at-86/1033620): > > And so it goes. Not sure what to say about this other than, hopefully he and Tammy Fay are reunited in their proper place. You didn’t even have to wait a whole year for him to lose his eligibility. @kenobi_65 already knows, as he’s been posting in the thread above. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-our-current-abe-vigodas-people-you-might-be-surprised-to-learn-are-still-alive/919985)._