# Who are our current "Abe Vigodas"? (people you might be surprised to learn are still alive)

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**Post date:** [June 2, 2025, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-our-current-abe-vigodas-people-you-might-be-surprised-to-learn-are-still-alive/919985/982 "2025-06-02T15:48:00Z")

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Czarcasm just posted a thread about Dr Demento (Barret Eugene Hansen) retiring after 55 years which means I just learned he was still alive at age 84.

[https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-doctor-will-no-long-be-in/1019108/1](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-doctor-will-no-long-be-in/1019108/1)

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