After discussing Sylvester Stallone and his shrugging acceptance of his-- let’s say ‘eccentric’-- mom twenty years ago, we looked up when it was she passed away. The answer is-- never. She is 95 and still kicking and getting plastic surgery.
With the last year of a bunch of dying old icons, who were you surprised to find is still alive?
Cher’s mother, too.
Norman Lloyd.
Herman Wouk is 101 and still writing.
He was born in my home town, if you can call a borough a hometown. Keep on keeping on Herman!
Sonny Rollins, alive at 86.
Former Minnesota Vikings coach Bud Grant is 89.
When he was coaching, Grant was known for not wanting to “give in” to cold weather, and wouldn’t let his teams use heaters on the sidelines. Last January, he participated in a coin flip before a Vikings playoff game, when the Vikes were temporarily playing at the University of Minnesota’s outdoor stadium. True to form, Grant ran on the field for the coin flip in short sleeves; it was -6 F at the time.
Richard Lester, who directed A Hard Day’s Night (1964) and Help! (1965) is still alive at 85.
Doris Day is still around. She’s 92.
Olivia de Havilland turned 100 in 2016.
Well that took care of that family feud! Do you win if you live longer?
I’m not dead yet!
StG
just about everybody on my last years celebrity death list from my office pool (every year it proves to be a haven for many. . . i should offer up a service to aging celebs!)
mc
Billy Graham
June Foray
Carol Channing
Vera Lynn
Valerie Harper
Norman Lloyd
I M Pei
John McVie
Kirk Douglass
Prince Phillip
GHW Bush
Frankie Muniz
Morrissey
Prove it.
14 posts and nobody mentioned Keith Richards?
Keith is dead, he just doesn’t know it.
Well, it’s more semi-undead at this point. I expect he’ll fully blossom into being undead someday.
Remember that documentary they did on him back in the 90s?
mmm
I saw the Stones perform not long ago. At one point, Keith took the mike and said, “I’m glad to be here. I’m glad to be anywhere.”
Watched an episode of WKRP the other night with Gloria LeRoy as a former “exotic dancer”. Looked her up on IMDb and wow, she’s still alive and had been working quite a lot until a couple years ago. Seems to have been the old lady patient of the week on a lot of medical shows.
Her bio starts off nicely: “Gloria’s outstanding career began on stage in Vaudeville. She spent the bulk of her career in theater and live burlesque.”
“Baby” Rose Marie is still alive. Did some voice work a few years back. Born in 1923. The first pic shown on IMDb shows her with the aforementioned Doris Day. Also worked in Vaudeville. She was in a short film double-billed with The Jazz Singer.
