# Who is NOT dead? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 24, 2017, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-not-dead/780609 "2017-02-24T02:50:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2017, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-not-dead/780609/61 "2017-02-25T20:46:39Z")
[Jim Leavelle](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Leavelle) ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2017, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-not-dead/780609/62 "2017-02-25T21:47:39Z")
> [@Ukulele\_Ike](#): > > Wow, I didn’t realize Shorter was such an OLD fart. He really didn’t come into his own until the early 1960s, while Rollins was already a star in the late '40s. > > I hope Roy Haynes lives forever, god love him, but he’s not the jazz MONSTER that Rollins is. Sonny is regularly placed in the top ten soloists of ALL TIME, along with the likes of Armstrong and Hawkins and Young and Parker. Another one I forgot is Lee Konitz–still gigging at age 89. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2017, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-not-dead/780609/63 "2017-02-25T21:57:08Z")
Bob Dole is 93. Actually, I thought he was older. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2017, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-not-dead/780609/64 "2017-02-25T22:08:38Z")
Carl Reiner will turn 95 next month. Hopefully. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2017, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-not-dead/780609/65 "2017-02-25T22:15:12Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > Carl Reiner will turn 95 next month. Hopefully. Oh, and Dick Van Dyke is 91. Rose Marie has already been mentioned a couple of times in this thread. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2017, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-not-dead/780609/66 "2017-02-25T22:48:51Z")
I heard this song earlier this afternoon for the first time in many years, and was reminded of this thread and that I am probably not the only person who is surprised that Lou Gramm, who has been in very poor health for many years, is still with us. AFAIK, nobody in Foreigner, past or present, has died either. :cool: ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2017, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-not-dead/780609/67 "2017-02-25T22:50:41Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > Magic Johnson > > He is just 57 years old. > > Back in 1991 when he announced he was HIV+, would anyone think he was going to live 25+ years, He is not only alive but he was just announced as the Lakers General Manager (or equivalent). > > How long was a HIV+ person supposed to live back in 1991? Months, and the treatments in many cases were worse than the disease. That changed dramatically in the mid 1990s. Styx bassist Chuck Panozzo and diver Greg Louganis have also battled AIDS for about as long, and they’re still with us and by all accounts in relatively good health. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2017, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-not-dead/780609/68 "2017-02-25T22:53:54Z")
Baby Peggy, AKA Diana Serra Carey, is 98 years old. > **[Diana Serra Cary](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diana_Serra_Cary)** > > Diana Serra Cary (born Peggy-Jean Montgomery; October 29, 1918 – February 24, 2020), known as Baby Peggy, was an American child film actress, vaudevillian, author and silent film historian. She was the last living person with a substantial career in silent films. > Baby Peggy was one of the three major American child stars of the Hollywood silent film era along with Jackie Coogan and Baby Marie. Between 1921 and 1924, she made over 150 short films for the Century Film Corporation. In 1922, she r... TCM has shown the recent documentary about her a number of times, and it was really obvious from her interviews that she was highly intelligent. Sure enough, they showed the results of an IQ test she had as a child, and it registered at 148. :eek: 🆒 So, that means she’s as smart as she is old. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2017, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-not-dead/780609/69 "2017-02-26T04:28:42Z")
> [@nearwildheaven](#): > > Months, and the treatments in many cases were worse than the disease. That changed dramatically in the mid 1990s. > > Styx bassist Chuck Panozzo and diver Greg Louganis have also battled AIDS for about as long, and they’re still with us and by all accounts in relatively good health. I just looked up Greg Louganis, and holy cow! The man is still ripped. There’s an ESPN The Magazine’s Body Issue from a year ago that has video of him diving, in the nude. (No naughty bits exposed, but I’m obeying the two-click rule with the spoiler.) \ [He looks amazing.](http://www.espn.com/olympics/story/_/page/bodygreglouganis/olympic-diver-greg-louganis-living-hiv-staying-fit-56-body-issue-2016) ---
**Author:** ![purplehearingaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@purplehearingaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehearingaid)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2017, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-not-dead/780609/70 "2017-02-26T04:46:52Z")
Sir Sidney Poitier is 90 years old . ---
**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:** [February 26, 2017, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-not-dead/780609/71 "2017-02-26T04:59:52Z")
Jean-Luc Godard is still alive and is working on a new film. ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_John\_Marcej](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Richard\_John\_Marcej](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_John_Marcej)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2017, 7:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-not-dead/780609/72 "2017-02-26T07:54:29Z")
Co-Creator of Spider-Man & Dr. Strange, artist Steve Ditko is still around at 89, and as far as I know, still drawing. Though he’s such a recluse that when he does pass away, how will we know? ---
**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:** [February 26, 2017, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-not-dead/780609/73 "2017-02-26T15:52:32Z")
> [@Richard\_John\_Marcej](#): > > Co-Creator of Spider-Man & Dr. Strange, artist Steve Ditko is still around at 89, and as far as I know, still drawing. John Romita Sr is also still alive. Coincidentally, he replaced Ditko as the artist for Spider-Man when Ditko quit the series in 1966. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2017, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-not-dead/780609/74 "2017-02-26T16:05:16Z")
Fats Domino turns 89 today. ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2017, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-not-dead/780609/75 "2017-02-26T16:44:13Z")
The thread about Bill Paxton got me to thinking about Spaceballs, and how Candy and Paxton are now gone, But Mel Brooks, who has looked old since he was 40 and played the ancient Yogurt is still going strong. He may _eventually_ be a 2000 year old man. ETA :smack: and I got Paxton and Pullman confused again, :smack: ohh well ---
**Author:** ![Crafter\_Man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crafter_man/32/458_2.png) [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2017, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-not-dead/780609/76 "2017-02-26T18:19:04Z")
Robert Duvall is 86. ---
**Author:** ![SaharaTea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SaharaTea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SaharaTea)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2017, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-not-dead/780609/77 "2017-02-26T18:26:50Z")
Jimmy Carter, 92-year-old brain cancer survivor and [only President thus far to have been granted eternal life.](http://www.theonion.com/infographic/primer-historys-greatest-presidents-55322) ---
**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:** [February 26, 2017, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-not-dead/780609/78 "2017-02-26T18:27:43Z")
> [@wolfman](#): > > :smack: and I got Paxton and Pullman confused again, :smack: ohh well Bill Paxton is the one who’s not not dead. ---
**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:** [February 26, 2017, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-not-dead/780609/79 "2017-02-26T19:20:57Z")
> [@wolfman](#): > > But Mel Brooks, who has looked old since he was 40 and played the ancient Yogurt is still going strong. He may _eventually_ be a 2000 year old man. And Carl Reiner may be around to interview him. ---
**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:** [February 26, 2017, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-not-dead/780609/80 "2017-02-26T19:27:01Z")
> [@Crafter\_Man](#): > > Robert Duvall is 86. For a movie that was made forty-four years ago, _The Godfather_ has a lot of its cast still around: Duvall, Al Pacino, James Caan, Diane Keaton, Talia Shire, Gianni Russo, Morgana King, Johnny Martino, and Simonetta Stefanelli as well as director Francis Ford Coppola and producer Albert Ruddy. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-not-dead/780609.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-not-dead/780609.md?page=5)