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A family member put on a game show that included Brian Blessed and I commented it 'must be old as he's been dead for a while'?

Nope. 88 and going strong.

Who else has surprised you?

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 33 minutes ago

Nelson Mandela, duh.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 hours ago

Christopher Loyd for a while

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 hours ago

Nobody has mentioned Elvis so far?

/s

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 hours ago

In a conversation the other day the film Contempt came up, and we looked up the movie and were surprised Brigitte Bardot is still around at 90.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Whenever we would hear "Crimson and Clover" growing up, my dad would comment how Tommy James (the singer) killed himself in the 70s. Cut to like 5 years ago when I see Tommy James, in his 70s, still kickin', on some random public access programming lol.

My dad has been repeating this "fact" for so many years that there's a solid chance he's forgotten it isn't true and still says it whenever he hears "Crimson and Clover."

[–] [email protected] 18 points 8 hours ago

Donald trump. Unfortunately.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 hours ago

Morgan Freeman.

Though in hindsight I realized he probably would've given his own eulogy.

[–] sangriaferret 80 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Dick van Dyke turns 99 in a few weeks.

[–] [email protected] 33 points 10 hours ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 hours ago

I swear to God he's the first person that came to mind, and here it's currently the first post - thank you for reminding me that he's still alive!

[–] MrsDoyle 4 points 10 hours ago

Kick your knees up, step in time!

[–] [email protected] 42 points 11 hours ago

Mel Brooks. He turned 98 this year.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

I thought Mr dress up was dead for years before he actually died . Pretty sure that was just a Canadian show so most people probably have no idea what I'm talking about . But he was like Mr Rogers and made lots of cool things with construction paper and glue .

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 hours ago

He came to my small town and did a show there. Huge highlight of my childhood. My sister got an autograph for me, but I lost it somewhere. Such a great show.

[–] [email protected] 42 points 12 hours ago (2 children)

I thought Carter was dead until he was in the news for turning 100.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 12 hours ago

I mean he's been in hospice for like 18 months now . . .

[–] [email protected] 10 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Probably got a heart attack after hearing the news that the felon won.

Is he still alive? If so, he's probably so sad after seeing what this country did.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

If I were his hospice worker, I'd tell him Kamala won.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago) (2 children)

Maybe knowing the truth, he'll fight harder and live another 100 years out of rage.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 hours ago

He could still run for a second term.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago)

I im imagining he goes to make a pact with the Devil:

Jimmy: "Let me outlive Donald Trump, and I'll pledge you my soul."

Satan: "Don't worry about it bro this one's on the house."

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 hours ago

I'm not sure why I thought this, but I thought Carole King died in the late 80s. Nope, she's still kickin'.

[–] [email protected] 32 points 12 hours ago

Bob Barker only died a year ago. I thought for a long time he had gone in, like, 2010 or so.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

I thought Bill Cosby died a year ago.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 hours ago

Same but was it just fake news maybe

[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 hours ago

Brian Blessed (88) is still alive, so is John Rhys-Davies (80). But we did lose large, loud, Scotish actor Robbie Coltrane (72). :(

[–] [email protected] 24 points 12 hours ago (4 children)

i have a community for this

https://moist.catsweat.com/m/stillalive

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im always forgetting cher is still here for some reason

[–] can 15 points 12 hours ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 11 points 12 hours ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 hours ago

Huge success!

[–] Aurenkin 8 points 12 hours ago

I'm making a note here, huge success

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[–] [email protected] 23 points 12 hours ago

James Earl Jones prior to him actually passing away.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 11 hours ago

Buzz Aldrin.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Not gonna say because I don't want to jinx it

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

I had the opposite situation with Jim Varney/Ernest. I was so sad when I found out why there weren't any new Ernest films at the time :(

[–] [email protected] 15 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

jim varney was a gem. he also made an amazing jed clampett in the beverly hillbillies movie. just an all around funny guy. he reminded me a little of jim carrey in the way they portray physical comedy all over their face.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 hours ago

True story. His brother inspected my house. Very very thorough and very very serious guy, which I suppose is what you want in a home inspector.

Suffice to say, Jim took all of the funny gene in that family.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 11 hours ago

Alan Alda.

His character in The Blacklist did perish.

[–] TokenEffort 2 points 7 hours ago

Lionel Richie and anyone who was bald or over 30 when I was less than 10. Like Steve Ballmer

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 hours ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 hours ago

He is??? Well, I guess today I learned

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

John Astin (Gomez from The Addams Family)

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 hours ago

Holy crap, I thought he was dead too... Turns out it was Raul Julia, Gomez in the Addams Family movies.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 hours ago
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