People you probably thought were dead, but aren't ..

NachoBusiness

..yet anyway, touch wood.

As a young lad on the bounce I used to love me some re-runs of George and Mildred and had just assumed the actor that played old George (Brian Murphy) would have been kicking it in the here after (as hadn't heard tell of him since) but not a bit of it, the old fellow is alive and well (was in Holby City last year).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7D2y2LVTQTM

Frighteningly, I don't think I'm now too far off the age of George was supposed to be in that show. Yikes.

So AH, are there any old codgers that you had presumed must have croaked it by now but are in fact still breathing?

jaded_pause

Actually, I assumed Anne Rice was dead, not sure why or how, but found out last night she was alive and kicking!

The Backwards Man

Kirk Douglas will be 100 next year.

Donkey Oaty

NachoBusiness wrote: »

So AH, are there any old codgers that you had presumed must have croaked it by now but are in fact still breathing?

Here's a starting point for your Google searches - list is a few years out of date, but some real surprises there.

http://www.imdb.com/list/ls057872986/

Dacelonid

Gary Busey.
I thought he dies years ago from drugs, but nope, still knocking around at 70

hermano

James Earls Jones. Seems like he hasn't done anything since The Lion King

The_Mask

Michael D Higgins.. I always assumed he was a zombie leprechaun until someone called him small and others said he had feelings.

conorh91

Goldie Hawn (confused her with Farah Fawcett).

lc180

Tony Bennett - thought for a second Lady Gaga was performing with a hologram at the Grammys. Nope... he's still around.

saintsaltynuts

Angela Lansbury of Murder She Wrote.

Donkey Oaty

Doris Day!:eek:

tomwaterford

AC/DC dunno why....genuinely taught they were dead for some reason

Sheep Lover

Elvis and Tupac.

They're still out there.

DeadHand

saintsaltynuts wrote: »

Angela Lansbury of Murder She Wrote.

Not just still living- still acting.

cactuspaw

I'm pretty sure Keith Richards died ages ago...

cloud493

Jimmy Perry, chap who wrote dads army. He's 91!

NachoBusiness

I remember back one year in the mid 90s getting The Quiet Man widescreen special on VHS for my Dad for Christmas as he loved that movie and as he was reading the back of the box he said: "Ah Maureen O'Hara, God rest her soul". .

She's still alive today!

The Backwards Man

George Kennedy is still around I think, remember he used to be in everything?

todders

tomwaterford wrote: »

AC/DC dunno why....genuinely taught they were dead for some reason

Well one of the original lineup is dead

Birneybau

Jesus.

Donkey Oaty

African-American special: Mohammed Ali I knew was still alive, but I am pleased to report that Harry Belafonte and Sydney Poitier are also still with us.

When Andy Williams died a few years ago my first thought was "was he not already dead? Oh right...."
Was also surprised to discover that former Taoiseach Liam Cosgrave is still alive.

4zn76tysfajdxp

The Backwards Man wrote: »

Kirk Douglas will be 100 next year.

Maybe.

Mr.Crinklewood

Linda Yonatenov

The_Valeyard

DeadHand wrote: »

Not just still living- still acting.

And probably still killing all those around her.

BobbyPropane

Kirk Douglas, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Richard Wilson.

Mr.Crinklewood

The_Valeyard wrote: »

And probably still killing all those around her.

That's Putin

AndonHandon

Thread title is poorly phrased.

the dark phantom

Spock, Was surprised that he hadn't kicked the bucket yonks ago.

GHW Bush is still breathing our air, The Devil must be afraid of competition.

ChunkyLover54

Up until a couple of weeks ago I thought Harper Lee had left us.

PizzamanIRL

Tupac

bnt

The last couple of Gene Hackman movies I saw, he did not look at all well. So I thought he'd be gone now, but I checked and he seems to be doing better since he retired in 2004. We know he's been keeping active: three years ago he was knocked off his bicycle, suffered minor injuries, and recovered OK. He's now 85.

bnt

Also: back in the 1980s, I remember the shock when talented young guitarist Jason Becker was diagnosed with Lou Gehrig's Disease (ALS). He was only 19 but had already had a huge impact, and had been headhunted by David Lee Roth (the Van Halen singer gone solo).

Lou Gehrig - the baseball player after whom the disease was named in the USA - was diagnosed at age 36, and died shortly before his 38th birthday. Doctors told Becker he wouldn't see 25. That was in 1989, and I'd kind-of assumed he'd succumbed to his condition. That was until last year, when a documentary movie came out, about his life. The title: Not Dead Yet. :cool:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGFDWTC8B8g

Bobby Baccala

Bob Dylan is pretty much dead

For Forks Sake

ChunkyLover54 wrote: »

Up until a couple of weeks ago I thought Harper Lee had left us.

The difficult second novel is due for publication this summer, 55 years after To Kill A Mockingbird.

bjork

I thought Old Jim Halpin was dying
and then I thought Dr. Sinnott was going deaf

but it turns out ted was lying

MRnotlob606

Jerry Lee Lewis and Chuck Berry.

KKkitty

George Gaynes who played Lassard in the Police Academy films is still alive. Thought he died years ago.

mfceiling

Jim Bowen from bullseye.

Saw an episode tonight from the 80's...he looked about 90 in it!!

Just wiki'd him and the fecker is still above ground.

Buona Fortuna

Dick van Dyke - I ask you.

genericguy

Sheep Lover wrote: »

Elvis and Tupac.

They're still out there.

Yeah they crashed into the loch ness monster in a UFO recently.

Dan Chipowski

mfceiling wrote: »

Jim Bowen from bullseye.

Saw an episode tonight from the 80's...he looked about 90 in it!!

Just wiki'd him and the fecker is still above ground.

Given the fact he's still only 77, he definitely looked about 80 when he was in his mid 40's!

Desolation Of Smug

Nelson Mandela is on that list someone posted...kinda discredits all the rest. Also amazed Ghenghis Khan is still knocking about and now runs a chippers in Knocklyon.

Dan Chipowski

I was just about to post Bob Holness, but then checked and he actually is dead.

The Backwards Man

Surprising amount of Hitckcock leading ladies still alive, Kim Novak, Eva Marie Saint, Tippi Hendren, Doris Day, Julie Andrews, Maureen O Hara, Shirley MacLaine.

Very few men spring to mind, Sean Connery and Bernard Cribbins, can't really think of any others.

buyer95

Liam Cosgrave, ex Taoiseach and son of the first Taoiseach of the state is still alive.

JaseBelleVie

Shirley Bassey (she who sang "Goldfinger", "Diamonds Are Forever" and "Moonraker"). Really thought she was dead, but no. 77 years young.

FueledbyCoffee

Peter Gabriel - was sure he was dead but he played here only recently

Snake Plisken

People come up to me all the time and say "Snake! I heard you were dead?"

Shurimgreat

Leonard Nimoy..every day I keep waiting for the announcement he's dead. He must be what 83 now?

The lazy rat

The Backwards Man wrote: »

George Kennedy is still around I think, remember he used to be in everything?

I really like that guy. Got an oscar for his incredible performance in Cool hand Luke. Rattled good old J.R. in Dallas from 88 to 91. A pure gent and one of the all time greats.