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

  • 28-02-2015 07:59PM
    #1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,389 ✭✭✭


    ..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).



    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?


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 875 ✭✭✭jaded_pause


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


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 18,299 ✭✭✭✭The Backwards Man


    Kirk Douglas will be 100 next year.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 4,533 ✭✭✭Donkey Oaty


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    Here's a starting point for your Google searches - list is a few years out of date, but some real surprises there.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


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,112 ✭✭✭Dacelonid


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


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 209 ✭✭hermano


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


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 340 ✭✭The_Mask


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


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,328 ✭✭✭conorh91


    Goldie Hawn (confused her with Farah Fawcett).


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 2,224 ✭✭✭lc180


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


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,147 ✭✭✭saintsaltynuts


    Angela Lansbury of Murder She Wrote.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 4,533 ✭✭✭Donkey Oaty


    Doris Day!:eek:


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 16,768 ✭✭✭✭tomwaterford


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


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,730 ✭✭✭Sheep Lover


    Elvis and Tupac.

    They're still out there.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,833 ✭✭✭DeadHand


    Angela Lansbury of Murder She Wrote.

    Not just still living- still acting.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 646 ✭✭✭cactuspaw


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


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 11,835 ✭✭✭✭cloud493


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


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,389 ✭✭✭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!


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 18,299 ✭✭✭✭The Backwards Man


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


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 219 ✭✭todders


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

    Well one of the original lineup is dead


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,450 ✭✭✭✭Birneybau


    Jesus.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 4,533 ✭✭✭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.


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  • Posts: 4,824 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    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.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 27,944 ✭✭✭✭4zn76tysfajdxp


    Kirk Douglas will be 100 next year.

    Maybe.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,037 ✭✭✭✭Mr.Crinklewood


    Linda Yonatenov


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 12,452 ✭✭✭✭The_Valeyard


    DeadHand wrote: »
    Not just still living- still acting.

    And probably still killing all those around her.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,306 ✭✭✭BobbyPropane


    Kirk Douglas, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Richard Wilson.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,037 ✭✭✭✭Mr.Crinklewood


    And probably still killing all those around her.

    That's Putin


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,382 ✭✭✭AndonHandon


    Thread title is poorly phrased.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 772 ✭✭✭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.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 564 ✭✭✭ChunkyLover54


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


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,147 ✭✭✭PizzamanIRL


    Tupac


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