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

bnt · 28-02-2015 10:10PM

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 · 28-02-2015 10:26PM

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 · 28-02-2015 10:31PM

Bob Dylan is pretty much dead

For Forks Sake · 28-02-2015 10:37PM

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 · 28-02-2015 10:54PM

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

but it turns out ted was lying

MRnotlob606 · 28-02-2015 10:56PM

Jerry Lee Lewis and Chuck Berry.

KKkitty · 28-02-2015 10:57PM

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

mfceiling · 28-02-2015 11:01PM

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 · 28-02-2015 11:07PM

Dick van Dyke - I ask you.

genericguy · 28-02-2015 11:11PM

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 · 28-02-2015 11:12PM

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 · 28-02-2015 11:13PM

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 · 28-02-2015 11:15PM

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

The Backwards Man · 01-03-2015 12:26AM

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 · 01-03-2015 01:48AM

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

JaseBelleVie · 01-03-2015 01:49AM

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

FueledbyCoffee · 01-03-2015 02:21AM

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

Snake Plisken · 01-03-2015 02:25AM

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

Shurimgreat · 01-03-2015 02:26AM

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

The lazy rat · 01-03-2015 02:54AM

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.

The other fella · 01-03-2015 03:00AM

Snake Plisken wrote: »

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

That fox dye is a killer though.

skooterblue2 · 01-03-2015 03:02AM

tomwaterford wrote: »

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

thinking of the Ramones?

fruttituttii · 01-03-2015 03:04AM

Thought Celion Dion was until heard a concert advertised for her.

The lazy rat · 01-03-2015 03:06AM

KKkitty wrote: »

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

His facial expression when he insisted on going up to Tootsies apartment(Tootsie1981)only to be met by Tootsies(Dustin Hoffman) friendly and convivial flat mate (Bill Murray) will go down as one of the greatest movie comedy moments of all time.