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rpannier

(24,329 posts)
Wed Jan 2, 2019, 09:50 PM Jan 2019

People you may not realize are still alive [View all]

In light of the sad deaths of the Captain, Super Dave, Penny Marshall, Mean Gene and others, I decided to post alist of people you may not realize are still alive, or maybe how old they are

In the 100 or older club:
Roberta McCain 106 (the mother of John McCain)
Julie Gibson 104
Beverly Cleary 102
Herman Wouk 102
Nini Theilade 102 (Famous ballerina. Midsummer's Night Dream 1935)
Norman Lloyd 102 (Actor. Oldest working actor in the world -- still active. Most recent movie Trainwreck 2015. Gave up tennis two years ago)
Olivia de Havilland 101
Kirk Douglas 101
Vera Lynn 101
Art Rupe 100 (He started Specialty Records, noted for its rhythm & blues, blues, gospel and early rock and roll music recordings, in Los Angeles in 1946)
I.M. Pei 100 (architect)

90's

Hugh Downs - 97
Carol Channing
John Paul Stevens

Carl Reiner - 96

Normal Lear - 95
Larry Storch
Chuck Yeager
Pierre Cardin
Cicely Tyson

Gloria Vanderbilt - 94
Doris Day
Rhonda Flemming
Bob Barker
Bob Dole
Jimmy Carter

Leslie Phillips - 93
Bill Macy
Hal Holbrook

Dick van Dyke - 92
Marv Levy

Mel Brooks - 91
Sidney Poitier
Cloris Leachman
William Daniels
Lee Iacocca

Norm Crosby - 90
Vin Scully
Estelle Parson
Walter Mondale
Doc Severinsen
Peter Mark Richman

Still with us -- sadly

Lyndon La Rouche - 95
Robert Mugabe - 94
Henry Kissinger - 94
Sumner Redstone - 94
Alan Greenspan - 92
Tommy Lasorda - 90
Orson Bean - 89
Rupert Murdoch - 87
Roman Polanski - 84
Don King - 86

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I would add True Dough Jan 2019 #1
Cicely Tyson is 94, and still beautiful Clash City Rocker Jan 2019 #2
updated rpannier Jan 2019 #4
And last year she appeared in 6 episodes of "How to Get Away With Murder" as Fla Dem Jan 2019 #24
Jimmy Carter turned 94 on October 1st Rhiannon12866 Jan 2019 #3
fixed rpannier Jan 2019 #5
You're more than welcome Rhiannon12866 Jan 2019 #8
Surprised by Norman Lloyd Cirque du So-What Jan 2019 #6
Had to look up Norman Lloyd. What's with Orson Bean? underpants Jan 2019 #7
Orson Bean, father-in-law of late Breitbart rpannier Jan 2019 #9
I knew he was his father in law underpants Jan 2019 #10
Orson Bean is the son of a founder of the ACLU. Staph Jan 2019 #12
True on family rpannier Jan 2019 #14
No he flipped underpants Jan 2019 #16
I used to get calls from the LaRouche people Rhiannon12866 Jan 2019 #11
Beverly Cleary 102 years old! skylucy Jan 2019 #13
You left out Freeman Dyson, 96. I spent an afternoon with him about 5 or 6 years ago. NNadir Jan 2019 #15
What's wrong with Tommy Lasorda? oberliner Jan 2019 #17
He's a rabid anti-Communist rpannier Jan 2019 #18
Unbelievable. Cicely Tyson has obviously found the fountain of youth. Still beautiful. n/t Tarheel_Dem Jan 2019 #19
I didn't know Tommy Lasorda was that old! LeftInTX Jan 2019 #20
...and Generalissimo Francisco Franco is still dead. BluesRunTheGame Jan 2019 #21
Too soon... Hassin Bin Sober Jan 2019 #22
Thank you for that!!!! dixiegrrrrl Jan 2019 #27
Sad he didn't go sooner rpannier Jan 2019 #23
Today I learned that 1950s bombshell actress Mamie van Doren is not only still alive JuJuYoshida Jan 2019 #25
We all know Rita Moreno is still alive, but did you know she's 87? LeftInTX Jan 2019 #26
I've had a crush on Rita Moreno OriginalGeek Jan 2019 #28
Betty White is 96 TexasBushwhacker Jan 2019 #29
I missed Batty White?! rpannier Jan 2019 #30
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