not dead

[Mr. Analog]

You can say that again.

[Tom]

Most current politicians do nothing but earn my scorn

The dude in my riding is a complete lazy ass hat. He does nothing and rarely shows up to work, yet he constantly spends money on sending out leaflets and letters saying how good a job his party is doing, as if he had a part in it.

[Darren Dirt]

on topic with OP, again how did I not think to lookup/include this name...

Anne Frances Robbins, dob July 6, 1921


aka:

Spoiler

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nancy_Reagan

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[Darren Dirt]

holy crap http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_McLaughlin_(host)  is 85 (and still hosting the 'Group!) (his longetivity must be due to his "magic bag" -- maybe that's why people are trying to steal* it?)





* ah, the good old days #totallymissingphilhartmannow

http://snltranscripts.jt.org/90/90gmclaughlin.phtml

http://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/video/mclaughlin-group/1353794
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xl58ut_saturday-night-live-mclaughlin-group_fun
http://www.myspace.com/video/saturday-night-live/cold-opening-mclaughlin-group/108221610

[Darren Dirt]

on-topic -- the opposite of thread title (2012 looking back)
http://www.tvguide.com/special/best-of-year-2012/photogallery/Celebrity-Deaths-2012-1042068

[Darren Dirt]

...now somehow I feel old...

OP 04Jun2011, amazing how many of these are still kickin' it old school... (i.e. if still alive, add 2 years to their age in the quote)

*Died 14Jan2013: Conrad Bain (that's Mr. Drummond to you, Willis and Arnold ... and his brother "Hank" is the whole reason I got onto this little research-kick today)

*Died 08Jul2012: Ernest Borgnine (I guess he somehow survived the helicopter explosion in that Airwolf episode, you remember, the one with the loltastic SFX )

Don Rickles 85 (suck on that, The Situation!)

Sidney Poitier 84 (he still tours and gives speeches to crowds!)

Kirk Douglas 94 (HE STILL BLOGS REGULARLY!)

*Died 07Dec2011: Harry Morgan 94

Efrem Zimbalist Jr. 92
Harry Belafonte 84
Olivia de Havilland 94
Joan Fontaine 93
Shirley Temple 83
Sid Caesar 88
Mel Brooks 84
Carl Reiner 89
Charlotte Rae 85
Cloris Leachman 85
Angela Lansbury 85
Roger Moore 83
Sean Connery 80
Clint Eastwood 81
Christopher Plummer 81
*Died 10Sep2011: Cliff Robertson 87
James Garner 83
*Died 03Jul2012: Andy Griffith 85
Jerry Lewis 85
Mickey Rooney 90
*Died 19Nov2011: John Neville 86
Abe Vigoda 90
Jerry Stiller 83
Estelle Harris 83
*Died 07Apr2012: Mike Wallace 93
*Died 04Nov2011: Andy Rooney 92

and some later additions ITT: Roger Corman is now 87, Herman Wouk is now 98, Chuck Berry 86, Nancy Reagan and Steven Hill are 91.

Also, Robert Duvall is 82 (my daughter and I were watching that Will Ferrell soccer movie and she asked if he is still alive!)


But 2012 was definitely a rough year for aging celebs...
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/gallery/hollywood-deaths-2012-obits-284427

[Darren Dirt]

just found 2 noteables (and a 3rd, who died in 2009 but WOW I didn't realize how old he was)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eli_Wallach is a name I expect to be familiar to many -- he will be 98 on December 8, 2013.

And the lesser-known Norman Lloyd turns 99 years young on November 8, 2013! (Anyone remember him in  "St. Elsewhere"? He was over 70 even back then!)



Mystery Man #3:

Spoiler

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Malden
He died July 1, 2009, 4 months after turning 97. I actually REMEMBER seeing his American Express commercials!

And I might even have seen (perhaps in syndication) this "fantastic ensemble cast" disaster flick as well... I pretty vividly remember seeing the scene where missilies are being launched from satellites (and not knowing at the time whether or not that was actually real, or complete made up sci-fi plot).

man, I feel old...

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[Mr. Analog]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eli_Wallach is a name I expect to be familiar to many --
he will be 98 on December 8, 2013.

Freaky, I was watching The Good, The Bad and The Ugly before work today...

[Darren Dirt]

Freaky, I was watching The Good, The Bad and The Ugly before work today...

Even more freaky: he's totally living out a couple of things spoken by his character "Tuco" in that film...
"you'll die. Only slowly, very slowly" and "Don't die until later."

[Darren Dirt]

I definitely feel old watching this video:

The Fresh Prince Is Now Older Than Uncle Phil

[Darren Dirt]

Shirley Temple 83

http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2014-02-11/entertainment/chi-shirley-temple-dead-20140211_1_child-actors-screen-actors-guild-movies @ 85.

Sid Caesar 88

http://edition.cnn.com/2014/02/12/showbiz/sid-caesar-dead/ @ 91.

Also recently: http://edition.cnn.com/2014/01/28/showbiz/pete-seeger-death/ @ 94 , http://edition.cnn.com/2014/02/01/showbiz/actor-maximilian-schell-dies/ @ 83.



also hey Skipper! Mr. Howell! Professor! How did we miss this?
http://edition.cnn.com/2014/01/16/showbiz/russell-johnson-obit @ 89. -- let's pay tribute to the Gilligan's Island* family by watching this brief clip of a crappy short-lived 90s sitcom in which they cameo'd.




*or if 55 seconds ain't enough for ya, you might want to check out a 2001 feature-length Gilligan's Island documentary(!)

[Mags]

R.I.P. harald Ramis

[Darren Dirt]

R.I.P. Harold Ramis

Damn, that was sad and unexpected! I wonder if his uncommon cause of death will get the same Jim Henson effect...

[Melbosa]

I really liked that guy.

[Mr. Analog]

Yep, sad to see him go that's for sure...

From SCTV to Stripes to Ghostbusters to Groundhog Day and so many more films... he will be missed as an actor, comedian, writer...