tracy

Wondering if Gordon Lightfoot and Lily Tomlin will QO is wild. Your grandma could QO if she appeared for five seconds in a 1960s sitcom.

Dead

I'll take Bob Newhart as a sub to replace Becton

Frances Sternhagen dead at 93.

This guy is probably still alive, actually. It seems that whoever added January 1935 as his DOB to IMDb probably just picked a similar-seeming "Bates" who was about the right age from the California birth index, and the editor who wrote his Wiki page copied it, but the problem is that "Charles Bates" was a stage name (which his article notes already). Here is the right birth record: Name Charles Edward Perry Sex male Birthdate 10/22/1934 Birthplace Los Angeles County, California Mother's Maiden Name Bates Based on public records, he lives in the Spokane area in Washington. So while the guy IMDb was claiming to the actor is indeed dead, the actual man himself isn't.

Charlie Munger dead at 99.

There were some photos of him taken today: I don't think he looks bad, especially given the amount of health challenges he's had recently (and how rough he looked at times last year). Will he die in 2024? My gut feeling is probably not, but I wouldn't really be opposed to including him given how big of a blunder missing Benny was.

Marty Krofft dead at 86.

I think Allen and Polanski could probably live many more years actually. Allen had a centenarian father (his mother wasn't far off either) and he's always been very health-conscious, and based on his recent appearances he hasn't seemed to have had any real decline. Polanski looks great too I'd say, and I figure he'll probably make another movie given his latest was so trashed. Ivory could have a couple years left IMO, he seems pretty healthy still, but he's old enough that I wouldn't object to him on the list. I notice Norman Jewison hasn't been mentioned yet, but I'd like to see him on the list eventually. He's not a guy I'd be too surprised to see reach 100 (he wrote a fairly long tribute to Alan Arkin this year, so he's probably doing well) but there aren't many filmmakers as old and notable as him still going.

I dropped everyone I was using at the halfway mark. Given that I've so far gotten 0 hits since then, it could be going better.

1923: Victor A. Lundy / Kari Polanyi Levitt 1924: Art Schallock / Polly Allen Mellen 1925: Lester Crown / Martha Firestone Ford 1926: Charles Dolan / Ramona Fradon 1927: Fred Risser / Barbara Dane 1928: Sidney Kimmel / Pilar Pallete 1929: Jerry Adler / Vikki Dougan 1930: Ion Iliescu / Mary Costa 1931: Darryl Hickman / Ann Roth 1932: Joe Engle / Marisa Pavan

Some guys with no mentions in this thread yet that I think would make decent picks: Dabney Coleman. 92 in 2024, had cancer a decade ago, hasn't appeared in anything in a few years. I figure he'd make a good character actor name to replace Ackland (or a drop like Linden.) Louis Gossett Jr. 88 in 2024, still appearing in stuff but noticeably physically weaker now, nearly died of COVID and a cancer survivor. Didn't look too hot in April IMO: https://youtu.be/rZGxgUFTPdU?t=811 I'd be surprised if he had many years ahead of him. George J. Mitchell. 91 in 2024, previously battled prostate cancer and leukemia. Said this year he's doing better but didn't seem confident he'll be around for too much longer. Hou Hsiao-hsien. 77 in 2024, hugely influential Taiwanese filmmaker who has had dementia for years, and it only recently got bad enough that it became public info which suggests he doesn't have too long left. Could be a good more "cult-style" pick. Alejandro Jodorowsky. 95 in 2024, similar cult-style pick as the above only he's way older. Several health issues over the years and has outlived several family members. Jim Lovell. 96 in 2024, not very high-profile anymore and recently became a widower, would be very surprising if he saw 2025. Roger Corman. 98 in 2024, still doing well his age (if a bit frailer than he was a few years ago) but is enough of an aged A-lister that I think he should be on the list from now on.

Cheney has obviously been a premature pick up to this point, but I think he's now at the stage where including him is reasonable. His doctor gave him 10 years to live in 2012, and obviously he'll a couple years past that by 2024. He definitely could live another few years, but he won't make 90 and given that he's already been on five lists I can't see them taking the risk of cutting him now.

Willie Mays

For any pedants out there, his Variety obituary says he died in the morning, so that'd make him the 14th hit and Rosalynn the 15th.

Dead:

Not really. He just hopes he'll act again at some point in the future. Given that Brooks isn't exactly the most active filmmaker on the planet, the chances of him getting a movie off the ground and an 87-year-old Nicholson agreeing to be in it by the time it finally shoots are probably... 0%?

Johnny Ruffo dead: https://www.instagram.com/p/CzcmzgUBdZT

Frank Borman is a hit for me here. I'll take Steve McMichael as my new sub.

I guess that wasn't a bad strategy, ladyfiona... 1923: Victor A. Lundy / Kari Polanyi Levitt 1924: Art Schallock / Polly Allen Mellen 1925: Lester Crown / Martha Firestone Ford 1926: Charles Dolan / Ramona Fradon 1927: Fred Risser / Barbara Dane 1928: Sidney Kimmel / Pilar Pallete 1929: Jerry Adler / Vikki Dougan 1930: Ion Iliescu / Mary Costa 1931: Darryl Hickman / Ann Roth 1932: Joe Engle / Marisa Pavan

1923: Victor A. Lundy / Kari Polanyi Levitt 1924: Art Schallock / Polly Allen Mellen 1925: Lester Crown / Martha Firestone Ford 1926: Charles Dolan / Ramona Fradon 1927: Fred Risser / Barbara Dane 1928: Sidney Kimmel / Pilar Pallete 1929: Jerry Adler / Vikki Dougan 1930: Ion Iliescu / Mary Costa 1931: Darryl Hickman / Ann Roth 1932: Joe Engle / Marisa Pavan

1923: Victor A. Lundy / Kari Polanyi Levitt 1924: Art Schallock / Polly Allen Mellen 1925: Lester Crown / Martha Firestone Ford 1926: Charles Dolan / Ramona Fradon 1927: Fred Risser / Barbara Dane 1928: Sidney Kimmel / Pilar Pallete 1929: Jerry Adler / Vikki Dougan 1930: Ion Iliescu / Mary Costa 1931: Darryl Hickman / Ann Roth 1932: Joe Engle / Marisa Pavan

Matthew Perry dead per TMZ: https://www.tmz.com/2023/10/28/friends-star-matthew-perry-dead-dies-drowning/

Yeah, findagrave editor seems to believe she is dead because she's marked deceased on familysearch, but living people on there over a certain age are usually always marked dead, so people can add profiles and make trees or something along those lines. In any case, her son's obituary from August confirms she is still alive.

He's on my DCAU DDP theme team. Figured at his size he wasn't going to live much past 80. Sucks to be right, he was great.