People I Was Surprised To Find Are Still Alive

[SovietJohnny 95]

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"Mad" Mike Hoare

Marge Champion

Marguerite Allan

Mary Carlisle

Mary Wilson, Baroness of Rievaulx

Max Splodge

Michael York

Moray Watson

Noam Chomsky

Norman Kember

Olivia De Havilland

Oscar Quitak

Pearl Carr

Peter Carrington (Lord)

Pierre Delauney

R Dean Taylor

Radovan Karadzic

Ratko Mladic

Ray Kennedy

Richard Bach

Richard Carpenter

Richard O'Sullivan

Richard Sherman

Robert Guillaume

Roberta McCain

Rona Barrett

Ruth Westheimer

Sheila Mercier

Stanley Bates (Bungle)

Sue Nicholls

Susan Maughan

Sydney Lotterby

Teddy Johnson

Tippi Hedren

Tom Lehrer

Tony Soper

Ursula K Le Guin

Victoria Ramsey (Lady)

Vince Fumo

Werner Herzog

Wilford Brimley

William Goldman

William Perrie (?)

Yoshiko Kuga

Zizi Jeanmaire

Frank Windsor! Got to be a gimme, surely

[maryportfuncity 10,684]

 

M - Z

 

"Mad" Mike Hoare

Marge Champion

Marguerite Allan

Mary Carlisle

Mary Wilson, Baroness of Rievaulx

Max Splodge

Michael York

Moray Watson

Noam Chomsky

Norman Kember

Olivia De Havilland

Oscar Quitak

Pearl Carr

Peter Carrington (Lord)

Pierre Delauney

R Dean Taylor

Radovan Karadzic

Ratko Mladic

Ray Kennedy

Richard Bach

Richard Carpenter

Richard O'Sullivan

Richard Sherman

Robert Guillaume

Roberta McCain

Rona Barrett

Ruth Westheimer

Sheila Mercier

Stanley Bates (Bungle)

Sue Nicholls

Susan Maughan

Sydney Lotterby

Teddy Johnson

Tippi Hedren

Tom Lehrer

Tony Soper

Ursula K Le Guin

Victoria Ramsey (Lady)

Vince Fumo

Werner Herzog

Wilford Brimley

William Goldman

William Perrie (?)

Yoshiko Kuga

Zizi Jeanmaire

Frank Windsor! Got to be a gimme, surely

 

 

 

Aye, 90 in July - if he makes it

 

So when the class of 1927 thread appears, he's a shoo-in.

 

Seriously thought him toast already

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Frank Windsor! Got to be a gimme, surely

 

 

 

Aye, 90 in July - if he makes it

 

So when the class of 1927 thread appears, he's a shoo-in.

 

Seriously thought him toast already

 

 

 

[msc 18,544]

Maryport came up with a good one a few days ago - Von Daniken! Only 81 too, he feels like the type of person who wrote in say, the late 50s and then snuffed it in the early 70s.

[WednesdayAddams 103]

Jerry Lewis is 90 today. Thought he died decades ago!

[Spade_Cooley 9,637]

Maryport came up with a good one a few days ago - Von Daniken! Only 81 too, he feels like the type of person who wrote in say, the late 50s and then snuffed it in the early 70s.

 

Yeah, Von Daniken was one of those names I came across when I was a pre-teen reading every book on "omg weird shit" at the library, and I assumed he was dead back then.

[maryportfuncity 10,684]

 

Maryport came up with a good one a few days ago - Von Daniken! Only 81 too, he feels like the type of person who wrote in say, the late 50s and then snuffed it in the early 70s.

 

Yeah, Von Daniken was one of those names I came across when I was a pre-teen reading every book on "omg weird shit" at the library, and I assumed he was dead back then.

 

 

 

Did some digging on this. Basically he's back out there cos he needs the cash.

 

Re those books - bear in mind the man has a fraud conviction and much of his "evidence" is dodgy to say the least. There are loads of better UFO books out there. If you trust anything in Erich's works trust the name and address of the publisher.

[dodrade 94]

Hannah Hauxwell.

[YoungWillz 21,233]

Just discovered that Archie Norman, paediatrician and major contributor to medical research including this, is still breathing. Aged 96, but still a SHOO IN for a broadsheet obit.

 

Well, this expert in respiratory diseases has ceased respiration at 104. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2017/01/07/dr-archibald-norman-pioneer-respiratory-diseases-obituary/

 

http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/timesonline-uk/obituary.aspx?pid=183262283

[msc 18,544]

 

DB Cooper I have said too much

He's in Cuba living the highlife with Lord Lucan and Jimmy Hoffa.

 

 

Well, then, looks like we've got an FBI scientist in our midst.

 

(I know I could have gone for a less clickbaity description for a non-story...)

[CaptainChorizo 1,991]

 

Ara Parseghian who coached Notre Dame in Us College Football in the 60's

 

[maryportfuncity 10,684]

Jimmy James as in the one backed by The Vagabonds who declared he'd go where our music took him

 

Still alive, aged 76 - could've sworn he was a goner. Anyone know what kinda shape he's in?

[theoldlady 2,344]

 

Maryport came up with a good one a few days ago - Von Daniken! Only 81 too, he feels like the type of person who wrote in say, the late 50s and then snuffed it in the early 70s.

 

Yeah, Von Daniken was one of those names I came across when I was a pre-teen reading every book on "omg weird shit" at the library, and I assumed he was dead back then.

He is often on TV discussing his ancient astronaut theories on the program Ancient Aliens, on the History channel. He also had some sort of amusement park in Switzerland.

[maryportfuncity 10,684]

Was reading my super soaraway Sun today which devoted the middle pages to discussing the exorcism case that inspired the famous movie. One major revelation being the fact that "Roland Doe" is clearly still alive.

 

Will be summat like 82 this year.

 

Link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exorcism_of_Roland_Doe

[charon 4,943]

Surprised to find there is still a prosecutor alive from the Nuremberg Trials...and 97 ... https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_B._Ferencz

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p04xd4pq

[charon 4,943]

"Dandy" Don Fraser, the boxing promoter from the early 70's who did some of the big fights of the time just turned 90. Obit will be assured as it was he that labeled Ali as "The Greatest"  https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/news/local/angus-mearns/397606/promoter-who-named-ali-the-greatest-is-a-red-lichtie/

[maryportfuncity 10,684]

Eddie Harty - Grand National winning jockey in 1969 - was one of those interviewed in The Observer today about the 100-1 shot winner two years earlier. Harty was one of the jockeys unlucky in 1967 when a massive pile up took out almost all the fancied horses.

Doing the maths on the interview he's at least 79.

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1 hour ago, maryportfuncity said:

Eddie Harty - Grand National winning jockey in 1969 - was one of those interviewed in The Observer today about the 100-1 shot winner two years earlier. Harty was one of the jockeys unlucky in 1967 when a massive pile up took out almost all the fancied horses.

Doing the maths on the interview he's at least 79.

 

I met the trainer of the 1967 winner, Foinavon, recently and was astonished by his spry and youthful demeanour.  He can't be much younger than Harty, but could pass for someone in his fifties.

[Chopped Liver 53]

If I'm to be honest here, I was surprised to discover Sophia Loren was still alive.

[earl 69]

Do you know Bancini, one character of the movie One flew into thw cuckoo's nest? The actor who played that role is still alive at 96! His name is Josip Elic.

 

 

[maryportfuncity 10,684]

59 minutes ago, earl said:

Do you know Bancini, one character of the movie One flew into thw cuckoo's nest? The actor who played that role is still alive at 96! His name is Josip Elic.

 

 

 

THIS dude:

 

 

[Grim Up North 3,771]

Nicky Campbell is going to be surprised soon to be told that Roger Bannister is still alive.

 

He just referred to him as 'the late, great Roger Bannister' on 5live. Oops!

[Sean 6,368]

2 hours ago, Grim Up North said:

Nicky Campbell is going to be surprised soon to be told that Roger Bannister is still alive.

 

He just referred to him as 'the late, great Roger Bannister' on 5live. Oops!

 

Nicky Campbell is a useless presenter!

[ObakeFilter 965]

Philip Pullman is always a surprise for me, I don't really know why but I keep thinking he was born at the same time period as C. S. Lewis and Tolkien.

[maryportfuncity 10,684]

2 hours ago, ObakeFilter said:

Philip Pullman is always a surprise for me, I don't really know why but I keep thinking he was born at the same time period as C. S. Lewis and Tolkien.

 

 

He'll be 71 later this year - so he's around the same age as most classic rock musicians