People I Was Surprised To Find Are Still Alive

[The Watcher 317]

Marina, the widow of Lee Harvey Oswald, was born in 1941 & a real link with the past who may be with us for many more years.

[Spade_Cooley 9,525]

On 20/06/2022 at 17:58, time said:

While looking up yesterday's birthday boy Jimmy Greenhoff, I discovered that the referee of that 1972 League Cup Final, and also the 1971 FA Cup final, Norman Burtenshaw, is still alive (unless he's died off-radar) at the age of 96.

 

Here's Norman Burtenshaw (who does seem so still be alive by the looks of various referee accounts on Twitter) in his post-refereeing profession of sweet shop owner. Lens cap in the hobos for some reason.

 

[Gisooo 3,329]

Australian actress Wendy Gibb (IMDb) who played Cathy McAllister in Son of Matthew alongside actor Michael Pate is still living at 97.

 

She was the second oldest daughter of James Brunton Gibb and actress Ethel Lang and oldest sister of actress Barbara Brunton

 

She later became Mrs. Michael Benge and lived her life between London and Australia.

 

      

[I.R.Baboon 221]

On 01/04/2022 at 08:06, harrymcnallysblueandwhitearmy said:

Pierre ‘Father Abraham’ Kartner, of Smurf fame, 86. I guess he did a Dunn by playing older than he was, but I still thought he’d be long gone.

 

And yes, I was singing the Smurf song, in case you were wondering.

Dead

[Spade_Cooley 9,525]

 

[YoungWillz 21,044]

For @Ulitzer95

 

Desert Island Discs

1940s

[no survivors]

 

1950s

 

Petula Clark / b. 1932

Sally Ann Howes / b. 1930 d. 2021

Vera Lynn / b. 1917 d. 2020

Peggy Cummins / b. 1925 d. 2017

Tony Mottram / b. 1920 d. 2016

Edward Allcard / b. 1914 d. 2017

Claire Bloom / b. 1931

Stirling Moss / b. 1929 d. 2020

Leslie Caron / b. 1931

Shirley Abicair / b. 1928

Janette Scott / b. 1938

Tommy Steele / b. 1936

David Attenborough / b. 1926

Beryl Grey / b. 1927 d.2022

Cleo Laine / b. 1927

Harry Belafonte / b. 1927 d. 2023

Elizabeth Seal / b. 1933

June Paul / b. 1934 d. 2020

Chris Barber / b. 1930 d. 2021

Judy Grinham / b. 1939

Sylvia Syms / b. 1934 d. 2023

 

1960

 

Marty Wilde / b. 1939

Anne Heywood / b. 1931

Shirley Bassey / b. 1937

Brian Rix / b. 1924 d. 2016

Pat Suzuki / b. 1930

Cliff Richard / b. 1940

Denis Norden / b. 1922 d. 2018

 

1961

 

Teddie Beverley / b. 1927

Babs Beverley / b. 1927 d. 2018

Barbara Jefford / b. 1930 d. 2020

Julian Bream / b. 1933 d. 2020

Ann Haydon / b. 1938

Joan Collins / b. 1933

 

1962

 

Leslie Phillips / b. 1924 d. 2022

Bruce Forsyth / b. 1928 d. 2017

 

1963

 

Juliette Greco / b. 1927 d. 2020

Bernard Cribbins / b. 1928 d. 2022

Millicent Martin / b. 1934

 

1964

 

Julie Andrews / b. 1935

Vanessa Redgrave / b. 1937

Robbie Brightwell / b. 1939 d. 2022

Honor Blackman / b. 1925 d. 2020

 

1965

 

Frank Ifield / b. 1937

Sheila Hancock / b. 1933

Hayley Mills / b. 1946

Robert F. Marx / b. 1936 d. 2019

Annie Ross / b. 1930 d. 2020

Rita Tushingham / b. 1942

Peter Hall / b. 1930 d. 2017

 

1966

 

Sara Leighton / b. 1937

Nina, Baroness van Pallandt / b. 1932

Virginia McKenna / b. 1931

Michael Craig / b. 1929

June Ritchie / b. 1941

Katharine Whitehorn / b. 1928 d. 2021

Arnold Wesker / b. 1932 d. 2016

Stephen Bishop / b. 1940

Chay Blyth / b. 1940

John Ridgway / b. 1938

 

1967

 

Gerald Harper / b. 1931

Barry Briggs / b. 1934

Rolf Harris / b. 1930

Fenella Fielding / b. 1927 d. 2018

Roy Hudd / b. 1936 d. 2020

Tom Courtenay / b. 1937

Alan Bennett / b. 1934

Andre Previn / b. 1929 d. 2019

Jacques Loussier / b. 1934 d. 2019

 

1968

 

Ann Mallalieu / b. 1945

Desmond Morris / b. 1928

John Williams / b. 1941

John Bird / b. 1936 d. 2022

Susan Hampshire / b. 1937

Marilyn Horne / b. 1934

Margaret Drabble / b. 1939

Trevor Nunn / b. 1940

Janet Baker / b. 1933

Eleanor Bron / b. 1938

Richard Lester / b. 1932

Richard Baker / b. 1925 d. 2018

Des Wilson / b. 1941

Asa Briggs / b. 1921 d. 2016

 

1969

 

Heather Harper / b. 1930 d. 2019

Maggie Fitzgibbon / b. 1929 d. 2020

Zena Skinner / b. 1927 d. 2018

Mary Wilson / b. 1916 d. 2018

Nicolai Gedda / b. 1925 d. 2017

Virginia Wade / b. 1945

Antonia Fraser / b. 1932

Rachael Heyhoe / b. 1939 d. 2017

Des O’Connor / b. 1932 d. 2020

Donald Zec / b. 1919 d. 2021

Anthony Grey / b. 1938

Moira Anderson / b. 1938

[Lafaucheuse 4,046]

On 24/07/2022 at 18:41, Lafaucheuse said:

Maya Ruiz Picasso, born 1935, daughter of Picasso is still alive and the subject of an exhibition at the Picasso museum until december

Maya Ruiz Picasso dead at 87 !
 

Was recently on the News for her new acquisition of an apartment at 21 millions euros and she currently has an exhibition in display in the Centre Pompidou in Paris. Important (not huge though) and shocking News here : reminds me of Thierry Mugler Who suddenly died out of nowhere (and still without explanation)while an exhibition of his work was in display in the Musee des Arts Décoratifs de Paris.

 

Picasso has still two daughters alive : 

- Claude Picasso (b. 1947)

- Paloma Picasso (b. 1949) 

they’re both the daughters of centenarian author and painter Françoise Gilot (b. 1921)

[time 8,599]

On 25/11/2019 at 07:46, Spade_Cooley said:

Learned via watching Food Network the other night: Ali Ahmed Aslam, the Glaswegian chef credited with the invention of chicken tikka masala, is still alive.

Ali Ahmed Aslam deid.

[drol 11,945]

Mau Mau uprising field marshal Muthoni Kirima is still alive at 92. And she is so good she has two wiki pages: Muthoni Kirima and Muthoni wa Kirima. One page cites the other, so this must be the work of some authentic mental retard.

[arghton 6,731]

Japanese roboticist Masahiro Mori who identified the concept of Uncanny valley in 1970 is alive and 96 next month. Mentioned by Summer in Transylvania last year.

 

Bonus: British art critic, curator and art gallery director Jasia Reichardt who translated the term to English is also alive and 90 this year. As far as I know not mentioned here before.

[drol 11,945]

On 24/05/2022 at 18:45, Gisooo said:

Italian actress Gianna Piaz (Wiki) who voiced classic Hollywood actresses like Katherine Hepburn, Mary Wickes, Geraldine Page in Italian version is still alive at 98

Last credit was in 2005, but appeared in 2018 in a advertisement of Italian Foundation. 

 

Gianna Piaz dead at 99.

[Lafaucheuse 4,046]

Claude Zidi (b. 1934), french film director and screenwriter is still alive at 88. I thought he died years ago but that's probably because I'm mistaking him with Gérard Oury (1919-2006), another legendary film director of 70-80's french comedies. Zidi is a DDP pick this year. 

[Deathrace 1,171]

Children's author, the appropriately named Dame Penelope Lively. Turns 90 this year. Wrote The Ghost of Thomas Kempe (1973) and Moon Tiger (1987). I thought she was long gone. New interview with her here https://unherd.com/2023/02/the-books-that-made-me-2/

[The Daredevil 1,189]

Wow! American crooner/actor Ed Ames is still going at 95 and was 6'3" (1.91m) in his prime!

 

Also amazed Bess Meisler (Grandma from My Big Fat Greek Wedding) is still with us aged 100!

[Gisooo 3,329]

3 minutes ago, The Daredevil said:

Wow, Ed Ames is still going at 95 and was 6'3" (1.91m) in his prime!

 

Also amazed Bess Meisler (Grandma from My Big Fat Greek Wedding) is still with us aged 100!

 

There are a lot of obscure actors and actress who are still with us over 90 and 100 but they don't have a Wiki page, plus their IMDb don't have a birth year.

[Ulitzer95 12,596]

19 minutes ago, The Daredevil said:

Wow! American crooner/actor Ed Ames is still going at 95 and was 6'3" (1.91m) in his prime!

 

Also amazed Bess Meisler (Grandma from My Big Fat Greek Wedding) is still with us aged 100!

You seem to have bought into this idea that tall people don't live long. That's not really true. Yes, there's a slightly higher chance that people (particularly men) who are considerably tall will die a few years before their shorter counterparts, but it's not as big a factor as you're letting on.

Christopher Lee lived to 93 and he was 6'5 (1.96m). Angus Scrimm (the actor in drol's display pic) was also around the same height and he lived  to 89/90. 

If you're healthy and look after your diet, and exercise etc. then your circulation should be good. Therefore it's not difficult for these people to live to their 80s, 90s etc.

A lot of living centenarians won't have their heights on record but Philippe de Gaulle is 101 and he was 6'2 (Charles de Gaulle was 6'4).

[The Old Crem 3,588]

2 hours ago, Ulitzer95 said:

You seem to have bought into this idea that tall people don't live long. That's not really true. Yes, there's a slightly higher chance that people (particularly men) who are considerably tall will die a few years before their shorter counterparts, but it's not as big a factor as you're letting on.

Christopher Lee lived to 93 and he was 6'5 (1.96m). Angus Scrimm (the actor in drol's display pic) was also around the same height and he lived  to 89/90. 

If you're healthy and look after your diet, and exercise etc. then your circulation should be good. Therefore it's not difficult for these people to live to their 80s, 90s etc.

A lot of living centenarians won't have their heights on record but Philippe de Gaulle is 101 and he was 6'2 (Charles de Gaulle was 6'4).

Bill Gates Senior was about 6’7 (2.01m) and lived till 94 as well. 

[OneManJury 84]

5 minutes ago, The Old Crem said:

Bill Gates Senior was about 6’7 (2.01m) and lived till 94 as well. 

I’m 8’7 but won’t live long ‘cos I keep banging my head!

[The Daredevil 1,189]

12 minutes ago, The Old Crem said:

Bill Gates Senior was about 6’7 (2.01m) and lived till 94 as well. 

Yes, occasionally there is the odd case where a gigantic person lives a long life. Clint Walker is another example (6’6”/198cm), he lived to 90. But generally celebrities over 190cm aren’t known to live as long as those under 180cm. 

 

Clint Eastwood has been under six feet for a while now in his old age, so that might be helping him survive.

[msc 18,443]

Just to add the obvious that gigantic/health issues tend to be linked to folk Giant Gonzalez size ie folk suffering from acromegaly, who wind up vast outliers. Just over 6 foot, which is the height of around 22 million Americans alone, isn't that far off average. 

[Clorox Bleachman 2,422]

1 hour ago, msc said:

Just to add the obvious that gigantic/health issues tend to be linked to folk Giant Gonzalez size ie folk suffering from acromegaly, who wind up vast outliers. Just over 6 foot, which is the height of around 22 million Americans alone, isn't that far off average. 

 

I like being told people of my height are giants, though 

[Captain Hemlock 742]

5 hours ago, The Daredevil said:

Yes, occasionally there is the odd case where a gigantic person lives a long life. Clint Walker is another example (6’6”/198cm), he lived to 90. But generally celebrities over 190cm aren’t known to live as long as those under 180cm. 

 

Clint Eastwood has been under six feet for a while now in his old age, so that might be helping him survive.

Former NBA player Bob Pettit is 90 and is 6’9”

[The Daredevil 1,189]

Bobbie Wygant, 96, American tv news reporter, film critic and interviewer (NBC).

[YoungWillz 21,044]

On 06/01/2022 at 13:10, Spade_Cooley said:

Carolyn Bryant Donham, the woman who accused Emmett Till of "interacting inappropriately," leading to her husband and brother-in-law lynching him and becoming probably the first widespread cause celebre of the civil rights movement, is still with us. Would have assumed she died ages ago, and being as she's never been mentioned on her or picked in the DDP, so probably do you.

Arrest her! Arrest her! Till's relative wants 1955 arrest warrant served on DDP pick Carolyn Bryant Donham: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11737713/Emmett-Till-cousin-sues-force-arrest-white-woman-88-triggered-lynching.html

[Sean 6,322]

14 minutes ago, YoungWillz said:

Arrest her! Arrest her! Till's relative wants 1955 arrest warrant served on DDP pick Carolyn Bryant Donham: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11737713/Emmett-Till-cousin-sues-force-arrest-white-woman-88-triggered-lynching.html

It seems a little too late.No way she will be deemed fit to stand trial and probably won't live long enough for a trial to even start.