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Guess Who's Still Alive 2017

MFS62 Jan 18 2017 01:50 AM

Betty White. 95 years young today. http://www.chron.com/entertainment/arti ... 859960.php Happy Birthday! Later

cooby Jan 18 2017 01:45 PM Re: Guess Who's Still Alive 2017

:)

Edgy MD Jan 18 2017 10:15 PM Re: Guess Who's Still Alive 2017

George Bush 41 has been admitted to the hospital in acute respiratory distress, being placed in ICU and being intubated. First Lady 40-something Barbara Bush was hospitalized shortly after, "experiencing fatigue and coughing." You'd imagine few people had as poor a recipe for a long marriage as a woman marrying the youngest Navy flyer in the Pacific Theater in World War II, but they persist as America's longest married presidential couple. [fimg=400:38qvomcw]http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1548571/images/o-GEORGE-BARBARA-BUSH-facebook.jpg[/fimg:38qvomcw]

Frayed Knot Jan 18 2017 10:22 PM Re: Guess Who's Still Alive 2017

Edgy MD wrote: ... but they persist as America's longest married presidential couple. Married at ages 21 & 20 -- 72 years ago!

Chad Ochoseis Jan 19 2017 02:33 AM Re: Guess Who's Still Alive 2017

Edgy MD wrote: George Bush 41 has been admitted to the hospital in acute respiratory distress, being placed in ICU and being intubated. Hang in there. We've never had five living ex-Presidents at once. OE - I was wrong about that. But hang in there, anyway.

Mets Willets Point Jan 20 2017 04:38 PM Re: Guess Who's Still Alive 2017

Chad Ochoseis wrote: Edgy MD wrote: George Bush 41 has been admitted to the hospital in acute respiratory distress, being placed in ICU and being intubated. Hang in there. We've never had five living ex-Presidents at once. OE - I was wrong about that. But hang in there, anyway. Yup, these five formers walked the earth from Clinton's inauguration to Nixon's death.

Edgy MD Jan 20 2017 05:44 PM Re: Guess Who's Still Alive 2017

Both President George and First Lady Barbara are on the upswing, according to reports. My college roommate reminds me that to call George H.W. the 41st president and Presidents Clinton, W. Bush, Obama, and (puke) Trump the 42nd, 43rd, 44th, and 45th, respectively, is inaccurate, because it treats Grover Cleveland as two different people.

Benjamin Grimm Jan 20 2017 05:48 PM Re: Guess Who's Still Alive 2017

Who was it who decided that Grover Cleveland should be counted twice? It seems like the numbering is "official" but it's not like there's some agency somewhere that's responsible for numbering presidents. Or is there?

Edgy MD Jan 20 2017 05:53 PM Re: Guess Who's Still Alive 2017

Bureau of Weights and Measures, I would imagine.

seawolf17 Jan 20 2017 06:12 PM Re: Guess Who's Still Alive 2017

Edgy MD wrote: Bureau of Weights and Measures, I would imagine. Is that a Taft joke?

Edgy MD Jan 20 2017 06:19 PM Re: Guess Who's Still Alive 2017

No, but I knew a Taft invocation was coming.

Chad Ochoseis Jan 21 2017 12:57 AM Re: Guess Who's Still Alive 2017

Mets Willets Point wrote: Yup, these five formers walked the earth from Clinton's inauguration to Nixon's death. There was actually another instance. It's too good of a trivia question to give the answer away here.

Edgy MD Jan 21 2017 01:46 AM Re: Guess Who's Still Alive 2017

That's a heckuva posse of self-assured white dudes there. H.W.'s suit oddly looks a little big on him.

Mets Willets Point Jan 21 2017 02:38 AM Re: Guess Who's Still Alive 2017

Edgy MD wrote: That's a heckuva posse of self-assured white dudes there. I appreciate that they made the effort to walk in order of presidential succession.

Edgy MD Jan 21 2017 03:28 AM Re: Guess Who's Still Alive 2017

I like the will-he-never-shut-up? side-eye that President Ford is throwing at President Nixon.

Frayed Knot Jan 25 2017 08:15 PM Re: Guess Who's Still Alive 2017

MTM may be gone, but her one-time TV husband DVD is still alive and still working at age 91.

Benjamin Grimm Jan 25 2017 08:21 PM Re: Guess Who's Still Alive 2017

So are many of Mary's other co-stars: Rose Marie, Carl Reiner, Gavin MacLeod, Ed Asner, Valerie Harper, Cloris Leachman, and Betty White.

Frayed Knot Jan 25 2017 09:15 PM Re: Guess Who's Still Alive 2017

Rose Marie - 93 Carl Reiner - 94 Gavin MacLeod - 85 Ed Asner - 87 Valerie Harper - 77 (the only one younger than MTM and the one who supposedly had terminal cancer years ago) Cloris Leachman - 90 Betty White - 95 The production company must have catered healthy meals on the set of those shows.

Edgy MD Jan 25 2017 09:53 PM Re: Guess Who's Still Alive 2017

I would have bet the house that Valerie Harper had passed. Also still on the planet is Gordie the weatherman.

Benjamin Grimm Jan 25 2017 09:59 PM Re: Guess Who's Still Alive 2017

And Georgette, too.

Edgy MD Jan 25 2017 10:03 PM Re: Guess Who's Still Alive 2017

And her son David, who sings lead in this monster track by The Andersons: [youtube:1nsfeetl]y2yQtlBihAc[/youtube:1nsfeetl]

Frayed Knot Mar 09 2017 03:52 AM Still Alive in '17

Late by a week, but Harry Belafonte turned 90 on March 1st. Born Harold George Bellanfanti Jr in Harlem to a Jamaican mother and Martiniquan father but also claims Scottish (maternal grandmother) and Dutch/Jewish (paternal grandfather) ancestry.

G-Fafif Mar 09 2017 04:56 PM Re: Still Alive in '17

Was surprised to learn Sonny Fox, first host of Wonderama -- pre-Bob McAllister -- is still on the scene as he nears 92. Good profile here.

Edgy MD Mar 09 2017 05:23 PM Re: Still Alive in '17

I had no idea there was a host before Bob McAllister. I had no idea there was a world before Bob McAllister.

Benjamin Grimm Mar 09 2017 05:31 PM Re: Still Alive in '17

Sonny Fox is like Jack Paar, the guy who came before the guy you knew.

batmagadanleadoff Mar 09 2017 05:34 PM Re: Still Alive in '17

Does anybody here have an aardvark?

Benjamin Grimm Mar 09 2017 05:37 PM Re: Still Alive in '17

[youtube:34z41zjb]tDJe4gmxlbI[/youtube:34z41zjb]

Frayed Knot Mar 09 2017 05:37 PM Re: Still Alive in '17

Never watched more than a handful of either version of the show, but I actually remember the name Sonny Fox and NOT Bob McAllister.

41Forever Mar 10 2017 12:56 AM Re: Still Alive in '17

Edgy MD wrote: I had no idea there was a host before Bob McAllister. I had no idea there was a world before Bob McAllister. That was an odd little show, looking back on it. Snake cans, the push-up contests, the dancing...

Edgy MD Mar 10 2017 01:12 AM Re: Still Alive in '17

If I remember correctly, it ran for, like, three hours every Sunday morning. McAllister was alright. I think Wonderama was, like, the last show on TV that featured magicians as children's entertainment. The whole brotherhood must have felt hugely in his debt. Plus, regular appearances by The Jackson 5. [youtube]7oN6hbmrL_c[/youtube]

d'Kong76 Mar 10 2017 01:52 AM Re: Still Alive in '17

Wonderama was cool! One of things I remember is the guy that would listen to the whole audiences first names and then be able to name them all. Exercise, exercise, come on everybody do your exercise was a catchy tune.

MFS62 Apr 02 2017 08:04 PM Re: Still Alive in '17

Doris Day - 95 https://www.yahoo.com/movies/only-ap-bi ... 00422.html Que Sera Sera. Later

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Apr 02 2017 10:00 PM Re: Still Alive in '17

Kirk Douglas, at a century-and-three-months-and-counting.

Chad Ochoseis Apr 03 2017 12:17 AM Re: Still Alive in '17

The Grim Reaper can't figure out which one is Kirk. [youtube:1xvldg5v]u93bhAimFFU[/youtube:1xvldg5v] And, really, this scene always puzzled me. Why didn't they just declare one of their dead to be Spartacus?

Benjamin Grimm May 02 2017 02:17 PM Re: Still Alive in '17

John Astin, TV's Gomez Addams, recently turned 87.

d'Kong76 May 02 2017 04:47 PM Re: Guess Who's Still Alive 2017

Looks good, wonder if he still plays with trains!?!

41Forever May 02 2017 05:53 PM Re: Guess Who's Still Alive 2017

A great Gomez, but a rough Riddler. Frank Gorshen defined the role!

Mets Willets Point May 02 2017 06:21 PM Re: Guess Who's Still Alive 2017

Dr. Ruth Westheimer, currently 88. She seemed very old when I was a little kid. I guess that is a testament to the power of good sex.

seawolf17 May 02 2017 06:36 PM Re: Guess Who's Still Alive 2017

Mets Willets Point wrote: Dr. Ruth Westheimer, currently 88. She seemed very old when I was a little kid. I guess that is a testament to the power of good sex. She is even smaller in person than you could imagine. We met her last year at a charity event in the Hamptons.

Benjamin Grimm May 02 2017 06:49 PM Re: Guess Who's Still Alive 2017

Mets Willets Point wrote: Dr. Ruth Westheimer, currently 88. She seemed very old when I was a little kid. I guess that is a testament to the power of good sex. I remember seeing her on with Letterman 35 years ago, and I thought she was an old lady. 35 years ago she was the age that I am now!

Frayed Knot Jul 11 2017 08:08 PM Re: Guess Who's Still Alive 2017

Carl 'Doc' Severinsen turned 90 a couple days ago.

SteveJRogers Jul 18 2017 11:36 AM Re: Guess Who's Still Alive 2017

I wish people would pay attention to Google, and sites that track both noted person deaths and who are still alive instead of widely treating their notions as "fact" just because The Mandela Effect (He and three or four Popes are the only honorees in MFYS Death Star III with not a darn thing to do with baseball, pretty impressive is he died years before his appearance at MFYS Death Star II) is a "thing." Already seeing "I thought Landau died several times over the years" posts on social media, with the poster being convinced beyond a doubt that Landau was dead. A little Google investigation would have shown that he was still quite active in his latter years.

Zvon Aug 14 2017 03:51 PM Re: Guess Who's Still Alive 2017

Me :) Don't even ask where I've been or why I've been away. It's a long horrible, depressing tale of woe. But I'm back baby. Too bad the Mets have gone down the tubes. We have Rosario and Smith to check out tho, so there's that. Rosario is loooookin' good! :)

Benjamin Grimm Aug 14 2017 03:55 PM Re: Guess Who's Still Alive 2017

Welcome back! We're glad you're still alive!

cooby Aug 14 2017 03:58 PM Re: Guess Who's Still Alive 2017

We sure are!

Mets Willets Point Aug 14 2017 04:01 PM Re: Guess Who's Still Alive 2017

Yay!

G-Fafif Aug 14 2017 04:11 PM Re: Guess Who's Still Alive 2017

Zvon wrote: But I'm back baby. [youtube]Mmm3KTa601s[/youtube] And if that didn't show up, John Sebastian and I say Welcome Back.

Edgy MD Aug 14 2017 04:20 PM Re: Guess Who's Still Alive 2017

. [bigpurple:2hh5ty11]Z[/bigpurple:2hh5ty11]

themetfairy Aug 14 2017 04:31 PM Re: Guess Who's Still Alive 2017

We missed you, my friend :)

d'Kong76 Aug 14 2017 04:54 PM Re: Guess Who's Still Alive 2017

Edgy MD wrote: . Z[/bigpurple] . !!![/bigpurple]

John Cougar Lunchbucket Aug 14 2017 04:58 PM Re: Guess Who's Still Alive 2017

seawolf17 Aug 14 2017 05:00 PM Re: Guess Who's Still Alive 2017

Zvon wrote: Me :) Don't even ask where I've been or why I've been away. It's a long horrible, depressing tale of woe. But I'm back baby. Too bad the Mets have gone down the tubes. We have Rosario and Smith to check out tho, so there's that. Rosario is loooookin' good! :) Welcome back, friend. Really glad to hear from you.

Ashie62 Aug 14 2017 05:02 PM Re: Guess Who's Still Alive 2017

Ric Flair 68, is in ICU with his family asking for prayers for his "tough medical issues. It appears to be heart trouble. Prayers from Ashie on behalf of Ric's recovery.

Ashie62 Aug 14 2017 05:03 PM Re: Guess Who's Still Alive 2017

seawolf17 wrote: Me :) Don't even ask where I've been or why I've been away. It's a long horrible, depressing tale of woe. But I'm back baby. Too bad the Mets have gone down the tubes. We have Rosario and Smith to check out tho, so there's that. Rosario is loooookin' good! :) Welcome back, friend. Really glad to hear from you. Sounds like Zvon has a story from "The Incredible Tales of Costanza."

Frayed Knot Aug 14 2017 05:13 PM Re: Guess Who's Still Alive 2017

There was even a movie made recently about your disappearance ... oh wait, that was THE LOST [u:2bkr1bln]CITY[/u:2bkr1bln] OF Z Never mind.

Zvon Aug 14 2017 06:13 PM Re: Guess Who's Still Alive 2017

Lol. Thanks for all the welcome backs.

41Forever Aug 15 2017 12:52 AM Re: Guess Who's Still Alive 2017

Zvon wrote: Lol. Thanks for all the welcome backs. You were greatly missed. Stay strong, my friend!

Zvon Aug 15 2017 03:15 AM Re: Guess Who's Still Alive 2017

Thanks 41. I love that avatar.

batmagadanleadoff Aug 15 2017 06:40 PM Re: Guess Who's Still Alive 2017

Look who's here! Welcome Backman! You've got some thread catching up to do. We even started a thread just for you a while back ago. viewtopic.php?f=1&t=25605

d'Kong76 Sep 04 2017 09:31 PM Re: Guess Who's Still Alive 2017

Heard today that Betty White passed. Unless the interweb is broken for Labor Day, it appears that Betty lives at 95!!

MFS62 Oct 04 2017 02:14 PM Re: Guess Who's Still Alive 2017

Steven Tyler says not to believe the stories, he's still OK: https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/aer ... 37639.html Later

d'Kong76 Oct 15 2017 02:11 AM Re: Guess Who's Still Alive 2017

Chuck Yeager 94, no idea until I saw story about him this morning and the anniversary of him breaking the sound barrier.

Benjamin Grimm Oct 15 2017 02:50 AM Re: Guess Who's Still Alive 2017

Apparently Morgan Freeman is also still among us.

MFS62 Oct 15 2017 12:13 PM Re: Guess Who's Still Alive 2017

d'Kong76 wrote: Chuck Yeager 94, no idea until I saw story about him this morning and the anniversary of him breaking the sound barrier. My hero. "The Right Stuff" is as much about him as about the people where were selected to be the first American Astronauts. If you go to the USAF Museum in Dayton's Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, there is a history of flight wall of honor. In the middle small plaques with names of the greats, there are only four photographs - the Wright brothers, Amelia Earhart and Chuck Yeager. As I type this I'm wearing a t-shirt with a picture of a P-51 Mustang, the kind of fighter plane Yeager flew in WW II over Europe. Did I mention that he was my hero? Later

Frayed Knot Nov 13 2017 01:52 AM Re: Guess Who's Still Alive 2017

Whitey Herzog - 86 Last managed in 1990 Honor Blackman (aka: Pussy Galore) - 92 A handful of acting credits over the last decade (acc to IMDB) mostly in what looks like one-off appearances in various British TV series

Edgy MD Nov 13 2017 04:14 AM Re: Guess Who's Still Alive 2017

Famed hockey commentator Don Cherry is still skating smooth at 83. His grandfather fought at Vimy Ridge!

Frayed Knot Nov 13 2017 10:34 AM Re: Guess Who's Still Alive 2017

And Don fought everywhere else since.

Mets Willets Point Nov 13 2017 05:03 PM Re: Guess Who's Still Alive 2017

Frayed Knot wrote: Honor Blackman (aka: Pussy Galore) - 92 My grandmother's name was Honor. She spent her first five decades correcting people who wanted to call her "Anna." And then to her horror, people began associating her name with Pussy Galore.

Benjamin Grimm Nov 16 2017 05:16 PM Re: Guess Who's Still Alive 2017

Charles Manson, 83, but reportedly not for long.

cooby Nov 16 2017 05:20 PM Re: Guess Who's Still Alive 2017

Mets Willets Point wrote: Honor Blackman (aka: Pussy Galore) - 92 My grandmother's name was Honor. She spent her first five decades correcting people who wanted to call her "Anna." And then to her horror, people began associating her name with Pussy Galore. Maybe then she would have preferred Anna

Mets Willets Point Nov 18 2017 06:30 PM Re: Guess Who's Still Alive 2017

Mickey Mouse, 89 today.

Mets Willets Point Dec 04 2017 10:08 PM Re: Guess Who's Still Alive 2017

Sister Wendy Beckett, the English nun who appeared in public tv specials about art appreciation in the 1990s, and seemed impossibly old at the time, is still alive at 87.

MFS62 Dec 13 2017 02:28 PM Re: Guess Who's Still Alive 2017

Kirk Douglas - 101 https://www.yahoo.com/news/kirk-douglas ... 03974.html Later

Mets Willets Point Dec 21 2017 07:17 PM Re: Guess Who's Still Alive 2017

Petula Clark, 85, just released her 62nd album and is embarking on her first full-scale tour of the United States, so perhaps you'll see her in a "Downtown" near you.

Benjamin Grimm Dec 21 2017 07:20 PM Re: Guess Who's Still Alive 2017

There were a couple of weeks recently where I had "Don't Sleep in the Subway" stuck in my head and I had Alexa play it for me every night while I was cooking dinner. It finally went away, but now I think it's suddenly coming back...!

Mets Willets Point Dec 21 2017 08:18 PM Re: Guess Who's Still Alive 2017

The public radio show Radiolab did an episode on earworms and featured "Downtown" prominently: http://www.radiolab.org/story/91630-earworms/

Edgy MD Dec 21 2017 08:20 PM Re: Guess Who's Still Alive 2017

Mets Willets Point wrote: Petula Clark, 85, just released her 62nd album and is embarking on her first full-scale tour of the United States, so perhaps you'll see her in a "Downtown" near you. It's hard enough to sell 62 albums these days.

MFS62 Dec 30 2017 03:44 AM Re: Guess Who's Still Alive 2017

Rich Dauer: http://abc13.com/sports/astros-first-ba ... y/2833787/ Later