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A family member put on a game show that included Brian Blessed and I commented it 'must be old as he's been dead for a while'?

Nope. 88 and going strong.

Who else has surprised you?

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[–] sangriaferret@sh.itjust.works 114 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Dick van Dyke turns 99 in a few weeks.

[–] disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world 51 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)
[–] MrsDoyle@sh.itjust.works 8 points 3 weeks ago

Kick your knees up, step in time!

[–] Duranie@leminal.space 7 points 3 weeks ago

I swear to God he's the first person that came to mind, and here it's currently the first post - thank you for reminding me that he's still alive!

[–] DocMcStuffin@lemmy.world 63 points 3 weeks ago

Mel Brooks. He turned 98 this year.

[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 54 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

I thought Carter was dead until he was in the news for turning 100.

[–] psycho_driver@lemmy.world 31 points 3 weeks ago

I mean he's been in hospice for like 18 months now . . .

[–] IDKWhatUsernametoPutHereLolol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Probably got a heart attack after hearing the news that the felon won.

Is he still alive? If so, he's probably so sad after seeing what this country did.

[–] MrPoopbutt@lemmy.world 15 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

If I were his hospice worker, I'd tell him Kamala won.

[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 16 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (2 children)

Maybe knowing the truth, he'll fight harder and live another 100 years out of rage.

[–] JusticeForPorygon@lemmy.world 20 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

I im imagining he goes to make a pact with the Devil:

Jimmy: "Let me outlive Donald Trump, and I'll pledge you my soul."

Satan: "Don't worry about it bro this one's on the house."

[–] AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.world 8 points 3 weeks ago

He could still run for a second term.

[–] radix@lemmy.world 41 points 3 weeks ago

Bob Barker only died a year ago. I thought for a long time he had gone in, like, 2010 or so.

[–] originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com 30 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

i have a community for this

https://moist.catsweat.com/m/stillalive

!stillalive@moist.catsweat.com

im always forgetting cher is still here for some reason

[–] can@sh.itjust.works 19 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)
[–] everett@lemmy.ml 13 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] MellowSnow@lemmy.world 9 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
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[–] Aurenkin@sh.itjust.works 7 points 3 weeks ago

I'm making a note here, huge success

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[–] psycho_driver@lemmy.world 26 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

James Earl Jones prior to him actually passing away.

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[–] JeeBaiChow@lemmy.world 24 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Donald trump. Unfortunately.

[–] Empricorn@feddit.nl 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

You... thought Donald Trump was dead? Unless you don't live on this planet, I don't believe you.

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[–] mp3@lemmy.ca 23 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I had the opposite situation with Jim Varney/Ernest. I was so sad when I found out why there weren't any new Ernest films at the time :(

[–] originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com 16 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

jim varney was a gem. he also made an amazing jed clampett in the beverly hillbillies movie. just an all around funny guy. he reminded me a little of jim carrey in the way they portray physical comedy all over their face.

[–] wildncrazyguy138@fedia.io 8 points 3 weeks ago

True story. His brother inspected my house. Very very thorough and very very serious guy, which I suppose is what you want in a home inspector.

Suffice to say, Jim took all of the funny gene in that family.

[–] half_fiction@lemmy.dbzer0.com 20 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Whenever we would hear "Crimson and Clover" growing up, my dad would comment how Tommy James (the singer) killed himself in the 70s. Cut to like 5 years ago when I see Tommy James, in his 70s, still kickin', on some random public access programming lol.

My dad has been repeating this "fact" for so many years that there's a solid chance he's forgotten it isn't true and still says it whenever he hears "Crimson and Clover."

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[–] MossyFeathers@pawb.social 18 points 3 weeks ago

Buzz Aldrin.

[–] JWBananas@lemmy.world 18 points 3 weeks ago

Alan Alda.

His character in The Blacklist did perish.

[–] shinigamiookamiryuu@lemm.ee 10 points 3 weeks ago

Morgan Freeman.

Though in hindsight I realized he probably would've given his own eulogy.

[–] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 8 points 3 weeks ago

Abe Vigoda

.... oh wait, he did actually finally die in 2016

[–] grasshopper_mouse@lemmy.world 8 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Not gonna say because I don't want to jinx it

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[–] bighatchester@lemmy.world 8 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

I thought Mr dress up was dead for years before he actually died . Pretty sure that was just a Canadian show so most people probably have no idea what I'm talking about . But he was like Mr Rogers and made lots of cool things with construction paper and glue .

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[–] mrspaz@lemmy.world 8 points 3 weeks ago

In a conversation the other day the film Contempt came up, and we looked up the movie and were surprised Brigitte Bardot is still around at 90.

[–] Caboose12000@lemmy.world 8 points 3 weeks ago

Alan Alda

he is 88 and still alive

[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 7 points 3 weeks ago

Brian Blessed (88) is still alive, so is John Rhys-Davies (80). But we did lose large, loud, Scotish actor Robbie Coltrane (72). :(

[–] Chainweasel@lemmy.world 6 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
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[–] xkbx@startrek.website 6 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Brian Blessed is still alive? Bah, who wants to live forever?

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[–] Dutczar@sopuli.xyz 6 points 3 weeks ago

Chuck Norris, back in 2010s. I thought I heard of a heart attack before that.

[–] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 5 points 3 weeks ago

Nelson Mandela, duh.

[–] Smoogs@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago

Christopher Loyd for a while

[–] stinerman@midwest.social 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I thought Bill Cosby died a year ago.

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[–] SwingingTheLamp@midwest.social 4 points 2 weeks ago

The biggest shock for me was Vera Lynn. She recorded her biggest hit song in 1939, and I was most familiar with it from the ending of Dr. Strangelove from 1964, and the Pink Floyd song, "Vera", from 1982. I guess people in the UK would've known better, but the song implied a long-bygone time, so of course she had to be dead by the '90s, right?

Imagine my shock when she released a new compilation album in 2014, while still very much kicking.

[–] ThatWeirdGuy1001@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

The day James Earl Jones died I was talking to my girlfriend about him and wondered if he was still alive.

He was.

30 minutes later he died. Literally 30 fucking minutes.

I feel like I manifested it..

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[–] TokenEffort@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 weeks ago

Lionel Richie and anyone who was bald or over 30 when I was less than 10. Like Steve Ballmer

[–] NeoNachtwaechter@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Nobody has mentioned Elvis so far?

/s

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[–] AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago

Jürgen Habermas.

[–] daddy32@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Somewhat related: there's a classic electro clash song Frank Sinatra by Miss Kittin & The Hacker that came out in 1998, with cynical/funny lyrics:

We talk about Frank Sinatra "You know Frank Sinatra?" He's dead! Dead Hahahahaha.

Except he wasn't dead yet, unbeknownst to the band, for another three months.

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