Re: Famous people who you are perhaps surprised are still alive

by Fangirl Three Sun Jun 04, 2023 8:06 pm

Now that is surprising.

by Nightjar Sun Jun 04, 2023 8:16 pm

But nice.

by Butterfield Mon Jun 05, 2023 12:19 am

The Call of the Wendigo wrote:Stanley Baxter is still alive, aged 97.

It hasn't been so good for "female impersonators" from a certain era of late. scared

by Butterfield Mon Jul 17, 2023 2:02 am

"Comical Ali" of Iraq fame is still alive, aged.... he has no age! gasp

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammad_Saeed_al-Sahhaf

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Mon Jul 17, 2023 8:13 am

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Wed Jul 26, 2023 6:49 pm

Michael Parkinson is still alive. gasp

by Butterfield Wed Aug 30, 2023 4:51 pm

Michael Gambon is still alive, aged 82. I was sure he died a few years ago.

by Butterfield Wed Aug 30, 2023 4:51 pm

The Call of the Wendigo wrote:Michael Parkinson is still alive.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Wed Aug 30, 2023 5:50 pm

by SiberianPrincess’sMidriff Wed Aug 30, 2023 5:57 pm

Wendykins Touch of death

by Butterfield Fri Sep 29, 2023 1:40 pm

Desmond's-Porkpie actor Ram John Holder is still alive, aged 89 - and is about to join Coronation Street!

by Butterfield Sun Dec 03, 2023 2:29 pm

Sports broadcaster Bob Wilson is still alive, aged 82. I'd completely forgotten about him until it was reported this week that his wife had died. I was sure I remembered him dying years ago but must be confusing him with someone else.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Wilson_(footballer,_born_1941)

I also didn't realise he'd been a footballer in his younger days. But then there'll be young people today who don't know that Gary Lineker ~~sold crisps~~ was once a famous footballer.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Thu Jan 25, 2024 11:00 am

John Cooper Clarke is still alive. gasp

by Nightjar Thu Jan 25, 2024 12:29 pm

Yeah, he on telly all the time.

by Nightjar Thu Jan 25, 2024 12:30 pm

He was in Countdown's 'dictionary corner' with Susie Dent the other week.

by cosmictanya Fri Jan 26, 2024 9:13 pm

The Princess of Wales.

by cosmictanya Fri Jan 26, 2024 10:22 pm

I don’t mean that nastily btw.

I was sent a really funny link to a mad American conspiracy theory earlier - that she’s already dead, having performed a DIY abortion with a coat hanger which went wrong, and that her funeral can’t be arranged until the British government has released the money for it in a funding package combining that with the cost of William’s wedding to Rose Hanbury.

As conspiracy theories go, it combines the perfect blend of paranoia and total certainty that the world outside the USA is obviously governed by American laws and norms. I sort of love the idea that there’s someone in Oklahoma who thought that all made perfect sense now that the Supreme Court has quashed abortion access, and that she can’t be buried because the Dems and Republicans are still duking it out over a combined funding package.

Seeing the thread in the sidebar put me in mind of it.

by Butterfield Wed Feb 14, 2024 2:35 pm

I think I post this at least once a year, but Syd Little is still still alive.

I'm sure he died, or was announced as dying, in about 1996.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Wed Feb 14, 2024 4:28 pm

I thought he'd died of COVID. shifty

by Butterfield Wed Feb 14, 2024 4:29 pm

That was the other one, Large.

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