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?
Mel Brooks. He turned 98 this year.
Bob Barker only died a year ago. I thought for a long time he had gone in, like, 2010 or so.
James Earl Jones prior to him actually passing away.
Yes. I think his character dies in one of the Jack Ryan films (clear and present danger?) and for years my brain thought that was real life…
Donald trump. Unfortunately.
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.”
he is 88 and still alive
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.
Brian Blessed (88) is still alive, so is John Rhys-Davies (80). But we did lose large, loud, Scotish actor Robbie Coltrane (72). :(
Not gonna say because I don’t want to jinx it
Michael Caine
He is??? Well, I guess today I learned
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 .
Christopher Loyd for a while
Elvis
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.
