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April 6, 2023 9:58 AM   Subscribe

An age is passing before our eyes, a time that had never been so media saturated. We've lost a lot of people in the internet age, from Abe Vigoda to Betty White. The Mystery Science Theater 3000 official forums has a thread on old stars who are still around that's worth celebrating, while we can! Still with us are Dick Van Dyke (97), Mel Brooks (96), Bob Newhart (93), Willie Nelson (89), Gene Hackman (93), James Hong (94), Harry Belafonte (96), Sir David Attenborough (96), Roger Corman (97), Norman Lear (100!), Norman Jewison (96), Tony Bennett (96), Jimmy (98) and Rosalyn (95) Carter, John Astin (93; Gomez Adams! Sean's father!), Mamie Van Doren (92, on Twitter though sometimes NSFW), Tony Bennett (96), Hal Linden (92), John Williams (91), then there's Carol Burnett (89), Julie Newmar (also 89), Joan Collins (also also 89), and Willie Mays (91).

Some other slightly less elderly folk from the thread: Donald Sutherland (87), both Dick (84) and Tommy (86) Smothers, Judd Hirsch (88), Garrett Moris (86), Alan Arkin (89), Pat Boone (88), Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel (both 81), of the Pythons John Cleese (83), Eric Idle (80), Michael Palin (79) and Terry Gilliam (82), Keith Richards (79), Michael Douglas (78), Christopher Lloyd (82, he was just in The Mandalorian!), Paul Anka (81), Frankie Avalon (82), John Carpenter (75), John Waters (76), Iggy Pop (75), Smokey Robinson (83), Tina Turner (83), Grace Slick (83), Grace Jones (74), Lorne Michaels (78), Chevy Chase (79), Joe Flaherty (81), Eugene Levy (76), Andrea Martin (76), Steve Martin, Ian McKellen (83), Sam Waterston (82), Jorma Kaukonen (82) and Jack Casady (78), Robert DeNiro (79), Al Pacino (82), Joe Pesci (80) and Frank Welker (prolific cartoon voice, age 77).

They've lived long and prospered: Sir Patrick Stewart (82), William Shatner (92), George Takei (85), and Walter Koenig (86).

There's also jazz trumpeter Ray Anthony (101!), drummer Roy Haynes (98), and saxophonist Sonny Rollins (92). What is it with jazz folk?

There's more, but geez, look at this thread already.

Let's not forget the recently passed: Bert I. Gordon (100, obitfilter), Raquel Welch (82, obitfilter) and Richard Belzer (78, obitfilter).

Please forgive me if this thread is a little hastily put together, I was kind of in a hurry as I made it. For obvious reasons.

The Mystery Science Theater 3000 Discourse forum is a jewel of the internet!
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posted by staggernation at 10:01 AM on April 6, 2023 [5 favorites]


Psst - the "thread on old stars who are still around" goes to the Betty White obit again. This appears to be the link to the "Give 'em a cheer while they're still here" link.
posted by EmpressCallipygos at 10:02 AM on April 6, 2023 [2 favorites]


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posted by cupcakeninja at 10:06 AM on April 6, 2023 [1 favorite]


Michael Caine (90) inspired a similar The Onion magazine cover: "Remembering Michael Caine: Not Dead Yet, But It’s Still Nice To Be Thought About From Time To Time." And that was five years ago.
posted by What is E. T. short for? at 10:08 AM on April 6, 2023 [10 favorites]


Ah sorry EmpressCallipygos, I did a cursory check for bad links before I hit Submit but didn't think to look for mislinks. Administrator, please hope me?
posted by JHarris at 10:09 AM on April 6, 2023 [1 favorite]


Tom Lehrer, as far as I can tell, still lives and will turn 95 this week!
posted by The Pluto Gangsta at 10:10 AM on April 6, 2023 [26 favorites]


I got to meet John Astin once. He's a charmer. George Takei is a sweetheart too.
posted by Faint of Butt at 10:10 AM on April 6, 2023 [5 favorites]


Aaah I meant to link Tom Lehrer but it got lost in the shuffle. Michael Caine would have been great to add too.
posted by JHarris at 10:11 AM on April 6, 2023 [2 favorites]


Judd Hirsch totally stole The Fabelmans even though he was only in it for ten minutes.
posted by octothorpe at 10:18 AM on April 6, 2023 [1 favorite]


🌑
posted by clavdivs at 10:20 AM on April 6, 2023 [1 favorite]


I am very pleased they included James Hong. He had a great supporting part in Everything Everywhere All At Once, and he's also one of the great many people who got some long-overdue acknowledgement because of that film; the cast let him deliver their acceptance speech when the cast got "Best Ensemble" at the SAG awards, and he talked about the kind of racism that was pervasive in Hollywood when he was starting out (the same kind that probably made Ke Huy Quan quit acting for 20 years). And now here he was as a member of a nearly-all-Asian ensemble that was cleaning up awardswise.
posted by EmpressCallipygos at 10:22 AM on April 6, 2023 [9 favorites]


Reading this brought a smile to my face. Thank you. Celebrate the moment and those of us who are still in it.
posted by vverse23 at 10:22 AM on April 6, 2023 [1 favorite]


Tony Bennett is on this twice!
posted by indianbadger1 at 10:23 AM on April 6, 2023 [5 favorites]


Tom Baker (the first Dungeons and Dragon movie) is 89.

Sylvester McCoy (The Hobbit) and Coin Baker (The Stranger) are 79.

Peter Davison (All Creatures Great and Small) is 71.
posted by RonButNotStupid at 10:26 AM on April 6, 2023 [19 favorites]


Who?
posted by fedward at 10:33 AM on April 6, 2023 [15 favorites]


Joanna Lumley (Doctor Who) is 76.

Julian Glover (Doctor Who) is 88.

BRIAN BLESSED (Doctor Who) is 86.
posted by RonButNotStupid at 10:35 AM on April 6, 2023 [15 favorites]


Christopher Walken just turned 80. Hopefully he's still making his chicken with pears.
posted by mandolin conspiracy at 10:35 AM on April 6, 2023 [5 favorites]


Two other names that should have made it in but I forgot at the end, Al Jaffee (102!) and Sergio Aragonés (85).
posted by JHarris at 10:42 AM on April 6, 2023 [18 favorites]


Paul McCartney (80), Ringo Starr (82), and Mickey Dolenz (78)
posted by RonButNotStupid at 10:49 AM on April 6, 2023 [7 favorites]


Lily Tomlin (83)

Frank Oz (78)

Marion Ross (94) from Happy Days

Buzz Aldrin (93)
posted by vacapinta at 10:51 AM on April 6, 2023 [4 favorites]


Who?

Roger is 79 and Pete is 77.
posted by JoeZydeco at 10:52 AM on April 6, 2023 [23 favorites]


By the way, Barry "Dr. Demento" Hansen just turned 81 a few days ago.

And Dave Goelz is 76 and still performing Gonzo the Great and other Muppets.
posted by Faint of Butt at 10:54 AM on April 6, 2023 [12 favorites]


Rita Moreno (91)

Dolly Parton (77)
posted by JoeZydeco at 10:56 AM on April 6, 2023 [8 favorites]


Jane Fonda (85)

Sophia Loren (88)

James Earl Jones (92)

William Daniels (96)
posted by JoeZydeco at 11:04 AM on April 6, 2023 [5 favorites]


Joan Plowright (93), Maggie Smith (88), Judi Dench (88), and Eileen Atkins (88). Tea with The Dames, 2018 documentary.
posted by Iris Gambol at 11:08 AM on April 6, 2023 [5 favorites]


Alice Walker (79)
RL Stine (79)
Dean Koontz (77)
Stephen King (75)
Helen Mirren (77, and still hotter than the doorknob to hell)

Kraftwerk's Ralf HĂĽtter (76)

I celebrate every person in this post and am lucky to share this planet with such luminaries in my lifetime!
posted by Unicorn on the cob at 11:11 AM on April 6, 2023 [9 favorites]


Harrison Ford is (only) 80.
posted by gentlyepigrams at 11:17 AM on April 6, 2023 [1 favorite]


Thanks for this post. Am I the only one who gets confused when a very old character dies in a movie, and then thinks the actor is dead?
posted by condour75 at 11:21 AM on April 6, 2023 [1 favorite]


Tom Baker (the first Dungeons and Dragon movie) is 89.

What a horribly cruel way to highlight his career, heh.
posted by FatherDagon at 11:22 AM on April 6, 2023 [11 favorites]


JHarris: Two other names that should have made it in but I forgot at the end, Al Jaffee (102!) and Sergio Aragonés (85).

The secret to longevity is being in the usual gang of idiots.
posted by dr_dank at 11:26 AM on April 6, 2023 [9 favorites]


> What is it with jazz folk?

Playing jazz must have been far from the surest route to longevity - so very many musicians died young - so it is encouraging to see a contingent of long-lived survivors. One could also mention Benny Golson (94), Quincy Jones (90), Albert "Tootie" Heath (87), Ron Carter (85) and Herbie Hancock (82).
posted by misteraitch at 11:36 AM on April 6, 2023 [4 favorites]


My wife and I are going to see Dionne Warwick tonight. She's 82 and still performing!
posted by briank at 11:41 AM on April 6, 2023 [8 favorites]


When you're turning 90 like Willie Nelson, you get to throw yourself one hell of a birthday concert.
posted by emelenjr at 11:49 AM on April 6, 2023 [4 favorites]


Hahaha when Christopher Lloyd showed up on the Mandalorian this week I shouted "JUDGE DOOM IS STILL ALIVE?!" at the TV. So lovely to see him! Thanks for this, delightful!

Patti Smith is 76 and still performing, and puts on a world class show every time.
posted by potrzebie at 11:50 AM on April 6, 2023 [4 favorites]


Jacques PĂ©pin is 87.


Christopher Walken just turned 80. Hopefully he's still making his chicken with pears.

There's a thread for that!
posted by gwint at 11:54 AM on April 6, 2023 [5 favorites]


Go watch an episode of The Simpsons from the first 10 seasons or so.

Then be prepared to be absolutely gutted at how many guest stars aren't around anymore.
posted by Your Childhood Pet Rock at 12:06 PM on April 6, 2023 [5 favorites]


Mavis Staples is 83 and in February of this year I saw her do a wonderful show at SFJazz in San Francisco.
posted by larrybob at 12:07 PM on April 6, 2023 [5 favorites]


Me watching Walken prep chicken: Ew. Don't wash the raw chicken! All you'll do is spray salmonella everywhere... oh GOD don't put the raw chicken carcass down in the SINK, do you want it clean or don't you?? GO EASY ON THE SALT YOU MONSTER, get your raw chicken hands out of the god damn salt and pepper jars...

But, dude is still alive, so I guess he's either got a constitution of iron or someone at some point in the intervening years taught him about food prep.
posted by Pallas Athena at 12:11 PM on April 6, 2023 [3 favorites]


I'll just toss in a few:
Robert Duvall (92)
Dustin Hoffman (85)
Teri Garr (78)
posted by Chuffy at 12:11 PM on April 6, 2023 [2 favorites]


Frank Oz (78)

I'll see him in person presenting a showing of his most recent film: Derek DelGaudio's In & Of Itself
posted by octothorpe at 12:12 PM on April 6, 2023 [3 favorites]


I'm so old, this is basically a list of every celebrity I've ever heard of.
posted by Crane Shot at 12:18 PM on April 6, 2023 [12 favorites]


Gladys Knight (78)
Patti LaBelle (78)
Diana Ross (79)
Irma Thomas (82)
Roberta Flack (86)
posted by thivaia at 12:25 PM on April 6, 2023 [7 favorites]


Was Herb Alpert (88) mentioned? I saw him in concert with Lani Hall (of Brasil '66 fame) a few months ago.
posted by drstrangelove at 12:30 PM on April 6, 2023 [5 favorites]


Billy Dee Williams (86)

Chubby Checker (81)

Dee Dee Sharp (77)
posted by lord_wolf at 12:33 PM on April 6, 2023 [2 favorites]


Ozzy Osbourne (74) is still kicking, isn't he? Not sure how.
posted by maxwelton at 12:48 PM on April 6, 2023 [3 favorites]


Bob Barker (99)
Clint Eastwood (93)
Julie Andrews (87)
posted by plastic_animals at 12:50 PM on April 6, 2023 [5 favorites]


I love how everyone's chiming in here! Often when I write a post, there's that moment where I wonder if I should actually go ahead and commit it to the site or just close the page and let it just evaporate, it's great when my decision to submit it is vindicated like this!
posted by JHarris at 12:51 PM on April 6, 2023 [18 favorites]


Carol Burnett's work in the last season of Better Call Saul was amazing.
posted by mmascolino at 12:51 PM on April 6, 2023 [7 favorites]


John Cale turned 80 a few months ago!
posted by pxe2000 at 1:26 PM on April 6, 2023 [5 favorites]


This is a very happy post idea!
posted by jenfullmoon at 1:31 PM on April 6, 2023 [4 favorites]


Activist, author, and very fine basketball player Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (75 until his birthday a week from this Sunday).
posted by away for regrooving at 1:38 PM on April 6, 2023 [4 favorites]




Colm Wilkinson (original Jean Valjean in Les Misérables) is 79.
posted by Melismata at 1:50 PM on April 6, 2023 [1 favorite]


David Attenborough should win the Nobel Peace Prize. He's been at the job of making the people of the world appreciate their world for over sixty years.
posted by dances_with_sneetches at 2:06 PM on April 6, 2023 [5 favorites]


Willie Nelson's thoughts on this. This song is 5 years old now!
posted by The_Vegetables at 2:13 PM on April 6, 2023


Bernadette Peters 75
Joni Mitchell 79 (Have you heard her sing Summertime from the recent Gershwin Award honor she was given? It. Is. Fabulous. )
posted by Rufous-headed Towhee heehee at 2:23 PM on April 6, 2023 [6 favorites]


The simply magnificent Barry Corbin, 82.
posted by BCMagee at 2:23 PM on April 6, 2023 [2 favorites]


Linguists edition:

Noam Chomsky (94)
William Labov (95)
John Ross (85)
Paul Postal (87)
George Lakoff (81)
Samuel Jay Keyser (88)
Barbara Partee (83)
Roger Lass (86)
Bernard Comrie (76)
Geoffrey Pulllum (78)
David Crystal (81)
Eve Clark (80)
posted by zompist at 2:29 PM on April 6, 2023 [4 favorites]


Roman Szporluk (89)
(He gave me my first copy of 'The Hobbit'.)
posted by clavdivs at 2:46 PM on April 6, 2023 [1 favorite]


Ah okay, this is the original thread in the MST Forums that this post drew from, that in the link in the main part of this post ("has a thread on old stars who are still around") got replaced with a duplicate of the Betty White link. If a mod could fix it it'd be appreciated.
posted by JHarris at 3:31 PM on April 6, 2023


Tom Baker (the first Dungeons and Dragon movie) is 89.

What a horribly cruel way to highlight his career, heh.


I think Ebert was dismayed at his newspaper’s style guide’s requirement to add (most recent film) in parentheses to the name of and film actor. The trigger may have furnished the trope name: Laurence Olivier (The Betsy).
posted by ricochet biscuit at 3:36 PM on April 6, 2023 [2 favorites]


From the 4077th:
Alan Alda, 87
Loretta Swit, 86
Gary Burghoff, 79
Mike Farrell, 84
Jamie Farr, 88
posted by Meghamora at 3:37 PM on April 6, 2023 [16 favorites]


Tom Jones (82)
Shirley Bassey (86)
Xaviera Hollander (79)

and
The Eternal
Cher (76)
posted by winesong at 4:15 PM on April 6, 2023 [1 favorite]


Johnny Petraglia is 76 years old and still bowling on the PBA50 senior tour!
posted by slogger at 5:09 PM on April 6, 2023 [1 favorite]


I spelled his name Wilie Nelson when I searched the page, came up empty and momentarily panicked.
posted by mhoye at 5:52 PM on April 6, 2023 [1 favorite]


Andy Summers, the guitarist of The Police, is 80!
posted by Ike_Arumba at 6:08 PM on April 6, 2023 [3 favorites]


I took an acting class in college from John Astin over twenty years ago. My friends from back then and I regularly marvel (literally, monthly) on how he's still so active and himself. Helluva storyteller.
posted by knile at 6:14 PM on April 6, 2023 [3 favorites]


Danny Devito is 78. I like him...

Too young for this list perhaps but Richard Dreyfuss is 75.

Marlo Thomas who conceived the groundbreaking and still very relevant "Free to be...You and Me" is 85
posted by ashbury at 6:15 PM on April 6, 2023 [2 favorites]


Bob Dylan: Dead or Alive?

What's the Difference?

Bob Dylan: Zombie Vincent Price?

What's the Difference?

...and so on
posted by y2karl at 6:27 PM on April 6, 2023


re: Mel Brooks (mentioned), hey he's got a new memoir out. It's pretty breezy. He's also willing to revisit a few of his classic gags if you missed them.
posted by ovvl at 6:30 PM on April 6, 2023 [1 favorite]


Bob Dylan: Dead or Alive?

What's the Difference?

Bob Dylan: Zombie Vincent Price?

What's the Difference?

...and so on


I mean....this whole thread is full of happiness that people we admire/adore/love to watch or listen to are still alive and you have to come in and shit on Bob Dylan?

That wasn't really necessary.
posted by lyssabee at 6:42 PM on April 6, 2023 [4 favorites]


Not only is Bob Dylan still alive he's still on his neverending tour. I think performing helps keep him that way. As he says "I'm a song and dance man!"
posted by downtohisturtles at 6:49 PM on April 6, 2023 [4 favorites]


I did not come into shit on Bob Dylan, thank you, but merely jesting. It was a riff on an old Lester Bangs coined headline on the cover of an old Creem magazine regarding Lou Reed. I am a fan of Mr. Dylan here of longstanding as the most cursory search would reveal so cool your jets, if you please.
posted by y2karl at 7:32 PM on April 6, 2023 [4 favorites]


It's funny how the media's portrayal of age has changed as rock musicians have aged. I remember in 1989 when the Rolling Stones released the album Steel Wheels the press was semi seriously going on about how old they were, and how could they possibly play rock music at that age? And they'll need wheelchairs to get on stage, and oxygen tanks to get through a show. ...They were only 46 at that time!
posted by Liquidwolf at 7:51 PM on April 6, 2023 [5 favorites]


ATTENTION: Garrett Morris MUST be invited to host SNL while he is still alive. And if his magnificent trained operatic voice is still in shape, he should be the musical guest as well. Yes he is (or at least was in his younger days) that good. (See nbc.com or streaming for the Walter Matthau SNL ep to see him, there's no clip on youtube.)

There is no excuse for this not to happen. (cups hands to mouth, shouts) THERE IS NO EXCUSE FOR THIS NOT TO HAPPEN, LORNE!
posted by zaixfeep at 9:24 PM on April 6, 2023 [6 favorites]


Let's not bother to list politicians, but how about the science gang:
James Watson (86), E.O. Wilson (85), Roger Penrose (82), Jane Goodall (80), Richard Dawkins (73)
and a buncha others...
Timothy John “Tim” Berners-Lee
Richard Dawkins
Persi Diaconis
Jane Goodall
Alan Guth
Lynn Margulis
Roger Penrose
Craig Venter
Andrew Wiles
Edward Witten*

Mr. BlueHorse will be 76 this year and I will be 70. good grief!
We stand in good company.

*I admit that I didn't remember/know all of them right off without help from the Googles, but I probably should have!
posted by BlueHorse at 9:32 PM on April 6, 2023 [4 favorites]


I'm glad you're still with us, BlueHorses!

There are a couple of politicians in the FPP, the Carters, Jimmy and Rosalyn.
posted by JHarris at 10:28 PM on April 6, 2023 [1 favorite]


I'd like not to myself, but maybe that's just me? I feel like, every one of these people, when they die, it'll be a light going out of the world. I'm amazed so many of them are still around.
posted by JHarris at 10:41 PM on April 6, 2023


Wendy Carlos (83).

(James Watson specifically can go sit with Henry Kissinger, is my own feeling on James Watson.)
posted by away for regrooving at 11:26 PM on April 6, 2023 [3 favorites]


The surviving members of the good ole Grateful Dead are:

Bob Weir (75)
Donna Jean Thatcher Godchaux-MacKay (75)
Bill Kreutzmann (76)
Mickey Hart (79)
Tom Constanten (79)
Phil Lesh (83)

When I think about how I was at the show that was Phil Lesh's 50th birthday in 1990 I feel old at 57. Even older when I recall that Jerry Garcia died when he was only 53.
posted by terrapin at 5:28 AM on April 7, 2023 [2 favorites]


What a horribly cruel way to highlight his career, heh.

That wasn't my intent. I thought it would be funny to list off a bunch of people known for playing the Doctor but credit them to things that aren't Doctor Who and follow it with a list of people who are much better known for being in other things but also were in Doctor Who.

And honestly, Tom Baker is kind of awesome in an otherwise meh movie. Because he's Tom Baker. The only cruelty is that he appeared in D&D instead of Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings (I think he was offered "a part" but turned it down because he didn't want to travel to New Zealand?)
posted by RonButNotStupid at 5:41 AM on April 7, 2023 [1 favorite]


I think Ebert was dismayed at his newspaper’s style guide’s requirement to add (most recent film) in parentheses to the name of and film actor. The trigger may have furnished the trope name: Laurence Olivier (The Betsy).

Good thing it's now Laurence Olivier (Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow). Though I guess IMDB has categorized that performance as "Archival Footage" so maybe it doesn't count.
posted by RonButNotStupid at 6:23 AM on April 7, 2023 [3 favorites]


Mod note: Comment removed. Let's avoid comments, whether humorous and serious, about starting a dead pool, thanks.
posted by Brandon Blatcher (staff) at 6:27 AM on April 7, 2023 [3 favorites]


Just for fun, I checked in with Bard from Google with this request: can you create a list of celebrities who are older than 80 and still alive

And the response:

Sure, here is a list of celebrities who are older than 80 and still alive:

Elizabeth Taylor (1932-2011) was an American actress who was active in film and television for over 60 years. She was known for her beauty and her roles in films such as "Cleopatra" and "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?"

Paul McCartney (born 1942) is an English singer-songwriter who is best known as the co-founder and lead vocalist of the Beatles. He has also had a successful solo career, and is considered one of the most successful and influential musicians of all time.

Morgan Freeman (born 1937) is an American actor who has starred in films such as "The Shawshank Redemption" and "Million Dollar Baby." He is also a successful voice actor, and has provided the voice of God in several films and television shows.

Clint Eastwood (born 1930) is an American actor, director, and producer who has starred in films such as "Dirty Harry" and "Unforgiven." He is also a successful director, and has directed films such as "Million Dollar Baby" and "The Bridges of Madison County."

Dustin Hoffman (born 1937) is an American actor who has starred in films such as "The Graduate" and "Rain Man." He is a two-time Academy Award winner, and is considered one of the greatest actors of all time.

Meryl Streep (born 1949) is an American actress who has starred in films such as "Sophie's Choice" and "The Devil Wears Prada." She is a three-time Academy Award winner, and is considered one of the greatest actresses of all time.

Anthony Hopkins (born 1937) is a Welsh actor who has starred in films such as "The Silence of the Lambs" and "The Remains of the Day." He is an Academy Award winner, and is considered one of the greatest actors of all time.

Jack Nicholson (born 1937) is an American actor who has starred in films such as "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" and "The Shining." He is a five-time Academy Award nominee, and is considered one of the greatest actors of all time.

Jane Fonda (born 1937) is an American actress who has starred in films such as "Barbarella" and "Klute." She is a two-time Academy Award winner, and is considered one of the greatest actresses of all time.

Robert Redford (born 1936) is an American actor who has starred in films such as "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" and "The Sting." He is a two-time Academy Award nominee, and is considered one of the greatest actors of all time.

Shirley MacLaine (born 1934) is an American actress who has starred in films such as "The Apartment" and "Terms of Endearment." She is a three-time Academy Award nominee, and is considered one of the greatest actresses of all time.

George Burns (1896-1996) was an American comedian and actor who was active in film and television for over 70 years. He was known for his wit and his roles in films such as "The Sunshine Boys" and "Oh, God!"

Bob Hope (1903-2003) was an American comedian and actor who was active in film and television for over 70 years. He was known for his jokes and his roles in films such as "The Road to Morocco" and "The Seven Little Foys."

Betty White (1922-2021) was an American actress who was active in film, television, and radio for over 80 years. She was known for her roles in sitcoms such as "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" and "Golden Girls."

This is just a small sample of the many celebrities who are older than 80 and still alive. These individuals have made significant contributions to their respective fields, and continue to inspire and entertain us all.


Only four incorrect answers! This baby is almost ready for prime-time!
posted by davidmsc at 8:50 AM on April 7, 2023 [1 favorite]


I might have missed someone who was born earlier, but I think Bob Hope was the first person born who would eventually appear in The Simpsons.
posted by RonButNotStupid at 9:06 AM on April 7, 2023 [1 favorite]


Miley Cyrus will be old enough to be president in 2028.
posted by dances_with_sneetches at 9:32 AM on April 7, 2023 [1 favorite]


!!!!!
posted by rrrrrrrrrt at 3:07 PM on April 7, 2023


davidmsc, yep, par for the course from AI. The more time passes, the more convinced I am that the big advancement in AI isn't technical, it's PR, how they restricted access at first to people who would talk it up big and not look too critically, until the infosphere was flooded with their rave reviews. Only then did they open it up to people who would kick the tires hard, after the prevailing narrative had been established.
posted by JHarris at 6:19 PM on April 7, 2023 [1 favorite]


(I say this as someone who, a couple of years ago, was kind of part of the raves--I did a Q&A for Gamasutra once, I think it was with the OpenAI people.)
posted by JHarris at 6:20 PM on April 7, 2023 [1 favorite]


Frederick Wiseman!! (93!!)
posted by gwint at 11:48 PM on April 7, 2023 [3 favorites]


ATTENTION: Garrett Morris MUST be invited to host SNL while he is still alive.

Of the original Not Ready for Prime Time Players who are still among us, looks like Morris (86), Jane Curtin (75), and Laraine Newman (71) have not come back to Studio 8H since 1980.
posted by ricochet biscuit at 12:01 PM on April 10, 2023 [1 favorite]


(Perhaps they have not been invited back, or perhaps they have no interest, or perhaps they just want to minimize chances of running into Chevy Chase.)
posted by ricochet biscuit at 12:04 PM on April 10, 2023 [1 favorite]


I guess the...end dates of death...was not enough for AI to figure out "not dead?" Betty White was pretty recent, but 2011!!?!
posted by jenfullmoon at 12:18 PM on April 10, 2023


jharris: Two other names that should have made it in but I forgot at the end, Al Jaffee (102!)

Sadly, this is no longer true :'(
posted by AzraelBrown at 2:14 PM on April 10, 2023 [3 favorites]


Harry Belafonte has passed at 96.
posted by JHarris at 7:22 AM on April 25, 2023


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