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Jeff V wrote: Fri Jul 31, 2020 10:45 pm
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beat me to it. :D
He was bound to come back when his fling with Olivia DeHavilland went moribund.
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Malificent wrote: Tue Jan 10, 2017 5:00 pm Norman Lear. The guy who created Sanford and Son just put out a new show on Netflix (One Day at a Time) at the age of 94. I had just assumed he was dead.
Four years later and Norman Lear is still ticking. He was on the Golden Globes last night.
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Jeebus, really??? I honestly thought he had died years ago. But I think I confuse him with Aaron Spelling sometimes.
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hitbyambulance wrote: Tue Sep 03, 2019 3:46 pm
hitbyambulance wrote: Thu Apr 14, 2016 4:56 am Beverly Cleary just turned 100
amazingly, she's now 103 years old.
RIP at age 104
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Cribbed from Facebook. This reads like his obit, but Gomez Addams is still creepy and spooky and altogether ookie at 91.

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ohn Allen Astin (March 30, 1930) is 91 years old today! He is known for the role of Gomez Addams on The Addams Family, and having been married to actress Patty Duke. Astin was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film for his directorial debut, a comedic short film entitled Prelude (1968).

Astin started in theater, making his first Broadway appearance as an understudy in Major Barbara, and also did voice-over work for commercials. His first big break in film came with a small part in West Side Story in 1961.

During this period, his talent for also playing comedy was spotted by actor Tony Randall,[3] leading to guest starring roles on the situation comedies Dennis the Menace, starring Jay North, The Donna Reed Show, and Harrigan and Son, starring Pat O'Brien, the first carried on CBS and the latter two carried on ABC. In 1961, he appeared in the final episode of the ABC police drama The Asphalt Jungle. In 1962–1963, Astin starred with Marty Ingels in the unusual ABC sitcom I'm Dickens, He's Fenster, which lasted for thirty-one episodes. From 1964 to 1966, he starred in The Addams Family as Gomez Addams, the head of the macabre family. He appeared in the TV show The New Addams Family as Grandpapa Addams in 1998, with the role of Gomez Addams played by Glenn Taranto.

Astin joined the retooled The Pruitts of Southampton (re-titled The Phyllis Diller Show) for the second half of the 1966–1967 season, playing Diller's brother-in-law, Angus Pruitt. He also played the Riddler in the second season of Batman (Frank Gorshin returned for the third and final season.)[4] He played submarine commander Matthew Sherman in the 1970s TV series Operation Petticoat. He also made a notable appearance in the popular mystery show Murder, She Wrote, as the villainous Sheriff Harry Pierce. He had a recurring role on the sitcom Night Court as Buddy, eccentric former mental patient and the father of lead character Harry Stone. He also played the regular role of Ed LaSalle in the short-lived Mary Tyler Moore sitcom Mary during the 1985–86 television season. He guest starred on numerous television series too, including a Gunsmoke appearance in 1967 as Festus's cousin Henry, Jack Palance's ABC circus drama, The Greatest Show on Earth, Duckman, and Homeboys in Outer Space.
Astin received an Academy Award nomination for Prelude, a short film that he wrote, produced, and directed. He was nominated for an Ace Award for his work on Tales from the Crypt, and received an Emmy nomination for the cartoon voice of Gomez on ABC-TV's The Addams Family. He also voiced the character Bull Gator on the animated series Taz-Mania. Astin served for four years on the Board of Directors of the Writers Guild of America, and has been active in community affairs in Los Angeles and Santa Monica.

He has continued to work in acting, appearing in a string of Killer Tomatoes films as Professor Gangreen and as Professor Wickwire in The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.. He also has toured the one-man play Edgar Allan Poe: Once Upon a Midnight, written by Paul Day Clemens and Ron Magid. In a December 2007 Baltimore Examiner interview, Astin said of his acting experience:

“ We all struggle, and I had plenty of that, but I've had a great time. I've done hundreds of TV shows and 30 to 40 movies, and I love acting. I'm very happy having done the Poe. That's been really terrific.

Astin has five sons; three (David, Allen, and Tom) with his first wife, Suzanne Hahn; two with his second wife, actress Patty Duke – one adopted (Sean, Patty's son from an earlier relationship, whom John adopted after their marriage) and one biological (Mackenzie). Astin is currently married to Valerie Ann Sandobal and lives in Baltimore. He practices Nichiren Buddhism as a member of the worldwide Buddhist association Soka Gakkai International
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A guy I had to look up to find out is Bob Newhart, still hanging in at 91.
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Newhart is one of my all-time favorite comics. America will notice when he dies.
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Jaymann wrote: Tue Mar 30, 2021 10:43 pm A guy I had to look up to find out is Bob Newhart, still hanging in at 91.
I liked him in Big Bang.
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Sandy Duncan's name came up yesterday -- actually, Wheat Thins came up first -- and it turns out she's still alive.

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I was SO hot for Sandy Duncan when I was a kid. That's kinda weird.
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Z-Corn wrote: Fri May 21, 2021 9:55 am I was SO hot for Sandy Duncan when I was a kid. That's kinda weird.
From her IMDb biography:
Sandy had a potentially terminable case of the cutes
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It all makes sense now!
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I keep on thinking Bob Barker is dead but he only looks dead.
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Octavious wrote:I keep on thinking Bob Barker is dead but he only looks dead.
Can still beat the crap out of Adam Sandler tho!
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Octavious wrote: Fri May 21, 2021 1:01 pm I keep on thinking Bob Barker is dead but he only looks dead.
Wow, you're right. I think I've confused his retirement with his death and thought he'd died a long time ago. And I thought Regis Philbin would outlive him, when the opposite actually happened.
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Z-Corn wrote: Fri May 21, 2021 9:55 am I was SO hot for Sandy Duncan when I was a kid. That's kinda weird.
No it isn't. I did too. Wait, maybe that means it is. I'm confused.
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Remus West wrote: Fri May 21, 2021 1:35 pm
Z-Corn wrote: Fri May 21, 2021 9:55 am I was SO hot for Sandy Duncan when I was a kid. That's kinda weird.
No it isn't. I did too. Wait, maybe that means it is. I'm confused.
After watching that commercial 14 or 15 times I realized my sister-in-law in basically a modern day Sandy Duncan.

Now I'm confused too!
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Z-Corn wrote: Fri May 21, 2021 3:33 pm
Remus West wrote: Fri May 21, 2021 1:35 pm
Z-Corn wrote: Fri May 21, 2021 9:55 am I was SO hot for Sandy Duncan when I was a kid. That's kinda weird.
No it isn't. I did too. Wait, maybe that means it is. I'm confused.
After watching that commercial 14 or 15 times I realized my sister-in-law in basically a modern day Sandy Duncan.

Now I'm confused too!
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and this... is the digital record... we bestow... to the future generations
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Gene Hackman is 91. Holy f.... Clint Eastwood is 90.... I didn't realize how old Hackman is.
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TIL that Larry Storch is still alive at age 99.
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Max Peck wrote: Wed Mar 23, 2022 3:00 pm TIL that Larry Storch is still alive at age 99.
And just like that, he's off the list.
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So it's your fault!

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If, like me, you recently wondered, "Hey, is Huey Lewis still alive?", I am pleased to report that he is.
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I saw a documentary about how Lewis tragically lost his hearing and could no longer perform.
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AWS260 wrote: Fri Aug 12, 2022 8:03 pm If, like me, you recently wondered, "Hey, is Huey Lewis still alive?", I am pleased to report that he is.
I was at the first convention to return to New Orleans after Katrina (HIMSS) -- was invited by medical giant McKesson to their party at Audubon Zoo. Huey Lewis and the News was the main act. It was a fun show...I was on a 3-day bender as it was and just finished a dinner with Dell (with many drinks). They had tables full of wine at this party, and both hands were pretty much constantly full.
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AWS260 wrote: Fri Aug 12, 2022 8:03 pm If, like me, you recently wondered, "Hey, is Huey Lewis still alive?", I am pleased to report that he is.
Thanks for sharing the Huey Lewis news.
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AWS260 wrote: Fri Aug 12, 2022 8:03 pm If, like me, you recently wondered, "Hey, is Huey Lewis still alive?", I am pleased to report that he is.
He made a plot-critical appearance in The Blacklist last year, and it was everything I was hoping for. RIP Glen.
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For a few days I thought Anne Heche was dead. She was declared dead in some outlets Friday, and was takin off life support Sunday. I'm not sure what counts as her day of passing.
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Norman Lear just had a new series greenlit. Oh, and it's his 100th birthday.
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Alefroth wrote: Thu Sep 08, 2022 1:09 pm Queen Elizabeth II
Excellent last minute name drop!
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Quick say Trump! It could work!
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TIL that Tom Lehrer is still alive at 94 and has put all his songs and performances in the public domain.

https://tomlehrersongs.com/
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Defiant wrote: Thu Dec 29, 2022 8:52 pm TIL that Tom Lehrer is still alive at 94 and has put all his songs and performances in the public domain.

https://tomlehrersongs.com/
That's a great find, thanks for sharing.
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Bob Barker is going to outlive us all.
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