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?
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.
I know this isn’t exactly what this is for as this person is dead, but i was certain harold reimis (egon from ghostbusters) died in the early 90s but it turned out he died in 2014. I had it in my head that they didnt make a ghostbusters 3 back in the 90s because he had died.
Chuck Norris, back in 2010s. I thought I heard of a heart attack before that.
he is 88 and still alive
Dick van Dyke turns 99 in a few weeks.
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!
Kick your knees up, step in time!
Mel Brooks. He turned 98 this year.
I thought Carter was dead until he was in the news for turning 100.
I mean he’s been in hospice for like 18 months now . . .
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.
If I were his hospice worker, I’d tell him Kamala won.
Maybe knowing the truth, he’ll fight harder and live another 100 years out of rage.
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.”
He could still run for a second term.
Elvis
Donald trump. Unfortunately.
You… thought Donald Trump was dead? Unless you don’t live on this planet, I don’t believe you.
Might have been a joke.
Bob Barker only died a year ago. I thought for a long time he had gone in, like, 2010 or so.
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.”
i have a community for this
https://moist.catsweat.com/m/stillalive
im always forgetting cher is still here for some reason
This is a triumph
I’m making a note here:
Huge success!
I’m making a note here, huge success
Weirdly when I open that in instance I only see one post but if I open the full link, I see plenty
That’s a pretty normal part of the fediverse. Somebody from your instance has to be subbed to a community for your instance to start pulling in its posts. Anything that was posted while nobody was subbed doesn’t exist on your end.
Lulz
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.
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…
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 :(
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.
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.
