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?
Dick van Dyke turns 99 in a few weeks.
Kick your knees up, step in time!
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.
His character in The Blacklist did perish.
he is 88 and still alive
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
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.
Michael Caine
He is??? Well, I guess today I learned
Christopher Loyd for a while
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.
Elvis
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.
