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
The day James Earl Jones died I was talking to my girlfriend about him and wondered if he was still alive.
He was.
30 minutes later he died. Literally 30 fucking minutes.
I feel like I manifested it…
he is 88 and still alive
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.
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.
Donald trump. Unfortunately.
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…
His character in The Blacklist did perish.
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.
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.
Christopher Loyd for a while
Brian Blessed (88) is still alive, so is John Rhys-Davies (80). But we did lose large, loud, Scotish actor Robbie Coltrane (72). :(
