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?
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.
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.
Tom Petty
He’s dead.
What?!
Not gonna say because I don’t want to jinx it
OJ SIMPSON
Christopher Loyd for a while
John Astin (Gomez from The Addams Family)
Holy crap, I thought he was dead too… Turns out it was Raul Julia, Gomez in the Addams Family movies.
I thought Mr dress up was dead for years before he actually died . Pretty sure that was just a Canadian show so most people probably have no idea what I’m talking about . But he was like Mr Rogers and made lots of cool things with construction paper and glue .
He came to my small town and did a show there. Huge highlight of my childhood. My sister got an autograph for me, but I lost it somewhere. Such a great show.
Also keeping with the theme of Canadian Treasures who moved here from America, I thought Robert Munsch had passed away, but turns out he’s still kicking. Though he’s come out and said that he is suffering from dementia and no longer able to write.
One of my earliest school memories is him coming to read to us in the school library.
Poor Americans don’t know what they missed out on. There’s a very small list of people who I would legitimately call “Canadian Treasures” and he’s pretty much at the top of it.
The kicker is, he was an american who came to Canada to help Mr. Rogers develop a Canadian version of his show, and then decided to stay.
His character in The Blacklist did perish.
Brian Blessed (88) is still alive, so is John Rhys-Davies (80). But we did lose large, loud, Scotish actor Robbie Coltrane (72). :(
Brian Blessed is still alive? Bah, who wants to live forever?
DIVE!
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…
he is 88 and still alive
Mel Brooks. He turned 98 this year.
Anita Bryant, as I found out recently.
