The young people won’t get this blog but have you ever seen a name or a story where you come to the conclusion, “Wow I didn’t know he/she was still alive!”. I thought it important to point out some names of people that I thought were dead but to later find out, surprisingly, that they are still alive:
- Jack LaLanne (Fitness Guru) – 94 years young – That makes sense I guess.
- Ernest Borgnine (Actor) McHale’s Navy, Poseidon Adventure; must be that fresh sea air.
- Corey Feldman (Child Actor) Gremlins, Goonies, Stand By Me – for some reason I thought his bad boy “coked out” ways caught up with him. I stand corrected. Just found out he has an A&E TV show that “looks at the lives of former child stars Corey Feldman and Corey Haim living together as adults”.
- Corey Haim (Child Actor) – see above.
- Mickey Rooney (Child and Adult Actor) – Wow, per Wikipedia, Rooney will enter the Guinness Book of Records as the actor with longest career on both stage and screen. Moving in next week with the Coreys.
- Larry King (CNN Talk Host) – I know he’s still on TV nightly, but I still think he’s dead.
- Walter Cronkite (former CBS News Anchor) – collecting pension for more years than he actually worked?
- Doris Day (Actress) – Who knew? “Que Sera, Sera”
- Zsa Zsa Gabor (Actress) – had relations with Jack LaLanne, Ernie Borgnine, Mickey Rooney, Larry King, Walter Cronkite and Corey Feldman.
Who’d I miss? Also will take listings for: “Dead People Who I Thought Were Alive”
chris said
i think ralph wilson should be added to this listm or maybe even the dead people who i thought were alive list. i dont think anyone really knows if hes dead or alive
chris said
*list
Don Burtless said
good blog, i am constantly surprised keith richards is alive.
rockbill said
Henry Kissinger, born 1923. Just read the other day that he’s advising John McCain every week or so (see photo)!
dgoodz said
tia and tamera mowry
maryt4905 said
I am usually shocked when I hear some famous person has died and I was sure it happened years ago. I also think there are so many celebs that look like they have already been embalmed, recently seeing Priscilla Pressley and Dolly Parton on their reality show appearances. Also if anyone has seen Bruce Jenner lately, someone should tap him on the shoulder and break the news that he has passed.
nagafooki said
zoinks rockbill!
Thanks for introducing me to the sexy miss Julia Allison.
rockbill said
Very much alive, she is.
In the category of dead before I knew it, I just read today that Evel Knievel died last year. I thought he was still out breaking bones somewhere (see article for the record-holding number).
rockbill said
Evel Knievel – dead way before I knew it! (see link)
qabflo said
I challenge you college kids to stop the Chuck Norris worship and introduce a real superman to your classmates, Mr. Jack LaLanne…Since he has not received an award since 2005, I would like to award him the first Barry on Buffalo Blog Award, or “Bloggy”.
Jack LaLanne’s feats
1954 (age 40): Jack swam the entire length of the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, underwater, with 140 pounds of equipment, including two air tanks. A world record.
1955 (age 41): Jack swam from Alcatraz Island to Fisherman’s Wharf in San Francisco while handcuffed. When interviewed afterwards he was quoted as saying that the worst thing about the ordeal was being handcuffed, which reduced his chance to star jump significantly.
1956 (age 42): Jack set a world record of 1,033 push ups in 23 minutes on You Asked for It, a television program with Art Baker.
1957 (age 43): Jack swam the Golden Gate channel while towing a 2,500-pound cabin cruiser. The swift ocean currents turned this one-mile swim into a swimming distance of 6.5 miles.
1958 (age 44): Jack maneuvered a paddleboard nonstop from Farallon Islands to the San Francisco shore. The 30-mile trip took 9.5 hours.
1959 (age 45): Jack did 1,000 star jumps and 1,000 chin-ups in 1 hour, 22 minutes. His well-known white German shepherd, Happy, was born this year, the same year The Jack LaLanne Show went nationwide.
1974 (age 60): For the second time, Jack swam from Alcatraz Island to Fisherman’s Wharf. Again, he was handcuffed, but this time he was also shackled and towed a 1,000-pound boat.
1975 (age 61): Repeating his performance of 21 years earlier, Jack again swam the entire length of the Golden Gate Bridge, underwater and handcuffed, but this time he was shackled and towed a 1,000-pound boat.
1976 (age 62): To commemorate the “Spirit of ‘76″, United States Bicentennial, Jack swam one mile in Long Beach Harbor. He was handcuffed and shackled, and he towed 13 boats (representing the 13 original colonies) containing 76 people.
1979 (age 65): Jack towed 65 boats in Lake Ashinoko, near Tokyo, Japan. He was handcuffed and shackled, and the boats were filled with 6,500 pounds of Louisiana Pacific wood pulp.
1980 (age 66): Jack towed 10 boats in North Miami, Florida. The boats carried 77 people, and he towed them for over one mile in less than one hour.
1984 (age 70): Once again handcuffed and shackled, Jack fought strong winds and currents as he swam 1.5 miles while towing 70 boats with 70 people from the Queen’s Way Bridge in the Long Beach Harbor to the Queen Mary.
1992 (age 78): Jack received the Academy of Body Building and Fitness Award.
1994 (age 80): Jack received the State of California Governor’s Council on Physical Fitness Lifetime Achievement Award.
1996 (age 82): Jack received the Dwight D. Eisenhower Fitness Award.
1999 (age 85): Jack received the Spirit of Muscle Beach Award.
2002 (age 88): Jack received a star on the Hollywood Boulevard Walk of Fame.
2004 (age 90): Jack celebrated his 90th birthday in New York, San Francisco, and Los Angeles. ESPN Classic ran a 24-hour marathon of the original Jack LaLanne television shows.
2004 (age 90): Jack became the official spokesperson for Covenant Reliance Producers, LLC, a Financial Marketing Organization based in Nashville Tennessee
2005 (age 91): Jack received the Jack Webb Award from the Los Angeles Police Department Historical Society, the Arnold Classic Lifetime Achievement Award, Interglobal’s International Infomercial Award, the Freddie, and the Medical Media Public Service Award, and he was a Free Spirit honoree at Al Neuharth’s Freedom Forum.
nagafooki said
Holy moly.
What a lunatic. What is with all of the boat towing and shackling? And what the heck is a star jump? Is that a jumping jack? Is the jumping jack named for Jack L?
Why did it take so long for him to finally get the Academy of Body Building Physical fitness award? He was 78! How many boats did this guy have to tow before they finally gave him an award. Why did nagafooki sit here and read the entire list of Jack LaLanne’s achievements?
Williamsville Bob said
Larry King is alive !
qabflo said
We should shackle Larry King.
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[...] Corey Feldman (Child Actor) Gremlins, Goonies, Stand By Me – for some reason I thought his bad boy “c oked out” ways caught up with him. I stand corrected…. Just found out he has an A&E TV show that “looks at the lives of former child stars Corey Feldman and Corey Haim living together as adults”….Zsa Zsa Gabor (Actress) – had relations with Jack LaLanne, Ernie Borgnine, Mickey Rooney, Larry King, Walter Cronkite and Corey Feldman…. Source: Alive People Who I Thought Were Dead: [...]
Anonymous said
Walter Cronkite