People I Thought Were Dead

• Chuck Barris – TV host, “The Gong Show”
• Fidel Castro – Cuban dictator
• Richard Chamberlain – actor, “Dr. Kildare”
• Jules Feiffer – cartoonist, “The New Yorker”
• Rhonda Fleming – actress
• Pete Fountain – clarinetist
• Zsa Zsa Gabor – actress
• Dick Gregory – comedian
• Lee Iacocca – automobile manufacturer
• Dean Jones – actor
• Graham Kerr – The Galloping Gourmet
• Imelda Marcos – Philippine first lady
• “Little Richard” Penniman – rock ‘n’ roll pioneer
• Neil Simon – playwright, “The Odd Couple”
• Larry Storch – actor, “F-Troop”
• Rip Taylor – comedian
• Mel Tillis – country singer/songwriter
• Grant Tinker – TV executive, NBC
• Y. A. Tittle – Hall of Fame football player
• Claus von Bulow – acquitted attempted murder defendant
• Gene Wilder – actor, “Young Frankenstein”
• Chuck Yeager – test pilot

Updates

• Chuck Barris – died 3/27/2017, age 87
• Fidel Castro – died 11/25/2016, age 90
• Richard Chamberlain – died 3/29/2025, age 90
• Jules Feiffer – died 1/17/2024, age 95
• Rhonda Fleming – died 10/14/2020, age 97
• Pete Fountain – died 8/6/2016, age 86
• Zsa Zsa Gabor – died 12/18/2016, age 99
• Dick Gregory – died 8/19/2017, age 84
• Dean Jones – died 9/2/2015, age 84
• Lee Iacocca – died 7/2/2019, age 94
• I.M. Pei – died 5/16/2019, age 102
• “Little Richard” Penniman, died 5/9/20, age 87
• Larry Storch, died 7/8/2022, age 99
• Rip Taylor, died 10/6/19, age 88
• Mel Tillis – died 11/19/2017, age 85
• Grant Tinker – died 11/29/2016, age 90
• Y. A. Tittle – died 10/9/2017, age 90
• Claus von Bulow – died 5/25/2019, age 92
• Gene Wilder – died 8/29/2016, age 83