Tag Archive: People I Thought Were Dead

People I Thought Were Dead

26 Jan 2008 / Hostile Witness
  • Charlie Callas - comedian
  • Robert Clary - actor, “Hogan’s Heroes”
  • Mike Connors - actor, “Mannix”
  • Jackie Cooper - actor
  • Ann B. Davis - actress, “The Brady Bunch”
  • Joan Fontaine - actress
  • Shecky Greene - comedian
  • Ray Harryhausen - film producer, “Jason and the Argonauts”
  • Tom Kennedy - game show host
  • Gina Lollobrigida - actress
  • Peter Marshall - game show host, “The Hollywood Squares”
  • Jack Narz - game show host
  • Joyce Randolph - actress, “The Honeymooners”
  • Ravi Shankar - sitar player
  • Gale Storm - actress
  • Mort Walker - cartoonist, “Beetle Bailey”

Updates

  • Jack Narz - died 10/15/2008, age 85

People I Thought Were Dead

8 Oct 2007 / Hostile Witness
  • Earl Butz - U.S. secretary of agriculture
  • Oral Roberts - preacher

Updates

  • Earl Butz - died 2/2/2008, age 98

Ingmar Bergman, 1918-2007

30 Jul 2007 / PE

Ingmar Bergman died today, age 89. I swear to God I though he was already dead.


Lady Bird Johnson, 1912-2007

11 Jul 2007 / PE
7-Eleven marks 80 years with free Slurpees
Dallas Morning News, July 11, 2007
Former first lady Lady Bird Johnson dies
Dallas Morning News, July 11, 2007

She was 94 years old. I actually thought she was already dead.

I hope she got her free Slurpee . . .


People I Thought Were Dead

17 Feb 2007 / Hostile Witness
  • Rona Barrett - gossip columnist
  • Gene Barry - actor
  • Orson Bean - TV game show panelist
  • Van Cliburn - pianist
  • Richard Dawson - actor and game show host
  • Bo Diddley - musician
  • Patti Page - singer
  • Jean Stapleton - actress
  • Abigail Van Buren - advice columnist

People I Thought Were Dead

24 Nov 2006 / Hostile Witness
  • Bowie Kuhn - Major League Baseball commissioner

Updates

  • Bowie Kuhn - died 3/15/2007, age 80

People I Thought Were Dead

9 Oct 2006 / Hostile Witness
  • Norm Crosby - comedian
  • Jane Goodall - primatologist

People I Thought Were Dead

30 Jun 2006 / Hostile Witness
  • Art Buchwald - columnist
  • Mike Douglas - TV talk show host
  • Lena Horne - singer
  • E. Howard Hunt - Watergate conspirator
  • Bil Keane - cartoonist, “The Family Circus”
  • Deborah Kerr - actress
  • Jack Klugman - actor
  • Lyndon LaRouche - U.S. presidential candidate
  • Claude Levi-Strauss - anthropologist
  • Herbert Lom - actor, “The Pink Panther”
  • Rose Marie - actress/game show panelist
  • Dick Martin - TV host, “Laugh-In”
  • George Martin - music producer, The Beatles
  • Harry Morgan - actor
  • Edwin Newman - newscaster
  • Maureen O’Hara - actress
  • Jane Russell - actress
  • Gloria Vanderbilt - fashion designer
  • Kurt Waldheim - U.N. secretary-general
  • Esther Williams - swimmer
  • Efrem Zimbalist Jr. - actor

Updates

  • Art Buchwald - died 1/17/2007, age 81
  • Mike Douglas - died 8/11/2006, age 81
  • E. Howard Hunt - died 1/23/2007, age 88
  • Deborah Kerr - died 10/16/2007, age 86
  • Dick Martin - died 5/24/2008, age 86
  • Kurt Waldheim - died 6/15/2007, age 88

People I Thought Were Dead

4 Jun 2006 / Hostile Witness
  • George McGovern - U.S. Congressman, Senator, and Democratic presidential nominee.

People I Thought Were Dead

6 Jun 2004 / Hostile Witness
  • James Arness - actor
  • Doris Day - actress
  • Yvonne DeCarlo - actress
  • Lady Bird Johnson - U.S. first lady
  • Art Linkletter - TV host
  • Maharishi Mahesh Yogi - spiritual guru
  • Fess Parker - actor
  • Paul Winchell - voice of Tigger

Updates

  • Yvonne DeCarlo - died 1/10/2007, age 84
  • Lady Bird Johnson - died 7/11/2007, age 94
  • Maharishi Mahesh Yogi - died 2/5/2008, age 91
  • Paul Winchell - died 6/25/2005, age 82

People I Thought Were Dead

16 Sep 2002 / Hostile Witness
  • Idi Amin - General, dictator & President of Uganda (1971-79)

Updates

  • Idi Amin - died 8/16/2003, age 77 or 80

People I Thought Were Dead

12 Aug 2002 / Hostile Witness
  • Ralph Edwards - game show host
  • Red Schoendienst - baseball player and manager
  • Pete Seeger - folk singer/songwriter

Updates

  • Ralph Edwards - died 11/16/2005, age 92

People I Thought Were Dead

3 Feb 2002 / Hostile Witness
  • Joey Bishop - TV host
  • Ernest Borgnine - actor
  • Red Buttons - actor
  • Kitty Carlisle - game show panelist
  • Alistair Cooke - TV host
  • Buddy Ebsen - actor
  • Glenn Ford - actor
  • Eugene McCarthy - U.S. senator
  • Jack Paar - TV host, “The Tonight Show”
  • Don Pardo - TV announcer
  • Artie Shaw - clarinetist and bandleader
  • Byron White - U.S. supreme court justice
  • Richard Widmark - actor

Updates

  • Joey Bishop - died 10/17/2007, age 89
  • Red Buttons - died 7/13/2006, age 87
  • Kitty Carlisle - died 4/18/2007, age 96
  • Alistair Cooke - died 3/30/2004, age 95
  • Buddy Ebsen - died 7/6/2003, age 95
  • Glenn Ford - died 8/30/2006, age 90
  • Jack Paar - died 1/27/2004, age 85
  • Artie Shaw - died 12/30/2004, age 94
  • Byron White - died 4/15/2002, age 84
  • Richard Widmark - died 3/24/2008, age 93

People I Thought Were Dead

17 Sep 2001 / Hostile Witness
  • Ingmar Bergman - film director
  • Henri Cartier-Bresson - photographer
  • Archibald Cox - Watergate special prosecutor
  • Olivia De Havilland - actress
  • Edward Heath - British prime minister
  • Skitch Henderson - bandleader
  • Thor Heyerdahl - anthropologist
  • Edmund Hillary - mountaineer
  • Van Johnson - actor
  • Mitch Miller - bandleader
  • Stan Musial - baseball player
  • Bettie Page - model
  • Thurl Ravenscroft - voice, Tony the Tiger
  • Max Schmeling - heavyweight champion boxer
  • Penny Singleton - actress, Blondie, Jane Jetson
  • Enos Slaughter - baseball player
  • Billy Wilder - film director
  • Alan Young - actor, “Mister Ed”

Updates

  • Ingmar Bergman - died 7/30/2007, age 89
  • Henri Cartier-Bresson - died 8/22/2004, age 95
  • Archibald Cox - died 5/29/2004, age 92
  • Edward Heath - died 7/17/2005, age 89
  • Skitch Henderson - died 11/1/2005, age 87
  • Thor Heyerdahl - died 4/18/2002, age 87
  • Edmund Hillary - died 1/11/2008, age 88
  • Thurl Ravenscroft - died 5/22/2005, age 91
  • Max Schmeling - died 2/2/2005, age 99
  • Penny Singleton - died 11/12/2003, age 95
  • Enos Slaughter - died 8/12/2002, age 86
  • Billy Wilder - died 3/27/2002, age 95