Monday, June 8, 2009

Checking In

UPDATED, 08/11/10

About four years ago (at Liberty Corner) I drew on the archives of Dead or Alive? to list a number of erstwhile celebrities who were then alive at the age of 90 or older. Here's how the list looks today:

Charles Lane 102, George Kennan 101, George Beverly Shea 101, Max Schmeling 99, Eddie Albert 99, Michael DeBakey 99, Luise Rainer 100, Gloria Stuart 100, Dale Messick 98, John Wooden 99, Mitch Miller 99, John Kenneth Galbraith 97, Ernest Gallo 97, John Mills 97, Estée Lauder 97, Al Lopez 97, Karl Malden 97, Art Linkletter 97, Risë Stevens 97, Fay Wray 96, Kitty Carlisle 96, Jane Wyatt 96, Tony Martin 96, Kevin McCarthy 96, Irwin Corey 96, Henri Cartier-Bresson 95, Peter Rodino, Jr. 95, Joseph Barbera 95 ,Jack LaLanne 95, Harry Morgan 95, Herman Wouk 95, Byron Nelson 94, Constance Cummings 94, Lady Bird Johnson 94, Robert Mondavi 94, Sammy Baugh 94, Les Paul 94, Sargent Shriver 94, Eli Wallach 94, Olivia de Havilland 94, Artie Shaw 93, Frankie Laine 93, Ruth Hussey 93, Richard Widmark 93, Robert McNamara 93, Ernest Borgnine 93, Zsa Zsa Gabor 93, Vera Lynn 93, Oleg Cassini 92, Ralph Edwards 92, Lena Horne 92, Ernie Harwell 92, Herbert Lom 92, Patti Andrews 92, William Westmoreland 91, Frances Langford 91, John Profumo 91, Geraldine Fitzgerald 91, Archibald Cox 91, Julia Child 91, Bob Feller 91, Billy Graham 91, Monte Irvin 91, Jane Wyman 90.

For many, many more names, go to "People Alive Over 85" at Dead or Alive?