I was shocked to find out Richard Dawson was still alive.

[Fenris]

I thought for sure he was dead.

http://imdb.com/name/nm0206241/bio

Any celebrities that you have been surprised to find are still alive?

[DianeG5385]

1. I think you're wrong on this

Dawson committed suicide close to 10 years ago. He had depression and alcohol issues.

[zbird]

2. That wasn't Richard Dawson, that was Ray Combs.

Same show, different eras.

[Reverend_Smitty]

3. no that was Ray Combs...

the host of Family Feud after Dawson's tenure...Richard is still alive and well

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

4. edited -nevermind :)

[Fenris]

5. Nope. The IMDB doesn't lie regularly about deaths.

That said, Dawson does have alcohol issues.

[progmom]

10. nope, i thought so too

but in fact, it was his replacement, Ray Combs, who committed suicide.


RICHARD DAWSON was a game show giant in the 1970s, first as a panelist on the goofy Match Game and then as host of TV's Family Feud. His career ground to a halt in the mid-1980s, and by the 1990s rumors were circulating that Dawson was dead. Possibly the rumor-mongers were thinking of Dawson's successor as host of Family Feud, Ray Combs, who really did commit suicide in 1996.

[flamingyouth]

6. Abe Vigoda - he just celebrated a birthday

And aren't you supposed to be reading about Stalin? ;)

[Fenris]

7. Murder is soooooo boring.

I'm sick of all the fucking killing!:grr:

[Elidor]

8. So was he.

He thought he died many years ago.

[CanuckAmok]

9. I'm always amazed Abe Vigoda is still alive.

In fact, I believe it's his birthday today.

He's appeared a few times to debunk rumours of his demise.

At this point, I'm convinced he'll live to bury us all.

[Tom Kitten]

11. Richard Widmark...

SURVEY SAYS! Still alive...

[pansypoo53219]

12. how old is that kid of his?

10?
what's that fruit's name that was on some 70's show. always throwing confetti. i was surpised he was still around.

[CO Liberal]

16. That Was Rip Taylor

He was the host of "The $1.98 Beuty Pageant".


Source: http://www.robot-b9.com/


Source: http://www.riptaylor.com/

[Ivan Sputnik]

13. Art Linkletter

How sad that he's being used to attack AARP and Social Security.

[terrya]

14. I'm surprised that Glenn Ford is still alive. Also Luise Rainier.

[lpbk2713]

15. Here's a website that keeps track of who's dead or alive.

I just found out from this site that TV preacher Gene Scott died. That was one strange mofo.

Link: http://www.whosaliveandwhosdead.com/

[CO Liberal]

17. Cyd Charisse is Still Alive At 83

According to the "Who's Alive and Who's Dead" web site.

http://www.whosaliveandwhosdead.com/

[madinmaryland]

18. I still amazed that Keith Richards is still alive.

Samething goes for Richard Pryor.

:shrug:

[Lerkfish]

19. David MacCullum (Ilya Kuriaken(sp?)) from Man from U.N.C.L.E.

I was startled to see him play a bit part in a recent tv show. I thought he was dead. Not only was he alive, he looked to be in pretty good shape. Dunno if that was plastic surgery or what, but I would never guess at how old he probably is. Consider he was in an Outer Limits episode in early 1960's, where he was at least 30 or older.

[DinahMoeHum]

23. He's a regular on the CBS show "Navy NCIS"

as medical examiner Donald "Ducky" Mallard.


:evilgrin:

[Jeff in Cincinnati]

20. On a related subject...

Let me preface this by saying that I'm a huge admirer of Hunter S. Thompson. But I think even he would have been amused by the "shock" of people who heard of his passing. Considering the quantity and variety of drugs and alcohol that he absorbed in his lifetime, I'd say it's a freaking miracle that a) he lived to such a comparative ripe old age and that b) it wasn't the drugs that killed him.

[underpants]

21. You can constantly check on Abe Vigoda's "status" here

http://www.abevigoda.com/

Abe Vigoda is alive

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He celebrated his 84 th birthday yesterday

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x2697296

[skypilot]

22. Until today...

...I was in the same boat as you, Fenris. I've thought for years now that Richard Dawson was dead. I've been wrong for so long.