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The thread started out as a list of old-school crooners and comedians. I took to mean that the time range started with the 1940's and extended to the 1960's due to the mention of Rich Little, who started his career in the mid 1960's (although he was more famous during the 1970's).
Not to go all thread police, but it seems to have expanded to any person in the entertainment industry who is still alive and part of the Silent Generation.
I've seen Clint Eastwood in both Paint Your Wagon and Every Which Way but Loose - and the man is neither a crooner nor a comedian.
Alan Alda 88
Woody Allen 88
Herb Alpert 88
Julie Andrews 88
Max Baer Jr 86
Barbara Bain 92
Brigitte Bardot 89
Warren Beatty 87
Richard Benjamin 85
Robert Blake 90
Pat Boone 89
Mel Brooks 97
Carol Burnett 90
Ellen Burstyn 91
Ruth Buzzi 87
Michael Caine 90
Dyan Cannon 87
Dick Cavett 87
Richard Chamberlain 89
Dabney Coleman 92
Joan Collins 90
William Daniels 96
Alain Delon 88
Judi Dench 89
Bruce Dern 87
Angie Dickinson 92
Keir Dullea 87
Robert Duvall 94
Clint Eastwood 93
Barbara Eden 92
Jamie Farr 89
Barbara Feldon 90
Jane Fonda 86
Connie Francis 86
Elliott Gould 85
Joel Grey 91
Rosey Grier 91
Gene Hackman 94
David Hartman 88
Tippi Hedren 95
Judd Hirsch 88
Dustin Hoffman 86
Earl Holliman 95
Robert Hooks 86
Anthony Hopkins 86
Shirley Jones 89
Bernie Koppell 90
Frank Langella 86
Linda Lavin 86
Hal Linden 92
Rich Little 85
June Lockhart 98
Gary Lockwood 87
Sophia Loren 89
Tina Louise 90
Shirley MacLaine 89
Jean Marsh 89
Peter Marshall 97
Wink Martindale 90
Johnny Mathis 88
Elaine May 91
Lee Meriwether 88
Vera Miles 94
Rita Moreno 92
Garrett Morris 87
Nana Mouskouri 89
Diana Muldaur 85
Willie Nelson 90
Bob Newhart 94
Julie Newmar 90
Jack Nicholson 86
Kim Novak 90
Estelle Parsons 96
Roman Polanski 90
Robert Redford 86
Barbara Rush 97
William Shatner 92
James B Sikking 90
Maggie Smith 89
Loretta Swit 86
George Takei 86
Nita Talbot 93
Russ Tamblyn 89
Marlo Thomas 86
Bob Uecker 90
Frankie Valli 89
Mamie Van Doren 93
Dick Van Dyke 98
Robert Wagner 93
She's not a crooner or a comedian and she's not over 85 but I recently saw an interview with Donna Mills who is 83 years old now and she could easily pass for being in her 60's and maybe even her 50's. She still looks very recognizable and is still beautiful.
Since Paul McCartney is 81, Mick Jagger is 80, Ringo, Tom Jones & Neil Diamond are all 83, I'm not sure if there are any *old guard crooners*.
When Ringo leaves the earth, I'm toast.
You're right....Robert Blake died last year....and he didn't sing.....
though some "non-singer" celebrities still get to record albums if they are popular enough,
like William Shatner did (circa 1967)...his singing so bad, it's good!
Rita Moreno is still alive ....she was at tonight's Oscars....
I think might be mixing her up with Chita Rivera...she died a couple of months ago.
Speaking of the Oscars.....and I still watch every year ....but it is nowhere near as great
as back in the day, those were real stars back then....most movie stars today I wouldn't
recognize if I walked by them on the street.
What gets me is seeing some of these names of the singers. I listened to a lot of them when I was growing up in the 60s and 70s because my parents bought the records. They grew up in the big band era, so I heard a lot of that music too, and still enjoy listening to it. I grew up listening to Petula Clark (friend of mine sneaked his dad's Playboy out and showed me her pictures when we were 12 or 13. lol) and Dionne Warwick. Can't believe Paul Simon is 82! Pat Boone had a one night revival in a tobacco sale floor (only place big enough to handle the crowd) and sang some too.
Petula Clark was in Playboy? She was so wholesome!
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