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Jeanne Moreau is 78.

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Granny D (nee Ethel Doris Haddock) is 96. Granny D, her legal name since 2004, walked across the continental United States in 1999 to advocate campaign finance reform.




American composer Norman Dello Joio is 93.

Ernest Borgnine is 89.


Oral Roberts is 88.



Jerry Maren is 86.

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Ernie Harwell is 88. Longtime Detroit Tigers radio announcer.



Newsman Edwin Newman is 87.

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American character actor Charles Lane is 101.


SF writer Philip Jose Farmer is 88.



Paul Newman 81.

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Norwegian philosopher and mountaineer Arne Dekke Næss is 94.




Bobby Blue Bland is 76.

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Disgraced British Politico John Profumo is 91.


Dick Martin is 84.

Dorothy Malone is 81.

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Carol Channing is 85


Norman Mailer is 83.

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Gospel Singer George Beverly Shea is 97. He sings about Jesus.


Writer Muriel Spark is 88. "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie"

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Titanic survivor Milvina Dean is 94.



Gossip Columnist Liz Smith is 83.


Elaine Stritch is 81

[birdistheword]

So, did the "Almost Dead" thread merge with the "Birthday Thread"?

[Tony]

So, did the "Almost Dead" thread merge with the "Birthday Thread"?

There is no almost dead thread on the new board yet. Feel free to start one if you like.

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Robert Earl Jones is 95. Played Luther in The Sting. James Earl Jones's father.


Rat Packer Joey Bishop is 88.


Comedian Shelley Berman is 80

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Golfer Byron Nelson is 94


British comedian Norman Wisdom is 91.


Ray Evans is 91. Evans and his partner Jay Livingston, who died in 2001, composed three Academy Award-winning Best Songs – 1948's "Buttons and Bows", 1950's "Mona Lisa", and 1956's "Que Sera Sera". They also wrote the Christmas classic "Silver Bells".


Janet Waldo is 88. The voice of many cartoon characters, including Judy Jetson in the animated TV series "The Jetsons", Josie in "Josie and the Pussycats"



Feminist pioneer Betty Friedan is 85


He's 83.

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Fastest Birthday Thread to Dead Thread ever.

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Red Buttons is 87.

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Zsa Zsa Gabor is 89.


Patrick Macnee is 84.

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Kathryn Grayson is 84.


Roger Mudd is 78

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Cinematographer Douglas Slocombe is 93. Shot all three Indy movies.

[Jess]

Tony likes dead people better

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Sidney Sheldon is 89. Created I Dream of Jeanie. Writes schlocky novels.

Lloyd Bentsen is 85. Former Senator and Vice Presidential Candidate

Of Masters and Johnsons fame...Virginia Johnson is 81.

Leslie Nielsen is 80.

Burt Reynolds is 70.