ABOVE: Fabian was such a hot piece. Happy 82!
BELOW: Keep reading for Sterling K. Brown, Ira Madison III and more ...
ABOVE: Fabian was such a hot piece. Happy 82!
BELOW: Keep reading for Sterling K. Brown, Ira Madison III and more ...
I keep a crazy-long list of every (!) star age 80+ HERE; I've lovingly maintained it for nearly a dozen years. It's crazy if you glance at it because all the pink represents famous names who have died in the interim. Fame, and life, are fleeting!
For fun (?), here is a list of the 40 oldest stars currently. It is somewhat heartening that there are so many nonagenarians that I couldn't include anyone under 95.
Some notes:
I'm trying to avoid a list of EVERY famous figure, so I don't include Noam Chomsky and Warren Buffett, for example. I'm avoiding politics and business. These people are actors, musicians, dancers and directors.
I also skipped over some names whose ages would qualify them, but whose work — I subjectively think — is comparatively minor. Though I don't doubt there will be some people on the list even 50-year-old fans of the Golden Age of Hollywood might not know offhand, most of those are people with, nonetheless, some kind of connection to an iconic project, some unique distinction.
Finally, this will be a living — or dying? — list. I'll update it with others as these people depart.
Let's get this going while all 100 are with us ... and please comment how many you could ID from their names alone:
Some of these are mind-blowing — a list of performers turning the big 8-0 in 2025:
I recommend the Substack Fame Whores, with Frederick Woodruff and John Calendo. You won't be disappointed. Here!
It is possible to be affected by stars' passing — and to have a morbid fascination with them. (GIF via GIPHY)
I have a special interest in dead celebs — always have. Please check out this video of over 400 celebrated (and some reviled) people (and some animals) who died in 2024.
It's mind-blowing, but yes, there are hundreds of famous people who can die in any given year, with countless others still left over for next year and next year and next.
How many can you recognize ... ? ...
Following is a comprehensive list of the celebrated figures we lost in 2024.
Each name is followed by the deceased figure's age at the time of death, birth and death dates, a description and a link to the original obit. See any typos? Give me a holler.
Who did I miss?
Read 'em and weep ...
ABOVE: I want to go to there.
BELOW: How GAC rakes in cash be being anti-queer, some dick for Nick and more ...
ABOVE: My Facebook pal Glenn Scarpelli is here to show us that not all teen heartthrobs come to unsavory endings, and that sometimes — titties are forever. Glow-up!