Who is the oldest famous person?

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And don't give me any of that 'the oldest person in the world is by definition famous' blather. They aren't. Well I don't know their name anywa

― N., Wednesday, 24 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Is this for some kind of sick deadpool?

― Tom, Wednesday, 24 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Thora Hird. Or is she just the most famous old person?

I saw Kirk Douglas on tv last night - he must be pretty ancient too.

― Andrew L, Wednesday, 24 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Bob Hope is still among us isn't he?

― Jonnie, Wednesday, 24 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Edward Teller is still alive and advising Bushie on whatevah the successor to the Brilliant Pebbles scam is = he must be 95-ish

― mark s, Wednesday, 24 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Having been intrigued, BoB Hope is nearly 99 - if he's alive that is.

― Jonnie, Wednesday, 24 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

When did Bob Hope stop being intrigued? Is this an inevitable consequence of old age? Has he reached some kind of beatific peace or is he just bored?

― N., Wednesday, 24 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

He's on the road to nowhere.

― Andrew L, Wednesday, 24 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Who has got A Goodie in our Dead Pool Tom? Or a Ronnie?

― Pete, Wednesday, 24 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I think Magnus has the Goodie. I have Bob Hope.

― Tom, Wednesday, 24 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I have no interest in your sick 'dead pool'. It sounds like some poor Simon Mayo feature. I just wanted to know who was the oldest.

― N., Wednesday, 24 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Spike from Buffy is very old. As are all vampires, but he is quite famous.

― Emma, Wednesday, 24 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

angel is older

and queen of the damned = oldest

― mark s, Wednesday, 24 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

proof

― mark s, Wednesday, 24 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

monty burns is quite old isn't he?

― katie, Wednesday, 24 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Ha ha - but Queen Ov Damned is dead. Of vampires I know about Marius is therefore the oldest. And older than Angel.

― Pete, Wednesday, 24 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

and famous because he appears in all grate art evah!!

― mark s, Wednesday, 24 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

God.

― Steve.n., Wednesday, 24 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Was that an exclaimation at the vampire turn of the discussion, or a punt for most famous old person.

All candidates (vampire and heavenly) ruled out by the word "Person" in question.

― Pete, Wednesday, 24 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

b-but the undead r ppl 2?¿?

― mark s, Wednesday, 24 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

They are still a person but 'human' is up for grabs. Do you define human as a state of existence or as in traits? In QOTD, Marius sez to Lestat, "don't worry, it's only your body dying", implying the rest of him, his humanity (and QOTDs treatment of vampires treats them EXTREMELY humanely whereas in Buffy this is a lot more up in the air) is still extant. (eg Spike = vv vhuman whereas Angelus = demong)

― Sarah, Wednesday, 24 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

George Burns

― mike hanle y, Wednesday, 24 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

anyway the real answer = GLORY!!

― mark s, Wednesday, 24 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Despite being a nu-goth I am regretting bringing up the whole vampire thing now.

― Emma, Wednesday, 24 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

According to the Guardian's birthday database, the answer is William Pasco Watkins, vetern of the co-operative movement. He is 107! However, I have never heard of him. The first one I know is Princess Alice, who was 100 in December.

― N., Wednesday, 24 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Oh, OK. I didn't notice the 'dead' flag. He passed away in 1995. That means it's Dame Florence Cayford , former GLC councillor. She's almost 105.

― N., Wednesday, 24 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

These people are not famous! When were they last in heat? (Not on heat).

― Emma, Wednesday, 24 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I tend to agree with Emma. But when was Bob Hope last in Heat?

― N., Wednesday, 24 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Bob Who?

― Emma, Wednesday, 24 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Perhaps I should rephrase the question 'Who is the oldest person ever featured in Heat magazine?'

Answers please.

― N., Wednesday, 24 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Geri

― Jonnie, Wednesday, 24 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I saw Cannon and Ball on television talking about Rolls Royces.

― PM, Wednesday, 24 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

one year passes...

Bob Hope's out of the running.

― N. (nickdastoor), Monday, 28 July 2003 12:21 (twenty-two years ago)

So it's Mick Jagger now then?

― Horace Mann (Horace Mann), Monday, 28 July 2003 13:49 (twenty-two years ago)

If we keeping to the 'in Heat magazine' criterion, then possibly. Was Ringo Starr ever in Heat?

― N. (nickdastoor), Monday, 28 July 2003 13:52 (twenty-two years ago)

bob hope and strom thurmond are both out ...

... shit, this is hard!

― Tad (llamasfur), Monday, 28 July 2003 13:54 (twenty-two years ago)

Lauren Bacall is the oldest movie star now that beloved Katharine Hepburn has gone. Mickey Rooney does not count.

― N. (nickdastoor), Monday, 28 July 2003 13:55 (twenty-two years ago)

what about Andy Rooney?

― Horace Mann (Horace Mann), Monday, 28 July 2003 13:56 (twenty-two years ago)

i forgot about katherine hepburn ... and why doesn't mickey rooney count, he's an old fart too!

― Tad (llamasfur), Monday, 28 July 2003 13:56 (twenty-two years ago)

I just meant I don't want to think of him as a movie star because he is so annoying.

― N. (nickdastoor), Monday, 28 July 2003 13:57 (twenty-two years ago)

And like an old fart, he lingers in our memories, a unsettling stench.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 28 July 2003 13:58 (twenty-two years ago)

Elizabeth Taylor, Charlton Heston and Olivia de Havilland are still around.

― suzy (suzy), Monday, 28 July 2003 15:30 (twenty-two years ago)

ronnie raygun is 92. gerald ford is 90.

― Tad (llamasfur), Monday, 28 July 2003 15:31 (twenty-two years ago)

I had no idea Ford was still alive. Does he say anything?

I suppose Reagan is actually the oldest movie star. I'd kind of forgotten about him.

― N. (nickdastoor), Monday, 28 July 2003 15:36 (twenty-two years ago)

Does he say anything?

Does he need to?

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 28 July 2003 15:38 (twenty-two years ago)

Your source for Ford-related info. Not to mention a (slightly largeish) picture of the master at work!

http://www.ford.utexas.edu/A8064-10A.jpg

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 28 July 2003 15:39 (twenty-two years ago)

y'know what's funny? Ford's cabinet and Bush II's cabinet have a lot of shared members. Sorta sad, huh?
In Jon Stewart's Naked Pictures of Famous People he has a bit about "the Ford Tapes" portraying his brief, befuddled time in office. It could be easily switched to "the Bush tapes." Especially the part where he stabs himself in the eye with his pen.

― Horace Mann (Horace Mann), Monday, 28 July 2003 15:40 (twenty-two years ago)

what about that old slaphead from the benny hill show? is he still alive?

― Tad (llamasfur), Monday, 28 July 2003 15:41 (twenty-two years ago)

what, no chevy chase jokes (wr2 mr. ford)?

― Tad (llamasfur), Monday, 28 July 2003 15:41 (twenty-two years ago)

Did anyone see the aflac commercial w/Chevy Chase? He looks like he is already dead.

― Larcole (Nicole), Monday, 28 July 2003 15:42 (twenty-two years ago)

Tad, you make me laugh with your Benny Hill question.

― N. (nickdastoor), Monday, 28 July 2003 15:42 (twenty-two years ago)

After that commercial, he SHOULD be dead.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 28 July 2003 15:42 (twenty-two years ago)

his skin is very shiny lately.

― Horace Mann (Horace Mann), Monday, 28 July 2003 15:43 (twenty-two years ago)

but is the benny hill slaphead dude still alive? that's urgent and key N!

― Tad (llamasfur), Monday, 28 July 2003 15:44 (twenty-two years ago)

oh yeah i can't resist ... chevy chase is alive and well, but his career's been dead since his last national lampoon vacation film.

― Tad (llamasfur), Monday, 28 July 2003 15:45 (twenty-two years ago)

Actually, this Ford site really does have some bemusing stuff, including a slew of declassified National Security Council meeting minutes. Here's a gem:

Secretary Kissinger: There are a number of major rivers in the Sahel and we have to consider building dams and irrigation systems.

Clements: Have you ever been to West Texas?

The President: Don't go there! (laughter)

Clements: Come to West Texas, we need help there.

The President: So did I! (laughter)

Meeting humor is the same the world over, I think.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 28 July 2003 15:45 (twenty-two years ago)

since his last national lampoon vacation film.
that's awful generous of you.

― Horace Mann (Horace Mann), Monday, 28 July 2003 15:46 (twenty-two years ago)

Ernest Borgnine is still alive. He's 85 or so.

― amateurist (amateurist), Monday, 28 July 2003 15:46 (twenty-two years ago)

Yet more Ford-era government humour

― caitlin (caitlin), Monday, 28 July 2003 15:54 (twenty-two years ago)

The slaphead old man from Benny Hill is called Jack Wright. I can't immediately find any evidence of his demise, but maybe he died alone and forgotten.

― N. (nickdastoor), Monday, 28 July 2003 15:55 (twenty-two years ago)

So President Ford was the first person to use the phrase "Don't go there!" Did he say "talk the hand" as well?

― rosemary (rosemary), Monday, 28 July 2003 15:57 (twenty-two years ago)

Silly N, the IMDB is your friend -- Jackie Wright (died in 1989).

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 28 July 2003 15:58 (twenty-two years ago)

I do believe he often said to Dick Cheney, "Fo shizzle, my nizzle."

― Horace Mann (Horace Mann), Monday, 28 July 2003 15:59 (twenty-two years ago)

Eugene Levy as Gerald Ford in White Men Can't Flow (starring Trife as Squeaky Fromme).

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 28 July 2003 16:00 (twenty-two years ago)

I was going to look on imdb but forgot. Thanks Ned. Pleased to see that in his one movie role he played 'old man'.

― N. (nickdastoor), Monday, 28 July 2003 16:10 (twenty-two years ago)

i just wanna take this opportunity to say that "slaphead" as a synonym for "bald person" is one of the greatest words ever! it's so perfect, cause you just wanna slap a bald person's head. i first heard of this word a couple of months ago (wr2 gary numan), and i use it every chance i can now wr2 bald people. it's even better than "chromedome" or "shinehead"!

thank you.

― Tad (llamasfur), Monday, 28 July 2003 16:20 (twenty-two years ago)

I want you to slap Stone Cold Steve Austin's head and report back from your grave.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 28 July 2003 16:31 (twenty-two years ago)

just cause i may want to slap a particular slaphead's head doesn't mean that i will slap that particular slaphead's head.

― Tad (llamasfur), Monday, 28 July 2003 16:33 (twenty-two years ago)

three years pass...

Ford still holding on to the crown:

Gerald Ford has become the longest-living US president after reaching 93 years and 121 days on Sunday, surpassing Ronald Reagan.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 13 November 2006 05:37 (nineteen years ago)

I think some people in this world would be pissed that G-O-D didn't make our list.

― Abbott (Abbott), Monday, 13 November 2006 05:46 (nineteen years ago)

Re: slapheads: there's a new term for them that's gathering popularity here in the dutch speaking part of Belgium: "vleesklak" - i.e. meat/flesh cap, because the people in question look like they're wearing a cap made of meat/flesh.

― StanM (StanM), Monday, 13 November 2006 06:52 (nineteen years ago)

ha i thought you meant harrison ford for a sec

― latebloomer: not to be confused with the dolphin from Seaquest DSV (latebloomer), Monday, 13 November 2006 07:09 (nineteen years ago)

I think some people in this world would be pissed that G-O-D didn't make our list.