Harper Lee and J. D. Salinger: I cannot believe they are still alive. Do you know any other famous people still alive that people think are dead?

I live in the same town as Salinger (never met him, though). I was just reading some of his short stories, pretty good stuff.
Here's a good story by Salinger: For Esmé - with Love and Squalor
Anyway, I knew he was still alive. Harper Lee, I think I knew too. There was some biography about her that came out recently and I scanned a review of it. I didn't love To Kill a Mockingbird, though. Her association with Truman Capote always interested me.

Other famous people...um... Richard Matheson (writer of many Twilight Zone stores and stuff that was made into movies). Ray Bradbury... Gary Lockwood (had a starring role in 2001 and the Star Trek pilot). I'm really showing my Sci-Fi bias here. Most of the more literary authors I know are in fact dead. Well, it's pretty amazing that Cormac McCarthy is still alive, though his popularity is as high as it has ever been (no probably one thinks he's dead).

I keep forgetting Nelson Mendela is still alive.

Mitch Miller 98, Art Linkletter 97, Eli Wallach 93, Barbara Billingsley 93 (Beaver's Mom), Kirk Douglas 92, Efrem Zimbalist, Jr 91, Ravi Shankar 89 are a few.

Didn't know Soupy Sales died last month...........

Hmm, in 8 days I will have outlived Humphrey Bogart. I've outlived Marily Chambers (Deep Throat) by 23 days now.

I found this website, it's fun: http://www.deadoraliveinfo.com/dead.nsf/pages-nf/m...

I didn't know Mr. T was still alive until I saw him in a commercial recently. And Bill Cosby. I just stated two kind of youngish old people. Haha.

No.

I can't think of anyone...But it always used to surprise me that Picasso was alive in the 70s. I guess because when you think of painters you think of people from back in the day.

Other. How on Earth would I know who other people think are dead???

I don't know of anyone who erroneously believes anyone is dead.

I know JD is alive because he lives in our town. I'm sure we'll hear about it if he passes.

Abe Vigoda

Elvis.

Shirley Temple Black

I recently bought and read Hell House. It was okay. Have you read it?

I haven't read it. I really just read a collection of his short stories including "I am Legend". I think some of the short stories I read where done in a "Trilogy of Terror" movie too.

Doris Day

Not any more

I just saw this

They are saying he's been writing for decades but not publishing... so potentially there's a mountain of good stuff that may now get published.

That would be good. I liked For Esme With Love and Squalor (the whole collection, not just that short story), and my Mum always raves about Franny and Zooey.

I need to read more of his later stuff like Franny and Zooey....