How many times have you heard of a celebrity’s death and said “I thought they were already dead?” Well, let’s take a more positive approach and appreciate the following people for a few more minutes before they implode into their own wrinkles. This is not a comprehensive list, but as of 13 April 2009, 5:45 PM Pacific Time, the following celebrated people were alive and over 90:

Barbara Billingsley (born 22 December 1915)
Ernest Borgnine (born 24 January 1917)
Frank Cady (born 8 September 1915)
Professor Irwin Corey (born 29 July 1914)
Walter Cronkite (born 4 November 1916)
Phyllis Diller (born 17 July 1917)
Kirk Douglas (born 9 December 1916)
John Forsythe (born 29 January 1918)
Zsa Zsa Gabor (born 2 February 1917)
Billy Graham (born 7 November 1918)
Olivia de Havilland (born 1 July 1916)
Celeste Holm (born 29 April 1917)
Lena Horne (born 30 June 1917)
Jack LaLanne (born 26 September 1914)
Art Linkletter (born 17 July 1912)
Karl Malden (born 22 March 1912)
Nelson Mandela (born 18 July 1918)
Kevin McCarthy (born 15 February 1914)
Mitch Miller (born 4 July 1911)
Harry Morgan (born 10 April 1915)
Don Pardo (born 22 February 1918)
Les Paul (born 9 June 1915)
Oral Roberts (born 24 January 1918)
Andy Rooney (born 14 January 1919)
J.D. Salinger (born 1 January 1919)
Eli Wallach (born 7 December 1915)
Efrem Zimbalist, Jr. (born 30 November 1918)

Expect to see a few of these faces in next year’s Oscar Death Reel.

O.C. DeeDee

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