Happy New Year! We made it and so did these people.

[IrishEyes]

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Congratulations! You made it to 2017. I know that 2016 was a bad year in many ways including celebrity deaths. Here are 50 of the many celebrities that are still with us. All of these celebrities are 80 and above. There are many, many names not included. I left off youngsters like Helen Mirren, Martin Sheen, Harrison Ford, Lily Tomlin etc who are only in their 70s. This does not include all celebrities who are 80 and above. Just some of the one that I like.

Carl Reiner 94
Mel Brooks 90
Dick Van Dyke 91
Michael Caine 83
Roger Moore 89
Robert Redford 80
Christopher Plummer 87
Ed Asner 87
Jim Nabors 86
Stan Lee 94
James Earl Jones 85
Jerry Stiller 89
Donald Sutherland 81
Gene Hackman 86
Hal Holbrook 91
Harry Dean Stanton 90
Sidney Poitier 89
Harry Belafonte 89
Bill Daily 89
Robert Guillaume 89
Bob Newhart 87
John Astin 86
Hal Linden 85
James Hong 87
Dean Stockwell 80

Doris Day 92
Kim Novak 83
Tippi Hedren 86
Angela Lansbury 91
Carol Channing 95
Eve Marie Saint 92
Nanette Fabray 96
Judi Dench 82
Maggie Smith 82
Mary Tyler Moore 80
Carol Burnett 83
Cloris Leachman 90
June Lockhart 91
Charlotte Rae 90
Gina Lollobrigida 89
Estelle Harris 88
Dr. Ruth 88
Marion Ross 88
Joanne Woodward 86
Gena Rowlands 86
Barbara Barrie 85
Marla Gibbs 85
Barbara Eden 85
Rita Moreno 85
Sophia Loren 82

[Kali]

1. may 2017 be better than it looks like it is going to be!

[Fla Dem]

2. I didn't read your disclaimer first. My eyes went right to the list.

My thought was Oh No, all these wonderful people could not have died this year. Then I read your note. So glad they are still with us, and I'm sure they are too.

[IrishEyes]

3. Sorry about that.

They are all alive as well as many beloved celebrities in their 60s and 70s that I did not include.

[TexasBushwhacker]

4. One more- Don Rickles 90

He and Bob Newhart are best friends.

[True Dough]

5. People on your list that I didn't know were still alive

Robert Guillaume (Benson!)

Marion Ross (Mrs. Cunningham!)

Carol Channing

Hal Linden (Barney Miller!)

[IrishEyes]

6. I was surprised by a few.

Barbara Eden and Bill Daily from I Dream of Jeannie. I always liked that show.

I loved the tv show Benson when i was a kid. Unfortunately, James Noble who played the governor died at 94 last year but other actors from that show including Ing Swenson 84, René Auberjonois 76, Didi Conn 65, Ethan Phillips 61, and Lewis J. Stadlen 69 are alive and well.

Also, the many of the main cast of MASH including Alan Alda 80, Loretta Swift 79, Jamie Farr 82, Gary Burghoff 73, Mike Farrell 77 and David Ogden Stiers 74.