WA&WD News – 1 February 2022
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List of Living Octogenarians
Here are the most recent changes to the list below:
(*) Dabney Coleman - turned 90
Dennis Hastert - turned 80
Howard Hesseman - died
(*) Richard Lester - turned 90
(*) Sidney Poitier - died
Charlie Rose - turned 80
Sam Waterston - added
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The following 459 living people are all at least 80 years old:
(*) indicates 90 to 99 (96 people on this list)
(!) indicates 100 and over (1 person on this list)
Neal Adams - comic book artist, Green Lantern
Marv Albert - sports announcer
Madeleine Albright - U.S. Secretary of State
Tenley Albright - figure skater
Alan Alda - actor, "M*A*S*H"
(*) Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin - U.S. astronaut
Lamar Alexander - U.S. Senator, Tennessee
Woody Allen - film director, "Annie Hall"
Gloria Allred - civil rights attorney
Bobby Allison - auto racer, NASCAR
Herb Alpert - trumpeter and music executive
(*) Ed Ames - tomahawk-throwing actor
John Amos - actor, "Good Times"
Bill Anders - U.S. astronaut, Apollo 8
Ursula Andress - actress, "Dr. No"
Mario Andretti - auto racer
Julie Andrews - singer/actress, "The Sound of Music"
Paul Anka - pop songwriter, "My Way"
Luis Aparicio - major-league shortstop
Sergio Aragones - cartoonist, "MAD"
(*) Bill Archer - U.S. Congressman, Texas
Alan Arkin - actor, "Little Miss Sunshine"
Giorgio Armani - fashion designer
Dick Armey - U.S. Congressman, Texas
Elizabeth Ashley - actress, "Evening Shade"
(*) John Astin - actor, "The Addams Family"
(*) David Attenborough - nature documentary writer/narrator
Frankie Avalon - 1950's teen idol
(*) Burt Bacharach - songwriter, "What the World Needs Now is Love"
Max Baer Jr. - actor, "The Beverly Hillbillies"
Joan Baez - folk singer, "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down"
(*) Barbara Bain - actress, "Mission: Impossible"
(*) James Baker III - U.S. cabinet member/White House chief of staff
Joe Don Baker - actor, "Walking Tall"
Tom Baker - actor, "Doctor Who"
Jim Bakker - televangelist
Phil Balsley - country singer, the Statler Brothers
John Barbour - TV host, "Real People"
Brigitte Bardot - actress/sex kitten
(*) Bob Barker - game show host
Rona Barrett - gossip columnist
(*) Barbara Barrie - actress, "Barney Miller"
Jeff Barry - pop songwriter, "Leader of the Pack"
Shirley Bassey - singer, "Goldfinger"
Max Baucus - U.S. senator, Montana
Warren Beatty - actor, "Heaven Can Wait"
(*) Harry Belafonte - calypso singer
Donald P. Bellisario - TV producer/screenwriter, "Magnum, P.I."
(*) Pope Benedict XVI - Roman Catholic pope
Richard Benjamin - actor, "The Sunshine Boys"
(*) Tony Bennett - singer
Silvio Berlusconi - Italian prime minister
Pete Best - ousted Beatle
Cindy Birdsong - singer, The Supremes
Robert Blake - actor, "Baretta"
Tauren Blacque - actor, "Hill Street Blues"
Peter Bonerz - actor, "The Bob Newhart Show"
Pat Boone - pop singer, "Love Letters in the Sand"
(*) Frank Borman - U.S. astronaut
Barbara Bosson - actress, "Hill Street Blues"
Barbara Boxer - U.S. Senator, California
(*) Nicholas Brady - U.S. secretary of treasury
Stephen Breyer - U.S. Supreme Court justice
Beau Bridges - actor, The Fabulous Baker Boys
Tom Brokaw - TV news anchor, NBC
James Brolin - actor, "Marcus Welby, M.D."
James L. Brooks - TV and film producer
(*) Mel Brooks - director, "Young Frankenstein"
Jerry Brown - governor of California
Jim Brown - Hall of Fame football player
Johnny Brown - actor, "Good Times"
Lee P. Brown - mayor of Houston, Texas
Anita Bryant - singer/spokeswoman/activist
Pat Buchanan - political figure and commentator
(*) Warren Buffett - investor, Berkshire Hathaway
Bobby Burgess - Mouseketeer
Carol Burnett - actress, "The Carol Burnett Show"
Ellen Burstyn - actress, "Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore"
Dick Button - figure skater
Ruth Buzzi - actress, "Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In"
John Byner - actor, "Bizarre"
James Caan - actor, "The Godfather"
Michael Caine - actor
(*) Jimmy Carter - U.S. president
(*) Rosalynn Carter - U.S. first lady
Mary Jo Catlett - actress, "Diff'rent Strokes"
Dick Cavett - TV host, "The Dick Cavett Show"
Richard Chamberlain - actor, "Dr. Kildare"
Charo (Maria Martinez) - Latin singer and guitarist
Chubby Checker - rock and roll singer, "The Twist"
Dick Cheney - U.S. vice president
(*) Noam Chomsky - leftist linguist
Tommy Chong - comedian and actor, Cheech and Chong
Jean Chrétien - Canadian prime minister
Benjamin Civiletti - U.S. attorney general
Petula Clark - singer, "Downtown"
(*) Robert Clary - actor, "Hogan's Heroes"
David Clayton-Thomas - pop singer, Blood, Sweat & Tears
John Cleese - actor, "Monty Python's Flying Circus"
George Clinton - funk musician, Funkadelic
David Allan Coe - country singer, "You Never Even Called Me By My Name"
William Cohen - U.S. secretary of state
Tommy Cole - Mouseketeer
Dabney Coleman - actor, "Nine to Five"
Joan Collins - actress, "Dynasty"
Judy Collins - pop/folk singer, "Both Sides Now"
Tim Considine - actor, "My Three Sons"
Francis Ford Coppola - film director, "The Godfather"
(*) Roger Corman - film producer
Bill Cosby - actor, "The Cosby Show"
Bobby Cox - baseball manager, Atlanta Braves
Ronny Cox - actor, "Deliverance"
Billy "Crash" Craddock - country singer, "Rub It In"
David Crosby - pop singer
Walter Cunningham - U.S. astronaut
John Davidson - TV host, "That's Incredible!"
Clive Davis - music executive
Richard Dawkins - biologist
John Dean - Watergate scandal figure
Emilio Delgado - actor, "Sesame Street"
Dr. Demento (Barrett Hansen) - novelty radio host
Judi Dench - actress, M
Brian De Palma - film director, "Scarface"
Bruce Dern - actor, "The Cowboys"
Alan Dershowitz - attorney
Neil Diamond - pop singer, "Sweet Caroline"
(*) Angie Dickinson - actress, "Police Woman"
Dion DiMucci - pop singer, "The Wanderer"
Annette Dionne - quintuplet
Cecile Dionne - quintuplet
Mike Ditka - NFL footall player and coach
James Dobson - Christian radio host, "Focus on the Family"
Elizabeth Dole - U.S. cabinet secretary
Placido Domingo - operatic tenor
Phil Donahue - TV host
Sam Donaldson - White House correspondent
Lamont Dozier - pop songwriter, "Stop! In the Name of Love"
Michael Dukakis - U.S. presidential nominee
Charles Duke - U.S. astronaut, Apollo 16
Keir Dullea - actor, "2001: A Space Odysey"
Faye Dunaway - actress, "Network"
(*) Robert Duvall - actor, "The Godfather"
Bob Dylan - folk singer, "Knockin' on Heaven's Door"
(*) Clint Eastwood - actor
Duane Eddy - guitarist
(*) Barbara Eden - actress, "I Dream of Jeannie"
(*) Queen Elizabeth II - British head of state
(*) Daniel Ellsberg - political activist
Bob Eubanks - game show host, "The Newlywed Game"
Jamie Farr - actor, "M*A*S*H"
Louis Farrakhan - activist, Nation of Islam
Mike Farrell - actor, "M*A*S*H"
Anthony Fauci - U.S. government physician
(*) Jules Feiffer - cartoonist, "The New Yorker"
Dianne Feinstein - U.S. Senator, California
Barbara Feldon - actress, "Get Smart"
Roberta Flack - soul singer, "Killing Me Softly With His Song"
Louise Fletcher - actress, "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest"
Jane Fonda - actress, "Barbarella"
A.J. Foyt - auto racer
Connie Francis - singer, "Who's Sorry Now"
Pope Francis - Roman Catholic pope
Barney Frank - U.S. Congressman, Massachusetts
Morgan Freeman - actor, "Driving Miss Daisy"
Art Garfunkel - pop musician, Simon and Garfunkel
Bill Gaither - southern gospel singer
(*) Ron Galella - candid celebrity photographer
Valentino Garavani - fashion designer
Jake Garn - U.S. Senator, Utah
(*) Mitzi Gaynor - actress, "Golden Girl"
(*) Frank Gehry - architect
(*) Marla Gibbs - actress, "The Jeffersons"
(*) Johnny Gilbert - game show announcer, "Jeopardy!"
Mickey Gilley - country singer
Darlene Gillespie - Mouseketeer
Terry Gilliam - animator/actor, "Monty Python's Flying Circus"
Mark Goddard - actor, "Lost In Space"
William Lee Golden - country singer, the Oak Ridge Boys
Bobby Goldsboro - pop singer, "Honey"
Jane Goodall - chimpanzee researcher
(*) Mikhail Gorbachev - Soviet Secretary General
(*) Berry Gordy - record producer, Motown
Louis Gossett Jr. - actor, "An Officer and a Gentleman"
Elliott Gould - actor, "M*A*S*H"
"Little" Anthony Gourdine - soul singer, "Tears on My Pillow"
Bob Graham - U.S. Senator, Florida
(*) Bud Grant - NFL head coach, Minnesota Vikings
(*) Lee Grant - actress, "Shampoo"
Linda Gray - actress "Dallas"
(*) Shecky Greene - comedian
(*) Alan Greenspan - US federal reserve chairman
Gene Hackman - actor
Fred Haise - U.S. astronaut, Apollo 13
George Hamilton - tanned actor
(*) Jerry Hardin - actor, "The X-Files"
Estelle Harris - actress, "Seinfeld"
Gary Hart - U.S. Senator, Colorado
David Hartman - TV host, "Good Morning America"
Dennis Hastert - U.S. Speaker of the House
Carol Heiss - figure skater
Lance Henriksen - actor, "Aliens"
Clarence "Frogman" Henry - singer, "Ain't Got No Home"
(*) Whitey Herzog - baseball manager
Judd Hirsch - actor, "Taxi"
Dustin Hoffman - actor, "The Graduate"
Paul Hogan - actor, "Crocodile Dundee"
Brian Holland - Motown songwriter
Eddie Holland - Motown songwriter
Polly Holliday - actress, "Alice"
Anthony Hopkins - actor, "The Silence of the Lambs"
Bobby Hull - NHL and WHA hockey player
Engelbert Humperdinck - singer, "After the Lovin'"
Ian Hunter - rock singer, Mott the Hoople
Jesse Jackson - civil rights activist
(!) Al Jaffee - cartoonist, "MAD"
Ben Jones - actor, "The Dukes of Hazzard"
(*) Conrad Janis - actor, "Mork and Mindy"
(*) James Earl Jones - actor, "Field of Dreams"
Jack Jones - pop singer, "The Impossible Dream"
Quncy Jones - jazz producer
Shirley Jones - actress, "The Partridge Family"
Tom Jones - singer, "It's Not Unusual"
Nancy Kassebaum - U.S. Senator, Kansas
Stacy Keach - actor, Mike Hammer
Harvey Keitel - actor, "Reservoir Dogs"
Anthony Kennedy - U.S. Supreme Court justice
Graham Kerr - The Galloping Gourmet
(*) Don King - boxing promoter
(*) Henry Kissinger - U.S. secretary of state
Bobby Knight - hotheaded college baskeball coach
Charles Koch - businessman and political donor
Walter Koenig - actor, "Star Trek"
Bernie Kopell - actor, "The Love Boat"
Ted Koppel - TV news anchor, ABC "Nightline"
Sandy Koufax - baseball player
Gene Kranz - NASA flight director
Kreskin - mentalist and TV host
Kris Kristofferson - songwriter/actor, "A Star Is Born"
Marty Krofft - TV producer, "Land of the Lost"
(*) Sid Krofft - TV producer, "Land of the Lost"
Arthur Laffer - economist, the Laffer Curve
Mills Lane - boxing referee and TV judge
Frank Langella - actor, "Dracula"
(*) Angela Lansbury - actress, "Murder, She Wrote"
Ralph Lauren - fashion designer
Linda Lavin - actress, "Alice"
Carol Lawrence - Broadway singer/actress
Steve Lawrence - singer
George Lazenby - actor, "On Her Majesty's Secret Service"
(*) Norman Lear - TV producer
Michael Learned - actress, "The Waltons"
(*) Tom Lehrer - musical satirist, "Poisoning Pigeons in the Park"
Dianne Lennon - singer, the Lennon Sisters
Peggy Lennon - singer, the Lennon Sisters
(*) Richard Lester - director, "A Hard Day's Night"
Jerry Lee Lewis - singer, "Great Balls of Fire"
Gordon Lightfoot - pop singer, "Sundown"
Hal Linden - actor, Barney Miller
Rich Little - impressionist
Christopher Lloyd - actor, "Back to the Future"
(*) June Lockhart - actress, "Lost In Space"
(*) Gina Lollobrigida - actress
Loretta Long - actress, "Sesame Street"
Sophia Loren - actress
Trent Lott - U.S. Senator, Mississippi
Tina Louise - actress, "Gilligan's Island"
Mike Love - pop singer, the Beach Boys
(*) Jim Lovell - U.S. astronaut
Loretta Lynn - country singer
John MacArthur - pastor and Bible teacher, "Grace to You"
Ali MacGraw - actress, "Love Story"
Bob Mackie - fashion & TV costume designer
(*) Robert MacNeil - TV journalist, "The MacNeil/Lehrer Report"
Shirley MacLaine - actress, "Terms of Endearment"
Lee Majors - actor, "The Six Million Dollar Man"
Chuck Mangione - trumpeter
(*) Imelda Marcos - Philippine first lady
(*) Peter Marshall - game show host, "The Hollywood Squares"
Paul Martin - Canadian prime minister
Wink Martindale - game show host
Ken Mattingly - U.S. astronaut, Apollo 16
Johnny Mathis - singer, "Misty"
Peter Max - pop artist
(*) Willie Mays - baseball player
Tim McCarver - baseball player and announcer
(*) Jim McDivitt - U.S. astronaut, Apollo 9
Bob McGrath - actor, "Sesame Street"
Drayton McLane - business & sports executive
Bill Medley - pop singer, The Righteous Brothers
Carol Merrill - model, "Let's Make a Deal"
(*) Edwin Meese - U.S. attorney general
Lee Meriwether - actress, "Barnaby Jones"
Barbara Mikulski - U.S. Senator, Maryland
(*) Vera Miles - actress, "Psycho"
George Mitchell - U.S. Senator, Maine
(*) Rita Moreno - actress, "West Side Story"
(*) Jaye P. Morgan - game show panelist, "The Gong Show"
Garrett Morris - actor, "Saturday Night Live"
Bill Moyers - journalist and commentator, PBS
Diana Muldaur - actress, "L.A. Law"
Brian Mulroney - Canadian prime minister
(*) Rupert Murdoch - chairman, News Corp
Brent Musburger - TV sportscaster
Ralph Nader - consumer activist
Willie Nelson - country singer
Aaron Neville - pop singer, "Tell It Like It Is"
(*) Bob Newhart - actor, "The Bob Newhart Show"
Julie Newmar - actress, "Batman"
Nichelle Nichols - actress, "Star Trek"
Jack Nicholson - actor
Jack Nicklaus - pro golfer
Nick Nolte - actor, "Cape Fear"
Chuck Norris - actor, "Walker, Texas Ranger"
Kim Novak - actress, "Vertigo"
Sam Nunn - U.S. Senator, Georgia
(*) Sandra Day O'Connor - U.S. Supreme Court Justice
Ann-Margret Olsson - actress, "Carnal Knowledge"
Peter O'Malley - baseball executive, Los Angeles Dodgers
Ryan O'Neal - actor, "Love Story"
Yoko Ono - avant-garde artist
Charles Osgood - news commentator and anchor
Bob Packwood - U.S. Senator, Oregon
Al Pacino - actor, "Scarface"
Leon Panetta - U.S. White House Chief of Staff
Ron Paul - U.S. Congressman, Texas
Pele - Brazilian soccer player
Nancy Pelosi - U.S. Speaker of the House
Gaylord Perry - Hall of Fame baseball player
(*) William Perry - U.S. secretary of defense
Richard Petty - auto racer
Gary Player - pro golfer
Roman Polanski - film director/statutory rapist
Maury Povich - TV host
Pat Priest - actress, "The Munsters"
Thomas Pynchon - novelist, "Gravity's Rainbow"
Mel Ramos - pin-up artist
(*) Joyce Randolph - actress, "The Honeymooners"
(*) Charles Rangel - U.S. congressman, New York
Sally Jessy Raphael - talk show host
(*) Dan Rather - news anchor
Robert Redford - actor, "The Sting"
Vanessa Redgrave - actress, "Julia"
Rex Reed - film critic
Martha Reeves - pop/R&B singer, "Dancing in the Street"
Cliff Richard - pop singer, "We Don't Talk Anymore"
(*) Pat Robertson - religious broadcaster
Brooks Robinson - Hall of Fame baseball player
Smokey Robinson - R&B singer, "I Second That Emotion"
Juan "Chichi" Rodriguez - golfer
Charlie Rose - political TV host
Pete Rose - baseball player/gambler
(*) Marion Ross - actress, "Happy Days"
Bill Russell - basketball player
Mark Russell - political satirist
George Ryan - governor of Illinois
(*) Eva Marie Saint - actress, "North By Northwest"
Bernie Sanders - U.S. Senator, Vermont
Richard Sanders - actor, "WKRP in Cincinnati"
Harrison Schmitt - U.S. astronaut, Apollo 17
Pat Schroeder - U.S. Congresswoman, Colorado
John Schuerholz - baseball executive
Charles Schwab - stockbroker
Russell Schweickart - U.S. astronaut, Apollo 9
David Scott - U.S. astronaut
Ridley Scott - film director, "Alien"
(*) Vin Scully - baseball announcer, Los Angeles Dodgers
Neil Sedaka - pop singer, "Breaking Up is Hard to Do"
Bud Selig - baseball commissioner
(*) Doc Severinsen - bandleader, "The Tonight Show"
(*) Gene Shalit - film critic, "The Today Show"
(*) William Shatner - actor, "Star Trek"
Martin Sheen - actor, "The West Wing"
(*) Liz Sheridan - actress, "Seinfeld"
Sonny Shroyer - actor, "The Dukes of Hazzard"
James B. Sikking - actor, "Hill Street Blues"
Paul Simon - pop musician, Simon and Garfunkel
(*) Alan Simpson - U.S. Senator, Wyoming
Nancy Sinatra - pop singer, "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'"
Grace Slick - pop singer, Jefferson Airplane
Maggie Smith - actress, "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie"
Dick Smothers - folk musician/TV host, the Smothers Brothers
Tom Smothers - folk musician/TV host, the Smothers Brothers
Elke Sommer - actress, "A Shot in the Dark"
(*) George Soros - currency speculator/political donor
David Souter - U.S. Supreme Court justice
Boris Spassky - chess player
(*) Thomas Stafford - U.S. astronaut
Charles Stanley - Baptist minister
Ringo Starr - Beatle
Gloria Steinem - feminist
Connie Stevens - actress, "Hawaiian Eye"
Ray Stevens - country & novelty singer
Stella Stevens - actress, "Girls! Girls! Girls!"
Jackie Stewart - auto racer
Martha Stewart - home cook and decorator
Patrick Stewart - actor, "Star Trek: The Next Generation"
Jill St. John - actress, "Diamonds Are Forever"
Mike Stoller - pop songwriter, "Hound Dog"
Paul Stookey - folk singer, Peter, Paul & Mary
(*) Larry Storch - actor, "F-Troop"
Barrett Strong - R&B songwriter, "I Heart It Through the Grapevine"
John Sununu - White House chief of staff
Donald Sutherland - actor, "Invasion of the Body Snatchers"
Bo Svenson - actor, "North Dallas Forty"
Jimmy Swaggart - Pentecostal evangelist
Inga Swenson - actress, "Benson"
Chuck Swindoll - Protestant minister and broadcaster
Loretta Swit - actress, "M*A*S*H"
George Takei - actor, "Star Trek"
Fran Tarkenton - NFL quarterback, Minnesota Vikings
Joe E. Tata - actor, "Beverly Hills, 90210"
Buck Taylor - actor, "Gunsmoke"
Marlo Thomas - actress, "That Girl"
Lily Tomlin - actress, "All of Me"
Joe Torre - baseball manager, New York Yankees
Dean Torrence - pop singer, Jan and Dean
Daniel J. Travanti - actor, "Hill Street Blues"
Lee Trevino - pro golfer
Ken Turner - gospel singer, The Blackwood Brothers
Ted Turner - media executive, CNN
Tina Turner - R&B singer, "What's Love Got To Do With It"
Willie Tyler - ventriloquist
Peter Ueberroth - baseball commissioner
Bob Uecker - baseball announcer and actor
Liv Ullmann - actress, "Cries and Whispers"
Frankie Valli - pop singer, The Four Seasons
(*) Mamie Van Doren - actress, "High School Confidential"
(*) Dick Van Dyke - actor
Paul Verhoeven - film director, "Total Recall"
Fay Vincent Jr. - baseball comissioner
Bobby Vinton - singer, "Blue Velvet"
Dick Vitale - basketball announcer
Jon Voight - actor, "Coming Home"
Robert Wagner - actor, "Hart to Hart"
(*) Barbara Walters - TV journalist and host
David Warner - actor, "The Omen"
Dionne Warwick - pop singer, "I'll Never Fall in Love Again"
Maxine Waters - U.S. Congresswoman, California
Sam Waterston - actor, "Law & Order"
(*) James Watson - DNA co-discoverer
James Watt - U.S. secretary of the interior
Henry Waxman - U.S. Congressman, California
(*) Lowell Weicker - U.S. Senator, Connecticut
Raquel Welch - actress, "One Million Years B.C."
Jerry West - NBA basketball player
(*) Ruth Westheimer - sex counselor
(*) Jim Whittaker - mountain climber
June Wilkinson - glamour model, "Playboy"
Billy Dee Williams - actor, "The Empire Strikes Back"
John Williams - film score composer, "Star Wars"
Paul Williams - pop songwriter, "We've Only Just Begun"
Pete Wilson - U.S. Senator, California
Joanne Woodward - actress
Chuck Woolery - TV host, "Love Connection"
Jo Anne Worley - performer, "Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In"
Bill Wyman - rock bassist, the Rolling Stones
Peter Yarrow - singer, Peter, Paul, & Mary
Carl Yastrzemski - baseball player, Boston Red Sox
Andrew Young - U.S. Congressman, Georgia
Compiled by David Carson
