This is not a death-watch thread.
Simply acknowledging some of the TV favorites of my youth (and in subsequent repeats) who are still with us today --
I get a big kick that both Mr. and Mrs. Oleson of Little House on the Prairie (Richard Bull, Katherine McGregor) are still with us, 89 and 88, respectively. Guess Nellie and Willie weren't bad for longevity after all.
Al Molinaro of Happy Days fame (don't forget Odd Couple) is 94.
Wilbur!!! Mr. Ed's owner, Alan Young, is also 94. Sadly, we lost his TV wife, one of the most underrated TV hotties of all time, Connie Hines, in 2009 at age 78.
The original People's Court justice, Judge Joseph Wapner, is 94.
Yes, "Fish" is still alive, Barney Miller's Abe Vigoda, 92.
Monty Hall of "Let's Make A Deal" is dealing at 92.
Betty White is 91, or maybe you hadn't heard? She keeps such a low profile.
Thank you, Norman Lear, TV genius. 91.
Larry Storch (Agarn on F-Troop), is 90. My crush on "Wrangler Jane", Melody Patterson, continues -- she's only 64.
Rose Marie of the Dick Van Dyke Show, who always looked older than she was (sorry, Rose), is 90.
Mr. Dick Van Dyke himself is 88.
Yes, spayed and neutered, Bob Barker is with us at 90.
The Professor Lives! Russell Johnson of Gilligan's Island turned 89 last month.
The beloved June Lockhart of "Lassie" and "Lost in Space" is 88.
Robert Clary, Cpl. LeBeau on "Hogan's Heroes", is 87.
Mrs. Garrett of the Facts of Life, Charlotte Rae, is 87 (don't forget Diff'rent Strokes). On a baseball note, the Charlotte Rays of the Florida State League were named after her (they are now the Stone Crabs).
Ann B. Davis, everybody's favorite maid from the Brady Bunch, is 87.
Bill Daily, with quite the daily double via Major Healy on "I Dream of Jeannie" and Howard Borden on "The Bob Newhart Show", is 86.
Benson's Robert Guillaume is 86. Remember Soap?
Peter Marshall of Hollywood Squares, who of course gave baseball his son, Pete LaCock, is 86.
Jim Rockford, I mean James Garner, is 85, as is Ralph Waite (Waltons), Katherine Helmond (Soap, Who's the Boss?), and Orson Bean (Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman and countless game shows).
Also 85? Adam West (Batman), Marion Ross (Mrs. C of Happy Days), and Dick Van Patten (Eight is Enough).