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19 February 2008

Does this ever happen to you? You discover that some famous person whom you admire and assumed was long dead is, in fact, still very much alive, and it makes you, for some strange reason, extremely happy inside?

This just happened to me with Muhammad Ali.

post by: Atom Eyes at: 13:37 | 8 comments

Well, I have the reverse. When Dale Evans died, I was surprised, thinking she'd long since left this trail.

It actually happens a lot.

posted by danf 19 February | 13:43

What danf describes is a fairly common occurrence for most people for some reason.

posted by puke & cry 19 February | 13:47

The weirdest thing happens to me (in this sense, in every other sense I lead a very normal life). Each time I hear someone refer to Stephen Jay Gould in the past tense, I am surprised. It's like I won't allow myself to believe he's dead.
I keep hoping I'll wake up one day and Stephen Jay Gould will still be alive.

posted by Wilder 19 February | 13:51

I don't have this problem because I refuse to believe anyone is dead until I see the body.

(Hollywood action movies have made me a survivor.)

posted by pokermonk 19 February | 13:57

I get the reverse... "oh my god, when did so and so die. oh. well, gee..."

posted by kellydamnit 19 February | 14:09

Yes, because my husband and I just found out that Jack Klugman is still alive, and, in fact, just got married! So, we're happy to hear he's still with us.

posted by redvixen 19 February | 15:11

I feel guilty, like I killed them off in my head when the whole time they were alive. This happened to me with Doris Day.

But then I kind of wished ... oh, nevermind.

posted by brina 19 February | 16:25

Abe Vigoda: still with us.

posted by BitterOldPunk 19 February | 17:26

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