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Maharishi Mahesh Yogi: Guru of transcendental meditation most noted for his connection with the Beatles during the late 1960s. His techniques are alive and well, but we were surprised to hear that he is, too.
Gerald Ford: Accident-prone and math-challenged American president who somehow found himself in the White House after Nixon's resignation. A CL staffer thought he had died in a skiing accident (go figure).
Shelley Winters: Big sassy broad, liberal activist and movie actress whose prodigious affairs are almost as entertaining as her films, such as Alfie, Lolita and The Poseidon Adventure. We thought she'd checked out a long time ago (and some of us wish she had).
Elvis Presley: The King of rock & roll. Some people swear he's still alive, but who knows?
Kirk Douglas: Fine Hollywood actor with several major roles to his credit, including Vincent Van Gogh in Lust for Life, and Spartacus; he's also the father of Michael Douglas. The release of his new memoir shocked one staffer who thought Douglas had died of cancer years ago.
Tony Randall & Jack Klugman: Television's Odd Couple. Hell, a real life odd couple, too. Are you sure they're not dead?
Ricardo Montalban: Leading Latin actor of the 60s and 70s; played Khan in Star Trek, was host of TV's Fantasy Island, and did car ads in which he talked about "Corinthian leather." He recently popped up in Spy Kids 2, which was a shock to the staffer who was certain Montalban had died a decade ago.
Mike Douglas: Host of highly popular daytime talk show from 1964-80, as well as singer of the schmaltzy hit "The Men In My Little Girl's Life." Someone here thought he was out of her life.
Henry Boggan: Former popular talk show host on WBT, Boggan was of the old "don't offend anyone whatsoever" school of talk shows, a far cry from the current epidemic of yelling weasels. At least the new guys don't talk about things like banana bread recipes, though. Boggan's not pushing up daisies, he's just retired and moved to the coast.
John Kilgo: When The Leader announced that longtime local media personality Kilgo was coming back to the weekly newspaper, one of our staff's first reaction was, "He's dead, isn't he?"
Paul Harvey: Longtime radio commentator with an unmistakable voice which, contrary to what one editor thought, is still in good shape.
Carl Reiner: Legendary comic writer, performer and director, his role in Ocean's Eleven came as a shock to more than one of our writers.
Styx: When their summer concert appearance was announced, our first reaction was, "Didn't they die in a plane crash or something? No? Oh well, maybe next time."
Lauren Bacall: Even though a writer thought she had died of lung cancer a few years ago, Humphrey Bogart's great love, movie actress/ Broadway star /teen model still turns up in a film from time to time; look for her opposite Nicole Kidman in the upcoming Dogville.
Charlie "Choo Choo" Justice: One of the greatest of all college halfbacks, this UNC football player was the state's biggest sports hero in the immediate postwar era, but for some reason we thought he had passed on a few years ago. When he recently made a list of all-time great Redskins players -- and was referred to in the present tense -- we were thrilled.
Allen Norwood: Don't ask our editor why he thought he had heard that this writer for the Observer was a ghost of his former self. "I don't know," he explained, "maybe my subconscious thought he'd died when I quit reading his dull articles a few years ago."
Frankie Valli: The falsetto-meister of the Four Seasons is alive and kicking, contrary to a staff member's hallucinations.
Little Anthony: What is it about car wrecks and celebrities? One writer "could have sworn I heard" this popular and soulful 60s singer had lost his life in one.
Tony Joe White: Deep South singer/songwriter from the very early 70s, most noted for the song "Poke Salad Annie." He showed up recently in a TV movie and we thought we'd seen a ghost.
Efrem Zimbalist Jr: Midline actor who starred in some OK movies, plus the TV shows 77 Sunset Strip and The FBI. Not a bad guy or anything, just one of those people you can't believe is still around.
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