Who Have You Outlived?

[Tom 1960]

Outlived Elvis Presley by 1373 days. Coming up in 44 days I'll match John F. Kennedy and in 245 Judy Garland.(damn)

[Jim Alfredson]

(i had no idea Otis was only 26. Thats insane.)

Yep. Amazing how much he accomplished in that short time and how he changed music.

[The Magnificent Goldberg]

I've got over a year to go before I outlive Jackie Onassis.

MG

[The Magnificent Goldberg]

(i had no idea Otis was only 26. Thats insane.)

Yep. Amazing how much he accomplished in that short time and how he changed music.

For a Detroiter, that's an amazing statement. Soul developed between Billy Ward & the Dominoes' "Have mercy baby" in 1952 (Clyde McPhatter lead) and The Falcons' "I found a love" in 1962 (Wilson Pickett lead, plus Eddie Floyd, Sir Mack Rice and one of the 4 Tops' brother - the backing band later became the Ohio Players). Nothing that Otis, O V Wright, Carr or Aretha did after that took Soul further into church than "I found a love". (Soul is the classic instance of the innovators not being as good as some of those who followed.)

MG

PS the other members of the Falcons were Joe Stubbs (Eli's brother) and Ben Night. And the band in those days was known as "The Ohio Untouchables")

Edited November 26, 2006 by The Magnificent Goldberg

[Guy Berger]

Nobody especially interesting, except that so far I've outlived the Big Bopper by 37 days.

Guy

[Jazzmoose]

Hell, I didn't even know Roy Buchanan was dead...

[Jazzmoose]

Or Wendy O. Williams. This site is depressing!!

[tjobbe]

I get close to Pablo Escobar...not sure what that tells me. At least I "outlived" Dan Blocker.

Cheers, Tjobbe

[Noj]

Jimi Hendrix (27yo at time of death)

Jim Croce (30)

[The Magnificent Goldberg]

Jimi Hendrix (27yo at time of death)

Jim Croce (30)

Hey! So have I

MG

[Neal Pomea]

If I make it 10 more days, I will have lived longer than Bill Evans.

[B. Clugston]

I've outlived Abu Musab al-Zarqawi!

One of my co-workers has outlived:

27 10157 -713 Jimi Hendrix

27 10120 -750 Janis Joplin

27 10069 -801 Jim Morrison

[Hot Ptah]

I have recently outlived Erroll Flynn and Herve Villechaize!

Soon I will outlive Rod Serling (24 days) and Steve McQueen (68 days).

[Hot Ptah]

Hell, I didn't even know Roy Buchanan was dead...

I seem to recall that he hung himself in a jail cell in an upper crust suburb of D.C.--Reston, Virginia.

Edited November 27, 2006 by Hot Ptah

[LAL]

Outlived Hendrix, Buddy Holly and Bruce Lee. 2 more weeks to outlive Eva Perón.

[.:.impossible]

(i had no idea Otis was only 26. Thats insane.)

Yep. Amazing how much he accomplished in that short time and how he changed music.

For a Detroiter, that's an amazing statement. Soul developed between Billy Ward & the Dominoes' "Have mercy baby" in 1952 (Clyde McPhatter lead) and The Falcons' "I found a love" in 1962 (Wilson Pickett lead, plus Eddie Floyd, Sir Mack Rice and one of the 4 Tops' brother - the backing band later became the Ohio Players). Nothing that Otis, O V Wright, Carr or Aretha did after that took Soul further into church than "I found a love". (Soul is the classic instance of the innovators not being as good as some of those who followed.)

MG

PS the other members of the Falcons were Joe Stubbs (Eli's brother) and Ben Night. And the band in those days was known as "The Ohio Untouchables")

"I Found A Love"... man, I love The Falcons. I literally listen to that song on a weekly basis. That vocal sure grabs my attention!

[PHILLYQ]

In less than a year I'll pass Roger Maris, but no home run hitter who is clean has passed him yet.

[GA Russell]

Remember this thread? I came across it, and decided to give it another go 'round.

I have outlived...

Lee J. Cobb and Floyd Cramer by 9 days

Gordon Waller by 31 days

Mickey Mantle by 142 days

Audrey Hepburn by 178 days

In 56 days, I will have outlived Thelonious Monk.

[medjuck]

Most of us have outlived Jimmy Blanton and Charlie Christian. A lot of us have outlived Bird. In fact of the jazz musicians I most admire the only ones I haven't outlived are

Benny Carter, Ornette Coleman and Sonny Rollins. And of the the first generation of rock and rollers we still have Chuck Berry and Jerry Lee Lewis.

[JSngry]

My goal upon waking every day/afternoon is to outlive myself. Long as I can do that, hey, good day. Ain't gonna be so for everybody.

[Jazzmoose]

Finally caught Humphrey Bogart.

[David Ayers]

Finally caught Humphrey Bogart.

Was he stealing from your shed again?

[The Magnificent Goldberg]

Well, I've outlived Stanley Kubrick, Orson Wells and Howard Hughes; coming up on Johnny Cash in 3 months, but passing Jackie Gleason in less than a fortnight (I'm holding my breath - oops poor strategy ) and Floyd Patterson in three weeks.

So, how come Mr Cash appears in the high and medium fame lists? Did he pay twice?

MG

[jazzbo]

I didn't go to this site but one person who it amazes me that I have lived longer than is Philip K. Dick. It also amazes me that he was a few years older than my father. Both were/are big intellects and big thinkers and so so different! I would have loved to have been able to have a few conversations with Philip.

[AllenLowe]

my mother (she was a pianist).