Only a few true icons of classic TV left

I'm still here b******!

I agree, OP. For some reason this year's holiday season has made me feel especially ancient. Betty's passing only exacerbates that feeling.

We still have a few:

Burt Bacharach, 93.

Estelle Harris, 93.

William Daniels, 94.

Harry Belafonte, 94.

Sidney Poitier, 94.

Lisa Lu, 94.

Tony Bennett, 95.

Mel Brooks, 95.

Dick Van Dyke, 95

Bob Barker, 97

Angela Lansbury, 95

And more...

I said classic TV icons.

R3 Classic TV? Not quite

Where's Dolly?

R6 Is she really a classic TV icon?

Have heart, OP. Frankie Grande is still around. And Snookie.

R4 All of those people appeared on TV, ya Stank Bitch!

If they are in their 90s and still alive then they are fucking Icons!

icons of classic TV

R9 No, dumbass

Bob's still alive?

heck, the other day I was surprised to find out Barbara Eden was alive. For some reason I thought she died in the 90s.

there's Charo.

really amazing that she's been doing the same one note schtick the entire time... never having to evolve.

only other woman I could think of like that is Elvira (cassandra peterson)

Debbie Allen

(yes, elders, the 80s is considered classic tv now.)

Marion Ross is still alive.

Classic.

I'm still alive, bitches!

R2- Does it make you feel old knowing that our Jeannie/Barbara Eden is 90 years old?

I’m still just a babe, you cocksuckers.

But an ICON nonetheless…..

Laugh-In was a huge success in 1967 so that's certainly "Classic TV": Goldie, Joanne and Ruth are still with us.

The Smothers Brothers

Barbara Eden

The Osmonds

Cher

Pat Boone huge TV star from the 1950s!

Pat Boone is the last of the TV hosts with his own show from the 1950s still Alive.

Connie Stevens: Hawaiian Eye

Sally Field: Gidget, Flying Nun

Mrs. Partridge is still among us.

Don't forget Norman Lear, creator of "All In The Family", "Maude", "Sanford and Son", "The Jeffersons", "One Day at a Time" and "Good Times." He's 99.

Barbara Walters regular on the "Today Show" starting in 1961.

(Not a TV icon, but Estelle Parsons was a Today Show regular in the 1950s.)

Is OP on drugs? Dame Angela Lansbury is alive and kicking and R3 she is 96!

Tina Louise? Is she still alive? June Lockhart?

R28 Both are still alive.

Joan Collins sucks

Kent McCord

R27 I had no idea Angela Lansbury was an icon of classic TV. What show exactly?

Murder She Wrote

Agent 99 Barbara Feldon

June Lockhart(Lassie & Lost In Space) is 96.

June.

Lost in Space (original series): June Lockhart, Mark Goddard, Marta Kristen, Angela Cartwright, Bill Mumy

Star Trek (original series): William Shatner, George Takei, Nichelle Nichols, Walter Koenig

R32 kindly kiss my ass

R32 kindly kiss my arse

Gary Conway from Land Of The Giants in 86.

OP What about Marlo Thomas? I feel like she sorta qualifies.

Joyce Randolph of "The Honeymooners"

Tim Matheson was on The Virginian and Bonanza and he's still with us.

Don Quine from Peyton Place is still around. So is Mouseketeer Roberta Shore.

Clu Gulagher was a guest star on basically everything and he just turned 93 a few weeks ago.

Even though he's not old, I think Ron Howard is a valid entry to submit for this list. The man has two classic TV roles on his resume.

All of the Brady Bunch kids

Erin Murphy, who played Tabitha on Bewitched.

Rob Reiner and Sally Struthers

Erin Moran is dead

Not icons, I know, although SEINFELD is considered an iconic show by many, but both Estelle Harris (Mrs. Costanza) and Liz Sheridan (Mrs. Seinfeld) are still living. They’re 93 and 92 respectively.

Clint Eastwood - Rawhide

He said Erin Murphy, r48, not Erin Moran.

A lot of the people mentioned on this thread are not "icons." They were on tv shows from long ago but were not icons. There's nothing "iconic" about the "Brady kids" for instance.

Clint Eastwood is NOT an "icon" of "classic tv!" He's a movie star, one of the biggest there ever was. Nobody considers him a "tv icon."

Are bitches suggesting I'm not classic??

I don't recall seeing MY obituary anywhere.

Hi guys!!!!

You’re a classic, Lindsay, but at 72, you’re still too young.

Let's not forget our G. Damages was highly praised for being on television.

June Lockhart started working in the 1930s. She was an MGM studio ingénue.

THAT is a career, plus she was Lassie's fur mom.

Did you actually leave me out of your list as a true icon of classic TV just because I'm fat? Huge? Bloblike? Disgustingly transforming into a termite queen?

Do you know how hurtful that is? Like I don't know how hideous I am?

We're icons, bitches!

G isn't really a TV star though, she's a movie star who does TV

Joyce DeWitt

Both Jerry Mathers and Tony Dow from LEAVE IT TO BEAVER (1957-63) are still around. They’re in their 70s.

What about that old bat from Little House On The Prarie? You know, the one with no Emmys! Lol

Dick Van Dyke was a bigger star in his prime than Burnett ever was, OP.

R52 I would disagree. The Brady Bunch has become iconic. When your show is still being aired, 50 years after it debuted, your reunion episode is considered a holiday classic, and the rights holders are still pumping out new content and merchandise you qualify for iconic status. They became and have remained America’s family. I would classify the surviving casts of The Waltons and Little House similarly but they aren’t as iconic as the Bradys.

R66 as a group but not individually. Maureen McCormick is never going to get a Kennedy Center honor.

Tina Louise is still alive, sort of.

Jeez, do I have to show up in my star-spangled outfit, just to get a mention?!?!?

- Lynda Carter

R69 Yes, please!

Jethro Bodine is still alive, presumably his twin sister Jethrine is as well!

William Shatner is still alive, right?

The Livingston brothers and Tina Cole are still living from the My Three Sons cast. The boys played the younger brothers Chip and Ernie. Tina played Katie, Robbie’s wife.

Also living, but not pictured, Tim Considine (oldest brother Mike) and Dawn Lyn (Dodie).

R10 The dumbass is you if you do not understand that "classic TV stars" did other shit too. Nobody was just limited to the boob tube as they are now. Learn some history ya moron.

Robin!

Gomez is 91!

Marla Gibbs, Florence (The Jeffersons and 227) is still around at 90!

Berlinda Tolbert (Jenny, The Jeffersons) at 72.

Hal Williams (Lester, 227) 83.

Jackee' Harry at 65 (227) She's currently on Days of our lives.

Regina King (Brenda) 50

Curtis Baldwin (Calvin) 54

Robert Clary from "Hogan's Heroes" Michael Cole from "Mod Squad" Barbara Bain, Peter Lupus, Lesley Ann Warren, Sam Elliott and Lynda Day George from "Mission: Impossible"

Suzanne Somers

Michael Caine

Gina Lollabrigida

Stella Stevens

Richard Chamberlain, Dr. Kildare

Lily Tomlin, Laugh-In

Rita Moreno, The Electric Company

Linda Evans, The Big Valley

Joyce Randolph, The Honeymooners

Kent McCord, Adam-12

Phyllis Coates, The Adventures of Superman

Karen Valentine, Room 222

Jay North, Dennis the Menace

Johnny Whitaker and Kathy Garver (FAMILY AFFAIR)

CHIPS - Erik Estrada (72) and Larry Wilcox (74)

POLICE WOMAN - Angie Dickinson (90)

Most of THE LOVE BOAT - Lauren Tewes (Julie), Ted Lange (Isaac), Bernie Kopell (Doc), Fred Grandy (Gopher), Jill Whelan (Vicki), Ted McGinley (Ashley), even Charo! 😂

ALICE - Linda Lavin (84), Polly Holiday (84) and Diane Ladd (86)

MASH - Alan Alda, Gary Burghoff, Loretta Swit, Mike Farrell, and cross-dressing Jamie Farr

MOD SQUAD - Michael Cole (81)

HART TO HART - Stephanie Powers, Robert Wagner

CHARLIE'S ANGELS - Cheryl Ladd, Jaclyn Smith, Kate Jackson, Shelley Hack

THE SIX MILLION DOLLAR MAN - Lee Majors

BARETTA - Wife Killer Robert Blake

STARSKY AND HUTCH - David Soul and Paul Michael Glaser (Both 78)

Did Jay North actually do porn?

Roger Ewing and Buck Taylor, "Gunsmoke"

Terry Carter, age 93, of "McCloud" and "Battlestar Galactica"