For those understandably saddened by the premature deaths of so many beloved performers in 2016, here is a gallery of a dozen beloved theater artists who are still living — some still working — ages 90 to 104. Some are better known for their screen roles, one is not a performer at all, but all have been involved in Broadway productions. Click on any photograph to see it enlarged and read the caption.

Angela Lansbury, 93, veteran of 14 Broadway shows, winner of five Tony Awards. Dick Van Dyke, 94, veteran of four Broadway shows, winner of the Tony Award for Bye, Bye Birdie. Norman Lear, 96, has not performed on Broadway, but he WAS a producer of a Broadway show — a revival of (appropriately in retrospect) “Arsenic and Old Lace” Cloris Leachman, 93, veteran of 12 Broadway shows. Olivia de Havilland at 103, yes, a 50-year career as a movie star, and two time Oscar winner, but also veteran of three Broadway shows. Carl Reiner, 97, veteran of seven Broadway shows. Kirk Douglas, 103, best-known as a movie star, of course, but a veteran of eight Broadway plays Patricia Morison, 102, veteran of five Broadway shows, including the original Kiss Me Kate and King and I. Norman Lloyd, 105, veteran as director or performer of 14 Broadway shows. Gertrude Jeannette, 103, veteran of six Broadway shows, including plays by Tennessee Williams, Thornton Wilder, and James Baldwin. Connie Sawyer, 105, veteran of four Broadway shows. Carol Channing, 97, three-time Tony winning veteran of a dozen Broadway productions (three of them “Hello, Dolly.”)

Why, you may ask, is Betty White, 94, not in this gallery? She’s never been on Broadway. Now’s the time, Betty!

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