How Many HARDtalk (1997) Cast Members Are Still Alive?

Name: HARDtalk
Released: 1997
Cast: Stephen Sackur, Edward Said, Alan Rusbridger, George Melly, Dmitri Hvorostovsky

HARDtalk (1997) featured a cast of 165 tracked actors. Of these, 79 (64%) are still alive today and 45 have passed away. The oldest surviving cast member is Douglas Hurd, age 96. This TV series starred Stephen Sackur and Edward Said.

64% still with us· verified cast48% of full cast · incl. 41 unverified

Survivorship

Cast Reunion Index: 64% still living

Avg. Age at Death: 77.8 yrs

Deaths by Year

1997

2010

2020

2025

Cast165 members

Person	Character	Status	DOB ▲▼	Age	DOD ▲▼	Age in 1997 ▲▼
Stephen Sackur Self - Host	Self - Host	Living	09/01/1964	62	—	33
Edward Said		Deceased	01/11/1935	67	24/09/2003	62
Alan Rusbridger		Living	29/12/1953	72	—	44
George Melly		Deceased	17/08/1926	80	05/07/2007	71
Dmitri Hvorostovsky		Deceased	16/10/1962	55	22/11/2017	35
Robert Mugabe		Deceased	21/02/1924	95	06/09/2019	73
Jackie Collins		Deceased	04/10/1937	77	19/09/2015	60
Georg Solti		Deceased	21/10/1912	84	05/09/1997	85
Ehud Barak		Living	12/02/1942	84	—	55
Tenzin Gyatso		Living	06/07/1935	91	—	62
Ute Lemper		Living	04/07/1963	63	—	34
Nelson Mandela		Deceased	18/07/1918	95	05/12/2013	79
Sylvie Guillem		Living	25/02/1965	61	—	32
Valéry Giscard d'Estaing		Deceased	02/02/1926	94	02/12/2020	71
Eddie Izzard		Living	07/02/1962	64	—	35
Yehudi Menuhin		Deceased	22/04/1916	82	12/03/1999	81
Alexander Lebed		Deceased	20/04/1950	52	28/04/2002	47
Ismail Merchant		Deceased	25/12/1936	68	25/05/2005	61
Tom Clancy		Deceased	12/04/1947	66	01/10/2013	50
Norman Finkelstein		Living	08/12/1953	72	—	44
Donald Trump		Living	14/06/1946	80	—	51
Caspar Weinberger		Deceased	18/08/1917	88	28/03/2006	80
Newt Gingrich		Living	17/06/1943	83	—	54
Romano Prodi		Living	09/08/1939	87	—	58
Bobby Charlton		Deceased	11/10/1937	86	21/10/2023	60
Ahmed Yassin		Unverified	—	—	—	—
Thabo Mbeki		Living	18/06/1942	84	—	55
Gloria Stuart		Deceased	04/07/1910	100	26/09/2010	87
Peter Fonda		Deceased	23/02/1940	79	16/08/2019	57
Jon Landau		Deceased	23/07/1960	63	05/07/2024	37
Steve Forbes		Living	18/07/1947	79	—	50
Maya Angelou		Deceased	04/04/1928	86	28/05/2014	69
Antoinette Sibley		Unverified	—	—	—	—
Ian McKellen		Living	25/05/1939	87	—	58
Václav Havel		Deceased	05/10/1936	75	18/12/2011	61
Darcey Bussell		Living	27/04/1969	57	—	28
Peter Ustinov		Deceased	16/04/1921	82	28/03/2004	76
Douglas Hurd		Living	08/03/1930	96	—	67
Cyd Charisse		Deceased	08/03/1922	86	16/06/2008	75
Benazir Bhutto		Deceased	21/06/1953	54	27/12/2007	44
Anatoly Chubais		Living	16/06/1955	71	—	42
John Peel		Deceased	30/08/1939	65	25/10/2004	58
Michael Flatley		Living	16/07/1958	68	—	39
Louise Arbour		Unverified	—	—	—	—
Shimon Peres		Deceased	02/08/1923	93	28/09/2016	74
John Fashanu		Living	18/09/1962	64	—	35
Javier Solana		Living	14/07/1942	84	—	55
David Shayler		Living	24/12/1965	60	—	32
Gerry Robinson		Unverified	—	—	—	—
Ben Kingsley		Living	31/12/1943	82	—	54