How Many The Kennedy Center Honors (1978) Cast Members Are Still Alive?

Name: The Kennedy Center Honors
Released: 1978
Cast: Rudolf Serkin, James Levine, Mike Nichols, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Benny Carter

The Kennedy Center Honors (1978) featured a cast of 185 tracked actors. Of these, 50 (28%) are still alive today and 128 have passed away. The oldest surviving cast member is John Kander, age 99. This TV series starred Rudolf Serkin and James Levine.

28% still with us· verified cast27% of full cast · incl. 7 unverified

Survivorship

Cast Reunion Index: 28% still living

Avg. Age at Death: 85.5 yrs

Deaths by Year

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Cast185 members

Person	Character	Status	DOB ▲▼	Age	DOD ▲▼	Age in 1978 ▲▼
Rudolf Serkin Self	Self	Deceased	28/03/1903	88	08/05/1991	75
James Levine Self	Self	Deceased	23/06/1943	77	09/03/2021	35
Mike Nichols Self	Self	Deceased	06/11/1931	83	19/11/2014	47
Andrew Lloyd Webber Self	Self	Living	22/03/1948	78	—	30
Benny Carter Self	Self	Deceased	08/08/1907	95	12/07/2003	71
Sean Connery Self	Self	Deceased	25/08/1930	90	31/10/2020	48
Joan Sutherland Self	Self	Deceased	07/11/1926	83	10/10/2010	52
Marion Williams Self	Self	Deceased	29/08/1927	66	02/07/1994	51
Robert Redford Self	Self	Deceased	18/08/1936	89	16/09/2025	42
Leon Fleisher Self	Self	Unverified	—	—	—	—
Luciano Pavarotti Self	Self	Deceased	12/10/1935	71	06/09/2007	43
Lynn Fontanne Self	Self	Deceased	06/12/1887	95	30/07/1983	91
Isaac Stern Self	Self	Deceased	21/07/1920	81	22/09/2001	58
Perry Como Self	Self	Deceased	18/05/1912	88	12/05/2001	66
Merce Cunningham Self	Self	Deceased	16/04/1919	90	26/07/2009	59
Marilyn Horne Self	Self	Living	16/01/1934	92	—	44
Twyla Tharp Self	Self	Living	01/07/1941	85	—	37
George Abbott Self	Self	Deceased	25/06/1887	107	31/01/1995	91
George Balanchine Self	Self	Deceased	22/01/1904	79	30/04/1983	74
Jessica Tandy Self	Self	Deceased	07/06/1909	85	11/09/1994	69
Shirley Temple Self	Self	Deceased	23/04/1928	85	10/02/2014	50
Aaron Copland Self	Self	Deceased	14/11/1900	90	02/12/1990	78
Morton Gould Self	Self	Deceased	10/12/1913	82	21/02/1996	65
Plácido Domingo Self	Self	Living	21/01/1941	85	—	37
Virgil Thomson Self	Self	Deceased	25/11/1896	92	30/09/1989	82
Billy Wilder Self	Self	Deceased	22/06/1906	95	27/03/2002	72
Fayard Nicholas Self	Self	Deceased	20/10/1914	91	24/01/2006	64
Mstislav Rostropovich Self	Self	Deceased	27/03/1927	80	27/04/2007	51
Katherine Dunham Self	Self	Deceased	22/06/1909	96	21/05/2006	69
Nathan Milstein Self	Self	Deceased	24/12/1902	89	21/12/1992	76
Maria Tallchief Self	Self	Deceased	24/01/1925	88	11/04/2013	53
Judith Jamison Self	Self	Deceased	10/05/1943	81	09/11/2024	35
Jerome Robbins Self	Self	Deceased	11/10/1918	79	29/07/1998	60
Danny Kaye Self	Self	Deceased	18/01/1911	76	03/03/1987	67
John Kander Self	Self	Living	18/03/1927	99	—	51
Tina Turner Self	Self	Deceased	26/11/1939	83	24/05/2023	39
Eugene Ormandy Self	Self	Deceased	18/11/1899	85	12/03/1985	79
Beverly Sills Self	Self	Deceased	25/05/1929	78	02/07/2007	49
Mikhail Baryshnikov Self	Self	Living	27/01/1948	78	—	30
Alexandra Danilova Self	Self	Deceased	20/11/1903	93	13/07/1997	75
Georg Solti Self	Self	Deceased	21/10/1912	84	05/09/1997	66
Aretha Franklin Self	Self	Deceased	25/03/1942	76	16/08/2018	36
Martin Scorsese Self	Self	Living	17/11/1942	83	—	36
James Earl Jones Self	Self	Deceased	17/01/1931	93	09/09/2024	47
Lauren Bacall Self	Self	Deceased	16/09/1924	89	12/08/2014	54
Van Cliburn Self	Self	Deceased	—	—	27/02/2013	—
Agnes de Mille Self	Self	Deceased	18/09/1905	88	07/10/1993	73
Paul Taylor Self	Self	Deceased	29/07/1930	88	29/08/2018	48
Ruby Dee Self	Self	Deceased	27/10/1922	91	11/06/2014	56
Antony Tudor Self	Self	Unverified	—	—	—	—