6 Most Popular Celebrities over 80

People age through time, but for these stars, time seems to stop, so we bring you the list of the 6 most popular celebrities over 80. Celebrities who passed their 80s from different spheres of public life, such as acting, music and TV personalities are still active in their careers like they started yesterday. While many people get sick or even die before their 80s, these people show that life can be very exciting even in that age.

If we look closer to these celebrities, we can see that the one thing that connects them together is their success. We can say that the answer for their long life is their success in this world, and there for their complete life. Some research’s say that if succeed in pursuing our dreams we will be much happier and have more chance to live longer. By following the example of these celebrities, we can see that the formula of eternity is to live your life to the fullest.

Since there are many celebrities over 80, our list can go much further but we limited ourselves only to the most popular out there. To create our list, we used the criteria of their online presence (Considered the lists from IMDB and Huffington Post), average searches per month provided by Google Keyword Planner Tool, and the number of their followers on social media. We ranked the celebs by implementing a scoring system, where every 100K followers on social media would earn them a point, and every 100K searches per month would make them another point. Then we calculated the points and ranked them.

After you are finished with our list, be sure to check out our previous post on the 7 most successful Saturday night live weekend update anchors because one celebrity from our list was titled as the oldest person who co-hosts one episode of Saturday Night live. Found out which one.

As we said before, today we bring you the 6 Most Popular Celebrities over 80 list, and without further ado let’s dive in.

6. Bob Newhart, age 86

FB likes – 131,580K; 1,3 points
Twitter followers – 98K; 0,9 points
110,000 searches per month – 1,1 points

SCORE – 3,3 points

Famous American actor and stand-up comedian, George Robert “Bob” Newhart was born on the 5th of September in 1929. Famous for his album of comedic monologs The Button-Down Mind from the 60s, this star reached the top charts of the pop culture. The album stays in 20th place of the best-selling comedy albums till today. Newhart’s sense of humor is still respected to this day, and his life work was rewarded with the Lifetime Achievement Award by the Publicists of the International Cinematographers.

5. Sean Connery, age 85

FB likes – 1,332,731; 13 points
673,000 searches per month; 6,7 points

SCORE – 19,7 points

One of the most favorite actors of all time Sean Connery was born in Fountainbridge, Edinburgh on the 25th of August, 1930. He is most famous for his role in the James Bond movie series, „Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade“. This Academy Award actor will always be remembered for his extraordinarily acting abilities. At the age of 60, he was voted “The Sexiest Man Alive” by the prestige People magazine, making this actor immensely popular among the women audience.

4. William Shatner, age 83

FB likes – 1,043,018; 10 points
Twitter followers – 2,27M; 22 points
550,000 Searchers per month; 5,5 points

SCORE – 37,5 points

Famous for his role of Captain Kirk on Star Trek, William Shatner is one of the most active celebrities in his early 80s. This actor won a Golden Globe and two Emmys for playing a role of Denny Crane in The Practice and Boston Legal. Lately, he is busy being a host in shows like Shatner’s Raw Nerve and Weird or What. This Canadian actor is also a musician, having several albums released. After being successful in the field of acting and music, Shatner also wrote several books, fiction, and non-fiction.

3. Betty White, age 92

FB likes 2,158,779; 21 points
Twitter followers – 1,26M; 12 points
673,000 searchers per month; 6,7 points

SCORE – 39,7 points

Seems that Betty White found the elixir of youth, and at the age of 92 she is still in the business like a 40-year-old. Betty is a part of Guinness Book of World Record for being a TV star as a female entertainer for the longest period. Interesting fact about Betty White is that she is currently acting in the sitcom, Hot in Cleveland. White has a significant number of awards, and six Emmys. Betty was the oldest person who co-hosts one episode of Saturday Night live.

2. Clint Eastwood, age 83

FB likes 3,308,500; 33,5 points
Twitter followers 61K; 6,1 points
1,220,000 searches per month; 12,2 points

SCORE – 51,8 points

Being a veteran of the Sergio Leone’s spaghetti Westerns, and the eccentric detective in the Dirty Harry movies, Clint Eastwood is one of the best actors in Hollywood. Western movies would be unmanageable without him, especially the role in Rawhide, which was his entrance into the big league. Eastwood tried himself as a producer in the movies Unforgiven (1992) and Million Dollar Baby (2004). Both films brought him an Oscar. We can expect more from Clint Eastwood in years to come; some people just do not stop creating masterpieces. He definitely deserves to be on our list of 6 most popular celebrities over 80.

1. Willie Nelson, age 82

FB likes – 4,723,313; 47,23 points
Twitter followers 555K; 5,5 points
550,000 searches per month; 5,5 points

SCORE – 58,23

On the top of our list of 6 most popular celebrities over 80 is American country music superstar Willie Hugh Nelson, who is also a poet and an actor. It seems that he does not care much about his age; he is still active on the scene and in the public life.Being famous for his music, Nelson albums “Shotgun Willie” and “Red Headed Stranger” were crucial for the country music scene making them all time classics. He also acted in many films and tried himself as an author, making him a multi-talented person. For the past years, he was involved in many activist projects such as the legalization of marijuana.