Smokey Robinson
Born February 19, 1940 · 86 years old
The Miracles, Tracks of My Tears, Motown itself
Motown's poet laureate has been famous since 1960. Anything famous for 66 years gets assumed dead out of statistical probability. Not this one.
86, still performing in a voice that has barely aged since the Ed Sullivan Show.
Confirmed alive as of September 23, 2026 · source: Wikidata