Carla Laemmle, Spoke the first words in "Dracula" 1931

"Among the rugged peaks..." So begins one of the great horror films, Dracula. Carla Laemmle, niece of Universal Studios founder Carl Laemmle, uttered those words in the opening scene of this 1931 film. At age 99, she is the last living cast member of the silent film "Phantom of the Opera" starring Lon Chaney (1925), and is more than likely the last cast member of Dracula. She still loves that fans continue to write to her after so many years have passed since her film career. In the drawing she is the one with glasses in the lower left, who has taken a tumble in the coach. She also wrote a touching letter about her Uncle Carl's efforts to sponsor the immigration of Jews from his native Germany, saving them from the Holocaust.

Billy Redden- Picked a Banjo in "Deliverance"

"Deliverance" is a film about four friends who decide to take a canoe trip down an untouched river in the Georgia wilderness before a new dam changes the landscape forever. They stop at a local gas station, and in one of the film's classic scenes, guitar playing Drew picks out "Dueling Banjos" with an in-bred retarded Hillbilly boy (Redden) who was sitting on the porch. It was his only film appearance until he made a camo in the Tim Burton film "Big Fish." Today he works in a cafe in Clayton, GA and is still proud of his role in the film.

John W. Finn, Hero of Pearl Harbor

John W. Finn will be 100 years old in 2009. When the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, Finn manned a machine gun and returned fire despite being hit in 21 places. For his actions on that day he was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor by Adm. Chester Nimitz. Finn is the only Medal of Honor recipient from that day who is still living.

In 2002 after his Medal of Honor set off alarms at an airport security checkpoint, this American hero was detained, accused of fraud, disrespected, and not offered any assistance despite his age and the difficulty he had in trying to comply with the requests of United Airlines employees. Every one of those people who treated this man like shit that day should have been fired.

Joseph Kittinger, Jr., The Fastest Man

Chuck Yeager broke the speed of sound on October 14, 1947. Joseph Kittinger broke the speed of sound on August 16, 1960. Chuck Yeager was in a plane. Joe Kittinger was free-falling.

Joe Kittinger jumped at a height of over 100,000 feet (Mt. Everest is only 29,029 feet), and fell for over four minutes. He attained a speed of 614 MPH. This and other feats attained from this jump have never been eclipsed.

Duke Snider, Pride of the Dodgers

Duke Snider is one of the all-time great Baseball players, and was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1980. He played for the Brooklyn Dodgers from 1947 and moved with them to Los Angeles in 1958. He is currently the last living Brooklyn Dodger who was on the field for the final out of the 1955 World Series. Sometimes he goes months at a time without signing anything at all, then all of a sudden he will start up again and be very accomodating to his fans. With Baseball autographs being one of the most forged in the hobby, it's great to know that a lot of the old players will still sign autographs, saving fans from the risk of shelling out a lot of money for a fake.