From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishliving legendliving legendsomeone who is famous for being extremely good at something, and who still does that activity His music has made him a living legend. → living
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living legend• Blue Mooney, a living legend in his own time.• one of the living legends of rhythm and blues• A living legend passed away when Ferdinando Keast died in 1891, aged 87.• Many of parking's living legends were there. 