not to hijack a thread that's already been hijacked, but Fidel Castro is the last icon of the cold war. IMO.

Isn't the last and most important icon nuclear weaponry, mad and the threat of apocalypse? I don't see why it would be a person.

Last living icon: Gaspumper maybe correct although Gorby is still alive and non-living: piggy correct.

forgot about gorby- he's definitely an icon as well