Whatever happened to celebrities dying in threes?

[TickTockMan]

This year and last it seems they are dying in large groups.

 

[gsdx]

I don't think it's a matter of more people dying. I think it's quite consistent, but I don't know any actual yearly numbers. I think it's more that it is noticed when several famous people die in a relatively short period of time.

I found this by CNN which charts celebrity deaths by category each year since 2006:
http://www.cnn.com/2016/12/30/entertainment/worst-year-celebrity-deaths-trnd/index.html

I've never really got into the 'dying in threes' phenomenon. I mean, when do you start counting? I mean, Jerry Lewis died today (which, I'm guessing, is the reason for this thread). But, is he the first, second, or third?

 

[TickTockMan]

I've never really got into the 'dying in threes' phenomenon. I mean, when do you start counting? I mean, Jerry Lewis died today (which, I'm guessing, is the reason for this thread). But, is he the first, second, or third?

To be clear this thread is mostly a joke, but this is something I have heard most of my life.


Anyways, besides Lewis, Dick Gregory and Sonny Landham also died since yesterday. Seems like a few more died a few days ago before that.




edit: Nice link.

 

[LeicsDom]

Dick Gregory and Sonny Landham also died since yesterday. Seems like a few more died a few days ago before that.

I have no idea who they were so they don't count for me

 

[NotHardUp1]

Superstitions either need selective facts to reinforce them, or imperiously ignorant people like the US president to promote in the absence of any evidence.

How many weddings were doomed by seeing the bride in her dress before the wedding? Is there a gay corollary?

What do the spine surgery centers say about cracks in the surrounding sidewalks?

 

[gsdx]

To be clear this thread is mostly a joke

The last part of my post (the portion you quoted) was also rather tongue-in-cheek.

 

[gsdx]

Anyways, besides Lewis, Dick Gregory and Sonny Landham also died since yesterday.

I have no idea who they were so they don't count for me

Dick Gregory was a civil rights activist and Sonny Landham was in the movie 'Predator'. (Landham was, apparently, rather buff at the time.)

 

[agayguy]

Don't forget Glen Campbell passing just a week or so ago.

 

[LeicsDom]

Dick Gregory was a civil rights activist and Sonny Landham was in the movie 'Predator'. (Landham was, apparently, rather buff at the time.)

Sorry, still none the wiser

 

[gsdx]

Sorry, still none the wiser

I posted about Sonny in case you were into buff men with painted faces and 'guns' the size of small trees.

 

[Cormac135]

Don't forget Glen Campbell passing just a week or so ago.

And Bruce Forsyth just two days ago, does anyone outside of Britain know of him though ?

 

[NotHardUp1]

I recall that the superstition is that people die in threes, not necessarily celebrities. The superstition probably predates celebrity-ism.

 

[Vannie]

Joseph Bologna

John Heard

 

[Vannie]

Joseph Bologna

John Heard

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/14/arts/joseph-bologna-actor-dies.html


http://time.com/4902496/home-alone-john-heard-cardiac-arrest/