Ed Mcmahon, Farrah, and now Michael Jackson

[flabbybody]

they say famous deaths occur in 3's
all of them were such icons
very sad week

[GroobyKrissy]

Very sad indeed :(

RIP all.

[Jaxxy]

They are still immortal.

[Gizzmo2lbf]

Now Billy May the infomerrcial guy also.

[Mikel]

don't forget billy mays.

[BeardedOne]

Then Billy Mays, Fred Travellino, and Karl Malden.

[flombago]

The older I get, the more I pay attention to the obituary section of the newspaper. It's like searching for the meaning and significance of life by reading the summing-up of another person's life. It makes no difference to me if they are a celebrity or an ordinary person.

And I guess I'm showing my age by admitting I subscribe to a newspaper. You know, the flimsy reading matrial they throw on your lawn ? Most young folks read news online now, I guess.

[Ecstatic]

I'm a long time subscriber to the Boston Globe, one of the best papers in the country...and in danger of being shut down by its parent company, the NY Times, though they're trying to work it out. What a business model: give away the content for free online that you're trying to sell in hardcopy on the newstand. FAIL!

Anyway, flombago, it rather reminds me of an old ditty by Pete Seeger:

I wake up each morning
and dust off my wits
Open the paper
And read the obits
And if I'm not there
I know I'm not dead
I eat a good breakfast
And go back to bed.

[Trogdor]

Molly Sugden, Mrs. Slocomb, died the other day.
This is the most suckiest of deaths. :(