lisaks
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Post by lisaks on Jul 6, 2009 20:28:11 GMT -5
Okay, first we have David Carradine, Farrah and Michael. Then Billy Mays, Gale Storm and Fred Travalena. And now Karl Malden, Steven McNair and Robert McNamara ... must be "M" week, huh? (Did I leave famous dead people out?)
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Post by nikkimckz on Jul 6, 2009 22:45:17 GMT -5
You know, where I live that's always been a saying, that people die in threes. I wonder where that originated?
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Nyx
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Post by Nyx on Jul 10, 2009 9:40:35 GMT -5
What about Ed McMahon..he died like a day or two before Farrah and Michael.
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mamanyt
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Post by mamanyt on Jul 10, 2009 23:09:47 GMT -5
And there have been a couple of others, as well, less well=known, but still people in the limelight to some degree or another...and oddly, ALL within a two week period of the anniversary of Jim Morrison's death. Must be a bad alignment of stars for stars around now.
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Post by armywifeg on Jul 11, 2009 23:02:06 GMT -5
Gale Storm a really old actress died right after MJ did. They do go in 3's I work in long term care, we always have them in 3's. It is weird but true.
Here is what I found: Celebrities Die in Threes Many Believe; the Meaning of Three June 25, 2008 by Donna Porter
With Recent Celebrity Deaths, We Try to Make Sense of the Loss Many Americans seem to hold the belief that celebrities die in threes, a topic that has resurfaced with the passings of Tim Russert and George Carlin--with bloggers speculating on who the third celebrity will be. Some believers of the superstition that "bad things happen in threes" note Celebrities Die in Threes Many Believe; the Meaning of Three that the "celebrities die in threes" hex has been fulfilled, by listing lesser known celebrity figures. Is this morbid? Maybe not, as the meaning of three spans beyond celebrity deaths in defining our life and world.
Celebrities die in threes, early roots
Potentially there is more to the celebrities die in threes notion than superstition. Everything from the Bible to the Universe operates on order and numerical principals to varying degree. Some examples in Christianity include the Holy Trinity, the Three Wise Men and the Resurrection of Christ. As for the third-dimensional (3-D) realm, three means complete --from our day divided (morning, noon and night) to life defined by the past, present and future. And, three has both positive and negative meanings as well as practical references in numerology.
Do celebrities die in threes?
According to the Threes.com website, the notion that celebrities die in threes is just one example by the author,Scott Anfield, citing the relevance of the number, even if it is superstition. Yet, Anfield's theory, part of "The Book of Threes," is a bit more lofty and useful. It attempts to "discover a unified field theory which explains all the phenomena in the Universe." While it may fail in its mission just yet, the Threes.com website is a must read for anyone interested in the relevance of three, be it if celebrities die in threes or more scientific leanings.
Some random examples and observations include: three states of matter, meanings of triangles and trigonometry, primary colors are three, the zodiac, and popular acronyms, among the many provided by Anfield. Near the end of the comprehensive list is a an observation: "Good and bad things happen in threes- celebrities die in threes."
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