If we want to get technical, here are deaths for the same date listed in wikipedia. Lots more than three celebrities; it just depends on where we draw a line for our definition of celebrity; futhermore, if you just go to wikipedia and ask for June deaths you will find lots more famous people so the question becomes where do we draw the line? I clearly remember Gail Storm star of 1950's and 1960's sitcoms.
Andres Cascioli, 72, Argentine cartoonist, cancer. [15] Don Coldsmith, 83, American author, stroke. [16] Farrah Fawcett, 62, American actress, anal cancer. [17] Morton Gottlieb, 88, American Broadway theatre producer, Tony Award winner (1971), natural causes. [18] James Baker Hall, 74, American poet and academic, Kentucky Poet Laureate (2001-2003), natural causes. [19] Michael Jackson, 50, American singer–songwriter, cardiac arrest. [20] Clifton Johnson, 67, American jurist, North Carolina Superior Court (1978-1982) and Court of Appeals (1982-1996). [21] Shiv Charan Mathur, 83, Indian politician, Governor of Assam since 2008, Chief Minister of Rajasthan (1988–1989), cardiac arrest. [22] Mian Tufail Mohammad, 95, Pakistani politician, cerebral hemorrhage. [23] Bela Mukherjee, 89, Indian singer, widow of singer and composer Hemanta Mukherjee, natural causes. [24] Kaleem Omar, 72, Pakistani poet and journalist, heart failure. [25] Sky Saxon, 71, American rock musician (The Seeds), heart failure. [26] Zinaida Stagurskaya, 38, Belarusian cyclist, road accident. [27] Anil Wilson, 62, Indian educator, Principal of St. Stephen's College, Delhi (1991–2007), pancreatic cancer. [28] Yasmine, 37, Belgian singer and television presenter, suicide by hanging. [29] Annette Kujawski Taylor, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology University of San Diego 5998 Alcala Park San Diego, CA 92110 619-260-4006 [email protected] ---- Original message ---- >Date: Sun, 28 Jun 2009 19:47:23 -0400 >From: Ken Steele <[email protected]> >Subject: Re: [tips] Famous People Die in 3's: proved again! >To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)" <[email protected]> > > > >I saw this rule cited on another list. The writer cited Michael >Jackson, Farah Fawcett, and Billy Mays. I thought about poor Ed >McMahon. > >Linda Woolf is right. A couple of other people should be >shaking. Given Ed McMahon, should Chris O'Donnell be worried? > >Ken > > > >Michael Britt wrote: >> As we all know, famous people die in 3's and this past week proved this >> once again with the deaths of Michael Jackson, and, uh...... (what were >> their names again?), oh yes: Ed McMahon and Farah Fawcett. The reason >> for this uncanny phenomenon is no doubt linked to inexplicable >> forces......wait a minute......what's that? You say Billy Mays - the >> OxiClean pitchman - also died this week? Damn! Damn! Damn! >> >> Wait a minute now.....was Billy Mays really famous ENOUGH to be included >> in the category of "famous"? I mean, how many people really knew him? >> I say that we declare him officially not famous enough to be included >> among the famous and therefore the phenomenon is intact. >> >> Either that, or the phenomenon has shifted somewhat (due, no doubt, to >> astrological forces) and famous people now die in fours. >> >> It has been so decreed. ;) >> >> Michael >> www.thepsychfiles.com >> --- >> To make changes to your subscription contact: >> >> Bill Southerly ([email protected]) > > >-- >--------------------------------------------------------------- >Kenneth M. Steele, Ph.D. [email protected] >Professor >Department of Psychology http://www.psych.appstate.edu >Appalachian State University >Boone, NC 28608 >USA >--------------------------------------------------------------- > > >--- >To make changes to your subscription contact: > >Bill Southerly ([email protected]) --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([email protected])
