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Has anyone noticed famous people die in 3's?
We lost Farrah Fawcett and Michael Jackson in one day. Has anyone else ever noticed that famous people (no matter what they are famous for) die in 3's or 3 die in a short period of time?
In just the past few days we lost Farrah, Michael, and Ed McMahon.
Pay attention as I've noticed this for many years now.
Do any of you believe this too?
I have paid attention to this for at least a decade or more. This is just something I've noticed for years and just wondered if anyone also has noticed this...
Geez, don't take it so seriously folks; just think about it.
I will vote for best answer today.
Now that Billy Mayes has passed away, so has an older Hollywood actress; Gayle Storm and also a comedian; Fred Travalena too has passed on. Another clump of 3's.
Do I believe this absolutely happens every single time? No, but it does happen a lot and it doesn't matter if you were famous for being a celebrity or if you won a Nobel Peace Prize as long as the person was famous for something.
I'm just curious if anyone else has ever noticed this.
21 Answers
- XoerikaxOLv 61 decade agoFavorite Answer
sure...i do.
but there have been plenty of famous people that have died in NONE threes...
:(
- Anonymous1 decade ago
I have noticed that. Here are some of the one I know of:
Dudley Moore, Milton Berle, Billy Wilder
Don Knotts, Darren McGavin, Dennis Weaver
Reggie White, Susan Sontag, Jerry Orbach
Ronald Reagan, Ray Charles, Robert Quine
Johnny Cochran, Terry Schiavo, Pope John Paul II
Saddam Hussein, Gerald Ford, James Brown
and Johnny Cash, his wife, and John Ritter
And if you count famous animals:
Barbaro, Anna Nicole Smith and her son.
- Anonymous1 decade ago
Yes, actually a co-worker said this same thing yesterday around lunchtime when we first found out about Farrah Fawcett. She said it comes in three's and then later in the day we fiind out about Michael Jackson dying. It's so creepy!!! I'm really starting to think there may be something to it now. Death comes in three's!
- 7 years ago
Now we have Lauren McCall and Robin Williams. Joan Rivers is now in a coma. It is very strange!
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- 1 decade ago
"Famous people die like regular people die: as individuals, and less often in groups, in a random distribution... The actual phenomena is confirmation bias. We have an idea in our heads and everything we see tends to prove it. Except if it doesn't, and then we ignore it. "
- 1 decade ago
Michael Jackson hasen't even had his funeral yet ^ smart person above me they are doing an autopsy today.
um no i haven't noticed that ever.
- Anonymous1 decade ago
I was told this statement yesterday. What is another example? Just curious :/
- southerngirl2294Lv 57 years ago
yes i have noticed that too brittany murphy , joan fontaine , esther williams , rick mayall , natasha richardson , eleanor parker
