notable deaths this year Lets list them...seems unusually high?

[greenbriar]

Natasha Richardson
Ed McMahon
Farrah Fawcett
Michael Jackson
Billy Mays

[BuelahWitch]

1. Bea Arthur died the end of April

We had tornado warnings, then I turn the computer back on to find out Dorothy Szbornak was gone. :cry:

[Mr. Ected]

2. Sky Saxon of The Seeds died as well

On the same day as Farrah and MJ.

[Moondog]

3. Of "Pushin' Too Hard" fame. Saw that in my local paper this AM.

[bigwillq]

4. Bea Arthur

:( :cry:

[JTG of the PRB]

5. Plus Walter Cronkite is gravely ill...

Looks like we're going to lose him very soon, too. :(

[Mr. Ected]

6. And David Carradine as well...

The month of June has been particularly brutal.

[lost-in-nj]

7. a bad year

seems the "three" has turned into


whom ever :(




lost

[greenbriar]

8. Gale Storm

when did Carlin die

[Bluzmann57]

9. The Queen of the Blues Koko Taylor

Jackson would not have been as succesful as he was without pioneers like the Queen. It's as simple as that. RIP Koko.

[Flaxbee]

17. damn it! I didn't know that!

I love Koko -- RIP, Ms. Taylor

[Blue Diadem]

10. Dom Deluise &, Ricardo Montalban Not sure I spelled those right. n/t

[melman]

11. Ron Asheton & Lux Interior

[GReedDiamond]

12. Dewey Martin of Buffalo Springfield n/t

[greenbriar]

13. there will probably be a lot more

with all the stars that are currently in ill health

[vixengrl]

14. Re: the "unusually high" phenomenon--

One of my morbid favorite sites is http://dpsinfo.com/dps/ Dead People Server, which compiles just this sort of list.

I think the "unusually high" thing has to do with (years of existence of "y medium" where "y" = arts, entertainment such as tv, sports, news, etc) x ("x" where 'x' = # of people with any prominence in a given medium) x (widened exposure by mass population to any media via new technology--eg "cable tv" or "internet") is divided by # of people who give damn, to express a factor where the liklihood of anyone's death being widely noticed becomes more probable.

Or something like that.

[NJmaverick]

15. Interesting website, I am book marking it

thanks:hi:

[nuxvomica]

16. So Fred Travalena died

His name was listed at that site so I looked it up:

Fred Travalena has succumbed to Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma on Sunday,
June 28, 2009, after a seven-year battle
with the disease.

I wasn't big fan but he did some funny impressions. RIP, Fred.

[rcrush]

18. The dead actor reel a the oscars is going to be an hour long this year

:drumsnare: