Obligatory Celebrity Death Post

by Patrick on June 28, 2009

In the wake of David Carradine’s unusual death a number of other celebrity deaths have come about.

Last Tuesday Ed McMahon died. I always respected him as a TV personality and I felt bad when he fell on some hard times. I then laughed when he came back with a hilarious Super Bowl Ad:

We will miss you.

Thursday morning I found out that Farrah Fawcett died after a battle with cancer. While I never watched Charlie’s Angels and I feel bad that you never did get to fulfill your promise to Ryan O’Neal. But you’ll forever be known as a  pop culture icon:

We will miss you.

Later that night death has struck again, and while I was at the Red Sox/Nationals game, I found out that Michael Jackson had also passed. I was a fan of your music like many others around the world:

While I cannot express the words that Deutlich and f.B have expressed, we will miss you.

Today I just found out that TV pitchman Billy Mays has just passed. I was watching ESPN and after coming back form a commercial break, you can hear the anchor mutter, “Billy Mays just died?” unaware that he was on air. The broadcast went out without a beat but I was left wondering if that was a random line or a piece of news flying into his earpiece.  While is he a pop icon of a lower stature it is a sad ending to a mournful week:

We will miss you.

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  • http://francobeans.com f.B

    I got a text about Billy Mays sometime yesterday afternoon, I think. It’s weird that the media keeps mentioning that he hit his head on the cabin/ceiling of a plane the day before.

  • http://www.dmbosstone.com Patrick

    People are saying it could be a Natasha Richardson!

  • http://www.ihatesomuch.com Maxie

    They’re saying now it was heart failure. Thank god– the bumping of the head thing freaks me out cause i do that all the time.

  • http://www.dmbosstone.com Patrick

    Bump your head? Shit life is hard!

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