Wait, Did Somebody Die?

Posted by Michael Dance

Boy, I don't post for a few days and the world's population gets cut in half. To wit:

R.I.P. David Carradine (12/8/36 - 6/3/09)
Star of Kung Fu, played "Bill" in Kill Bill.

R.I.P. Ed McMahon (3/6/23 - 6/23/09)
The most famous former sidekick in the world.

R.I.P. Farrah Fawcett (2/2/47 - 6/25/09)
Charlie's Angel and classic pin-up girl.

R.I.P. Michael Jackson (8/29/58 - 6/25/09)
The troubled King of Pop.

R.I.P. Billy Mays (6/20/58 - 6/28/09)
The seasoned pitchman who shouts a lot.

Let's stop this madness. Try to stay alive, folks.

A lot of people feel sorry for Farrah Fawcett because her death was overshadowed by Michael Jackson's. Don't. Would you really wish the Michael Jackson Media Circus on her? She can go out quietly, dignified, with lots of memorials and remembrances from old friends. Let him go out Anna Nicole Smith-style.

That's not to disparage either one -- just saying, don't feel bad for Farrah just because Michael Jackson died too.

As for Billy Mays, well, for me, that was oddly enough the most shocking because he was just on The Tonight Show last week. And I get the feeling that he would find the following line (courtesy of The Consumerist) pretty funny:

You have to wonder if before going to sleep last night, pitchman Billy Mays thought of Michael Jackson, Farrah Fawcett, and Ed McMahon, and said to himself one last time, "but wait, there's more!"

Tasteless? Borderline. Hilarious? Yes.

Our thoughts go out to all family and friends of everyone who passed away.

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