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You know how celebrity deaths always seem to come in three's?

well, the creator of Voltron died. =(

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3if3584cb6d538b8e118c5f9a0c7f207ba

...I'm sorry, but the pic looks like David Spade!

I kinda would consider his star power in between of "non-existent" and "negligible"

That's OK, Art Linkletter done filled the trifecta.

I swear... I saw the guy in the article and I was like "This has to be fake... that guy's mustache is TOTALLY fake."

thousands of people die every day


this is stupid

The Lovely Boner said:

thousands of people die every day


this is stupid

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OMG YOU GUYS! My uncle's, brother-in-law's, sister's roomate's barber died yesterday and he totally gave Brad Pitt a haircut once. The TRIFECTA IS OVER!

Chazwozel;391785][QUOTE=The Lovely Boner said:

thousands of people die every day


this is stupid

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OMG YOU GUYS! My uncle's, brother-in-law's, sister's roomate's barber died yesterday and he totally gave Brad Pitt a haircut once. The TRIFECTA IS OVER![/QUOTE]

^ this or should I say, thirded.

I think the difference between celebrity and non celebrity death reactions in the public sphere goes a bit like this: "I don't mourn their deaths, inasmuch as I mourn the fact that I will never see them in a new movie." (the likelihood of which was slim) but the fact that death removes even that fantastical hope pushes a person towards the realization that mortality affects everyone, in a way that the death of someone who wasn't on TV/screens does not?

I just think it's tragic that Coleman's life was cut short.

The Lovely Boner said:

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You should be a funeral director.


I know names with celebrity deaths, but there tends to be no attachment. I just rolled my eyes at the whole Michael Jackson outcry (though I kept it to myself because I'm not a jackass to upset people), but I was genuinely saddened when Akira Ifukube and Stan Winston died, the former giving me important tunes to my childhood and the latter having been a childhood hero. Probably most people here have no idea who those are and won't bother looking to find out so they can make fun of me for giving a shit.

And I will be sad too when John Williams dies. Yeah, even though I never met the guy and never will, it's gonna kick me hard. Same for Clint Eastwood. Sometimes people you never meet give you something important and you have feelings when they're gone.

Chazwozel;391785][QUOTE=The Lovely Boner said:

thousands of people die every day


this is stupid

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OMG YOU GUYS! My father, who's brother's, nephew's, cousin was roomates with Dark Helmet died! The TRIFECTA IS OVER![/QUOTE]

Fixed.

I'm not going to speak for Chaz or TLB, but for me the point is that people die all the time, not just in groups of three and it's ridiculous to say that's how it happens. It doesn't matter that they are famous or celebrities.

Wasabi Poptart said:

I'm not going to speak for Chaz or TLB, but for me the point is that people die all the time, not just in groups of three and it's ridiculous to say that's how it happens. It doesn't matter that they are famous or celebrities.

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Oh, I agree with the rule of three thing being dumb as hell.

I am just talking about the rule of three. I was somewhat broken up over Michael Jackson's passing.

My great-grandmother used to have a saying. "People die every day. Why, there are people dying for the first time all over!"

Wait, Dennis Hopper.. Gary Coleman... are these the 2 we're counting?

Xiaofang Nuren said:

I think the difference between celebrity and non celebrity death reactions in the public sphere goes a bit like this: "I don't mourn their deaths, inasmuch as I mourn the fact that I will never see them in a new movie." (the likelihood of which was slim) but the fact that death removes even that fantastical hope pushes a person towards the realization that mortality affects everyone, in a way that the death of someone who wasn't on TV/screens does not?

I just think it's tragic that Coleman's life was cut short.

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Celebrities (who are considered by many in America to be Gods) die, therefore it leads people to freak out over their own mortality. Ok, I can buy that. It's a sad and pathetic way to realize death, but I'll buy it.

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Amorous Eyes;391810][QUOTE=Wasabi Poptart said:

I'm not going to speak for Chaz or TLB, but for me the point is that people die all the time, not just in groups of three and it's ridiculous to say that's how it happens. It doesn't matter that they are famous or celebrities.

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I have no idea where this "three" thing came from, but yeah, that part is ridiculous.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deaths_in_2010

Pending on your age/culture/hertige these people may or may not be 'special' to you in one way or another. One may be your late father's favorite jazz singer he used to listen to all the time until the day he died. You grew up listening to that, and hearing stories of how your father met her once in a small time club in France shortly before he met your mother. So that would be special to you yet not to others, and would affect you despite never having met the person.

To just say "meh" when someone (anyone) dies, goes a bit far. Even a "That sucks." would be much better. Many soldiers die in the battlefield, and most will never have known any of them personally. Saying "meh" to those deaths would be akin to saying "I don't know that person. Why should I care?". Just because you don't have any special feelings or relation with that person doesn't make it any less tragic, especially for the ones who did. Loves ones, family, friends..

No one expects you to write down a long sobbing story of how you will miss a person you never even heard of before until now, but at least have some decency and say it sucks for the people who they did mean something to.[/QUOTE]

This is what Memorial and Veterans days are for...

Look at all the people getting pissed off about a silly made up rule instead of just enjoying it... it's your fault this stuff ends up being taken seriously, because you make people that understand it's not ashamed of playing along...

escushion said:

And I will be sad too when John Williams dies. Yeah, even though I never met the guy and never will, it's gonna kick me hard. Same for Clint Eastwood. Sometimes people you never meet give you something important and you have feelings when they're gone.

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What he said. ^ It's always sad when people die who created something special to you. Especially when they were still going strong (e.g., Dio and George Carlin ...).

@Li3n said:

Look at all the people getting pissed off about a silly made up rule instead of just enjoying it... it's your fault this stuff ends up being taken seriously, because you make people that understand it's not ashamed of playing along...

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I'm far from pissed off. I think it's a stupid thing to say celebrity deaths come in threes, then stretch to find the third person. Though I think it's hilarious that you've taken this from people saying this is stupid to people being pissed off.

I think it's silly how seriously people take the "dying in threes" thing, when it clearly seems to be more about people shooting the shit and being silly than actually believing it. I don't actually believe that if you "speak of the devil," he appears, but I still say it.

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Incidentally, the "people die every day, get over it" thing I agree with. While I understand that some famous people are connected with books, movies, or other things that people hold dear, we didn't really know them the way their loved ones did. It's understandable for it to sting a bit, but it's not the same as saying goodbye to someone that we deeply loved and knew well.

Does this one count?
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/100531/entertainment/obit_haney
Co-creator of Trivial Pursuit dies

By Nelson Wyatt, The Canadian Press

MONTREAL - Chris Haney was one of the co-creators of Trivial Pursuit but there was little that was trivial about the former journalist who died Monday at the age of 59.

He was remembered by friends as a kind and generous man who brimmed with ideas and charm.

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checkeredhat said:

Does this one count?
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/100531/entertainment/obit_haney
Co-creator of Trivial Pursuit dies

By Nelson Wyatt, The Canadian Press

MONTREAL - Chris Haney was one of the co-creators of Trivial Pursuit but there was little that was trivial about the former journalist who died Monday at the age of 59.

He was remembered by friends as a kind and generous man who brimmed with ideas and charm.

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AUGH you've broken the rule!

Rest in peace, creator of an awesome game.

Death comes in hundreds of thousands, I don't see the logic in separating the deaths of celebrities and those of the rest of the people in the world, they're no less humans because they're on tv.