Threes of threes of threes... and these...

You've heard it said.  I know you have.  "Deaths happen in threes."

1. Ed McMahon died.
2. Farrah Fawcett died.
3. Michael Jackson died.

OK.  Three deaths the cycle is... wait, Billy Mays died.  And Gale Storm.

So, wait, either deaths happen in fives, or we're  into the next cycle?

OR...we've counted the wrong three.  Maybe it's clusters of similar celebrities we should look at.

Something like....this:

1. David Carradine - actor
2. Farrah Fawcett -actress
3. Gale Storm -actress

1. Michael Jackson - musician, the Jackson Five.
2. Sky Saxon, - musician. The Seeds.
3. Bob Bogle - Musician, The Ventures.

1. Dusty Rhodes -athlete
2. Hal Woodeshick - athlete
3. Randy Smith - athlete

1. Shelly Gross, theatre producer
2. Morton Gottlieb, theatre producer
3. George MacPherson, theatre producer

1. Ed McMahon - pitchman
2. Billy Mays - pitchman
3. ...

Oh, hey, we're missing one!  Anybody seen Ron Popeil recently?

"But wait; there's more...."