Who's Next?

I am back. Wow, over a month since my last post. I would say that I was busy and not so sure how true that it. In any event, I am back.

They say, and I do not know who the fuck "they" are, that famous deaths come in 3s. Then again, I am wondering how to define "famous", so I may ramble (more than usual) here.

Sad to report, that Barbara Billingsly, June Cleaver, died at the age of 94 earlier this week. She was the quintessential mother of the quintessential family of the 1950s in Leave it to Beaver (yes, that begets her line, which does take on a number of meanings, "Ward, you were awfully rough on the Beaver last night....insert laughs here), a television show of the 1950s. Then Tom Bosley, Howard Cunningham, died at age 83. He was the quintessential father of a "typical" family in the 1950s on Happy Days a television show from the 1970s.

I am looking to where the 3rd death will fall and looking for the pattern. In some ways, the theme may be 1950s families, so Robert Young (Marcus Welby in the 1970s) and Ozzie Nelson (The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet) could be in line except they both have met their maker. I cannot think of another 50s themed show that could lose a parent figure unless Marion Ross (the mother on Happy Days, though she did "die" as the grandmother in That 70s Show, she was Red's mother and Eric Forman's grandmother). She could be on deck.

Of course, it could be that the pattern is family shows and then there is the two decade thing (Leave it to Beaver in the 1950s and Happy Days in the 1970s), so maybe it from shows in the 90s that I must look. Does that mean that John Goodman is next (could have been given his weight but he has dropped a ton of pounds---then again, Stevie Ray Vaughan finally fought his demons and cleaned himself up from the drugs, but that did not stop a helicopter crash from killing him). That would be one ironic death, then. What about Roseanne (whatever her last name is) or Tim Allen? I am just not sure where to look and am not into running a death pool.

Well that is about all for now. Ciao!