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Ford with both his first and second Chief of Staffs......

Wow. Rumsfeld with 'burns and Cheney with hair! Groovy photo!

So we lost Brown and Ford. Who will round out the tri-fecta? My money is on Screech.

Whip Interment Now!

Several other celebrities and well knowns have died in the last few days. For purposes of the "they always go in threes" superstition, what are the requirements for qualification?

Will any big name do or does it have to be another old man remembered in the current age primarily as a tired pop culture caricature?

NA, €, NM and I were just discussing his non-elected status, and health, a few weeks ago. I had randomly flipped to his picture in a US States Almanac in a used book store. He is the first president I really remember from my childhood. Nixon was in office when I was born, but I was too young to remember him.

Rest in Peace, Mr. President

How bizzar is that?? I guess if you are elected a president you can pretty much know the months you may die in. My birthday is in May, so that's safe...

Thanks for the interesting trivia, Alex!

You're forgetting Mike Evans, the first and the coolest Lionel. I knew who he was in the '70s before I knew who Gerald Ford was.

See, I don't really buy into numbers or superstitions. It's more coincidence. People die all the time, I don't even remember the combination, but a year or so ago, right after one of my friends said "Oh! There's the third!" someone else died.

Then there's "Seems like more people are dying" concept. I blame that on over exposure and the increasing amount of media available. Before, there were only a handful of true movie stars and only a station or two, if someone had a TV. Now, everyone has televisions, hundreds of station, the internet, movies coming out left and right, multiple genres of music - you frigging name it. It's no surprise it feels like so many people are dying. There are just more famous people available to kick the bucket.

I was just coming here to mention that. I happen to know that because of the coincidence that my sister was born on Dec. 26th (anniversary of Truman's death) and I was born on May 8th (Truman's birthday).

All I remember was how annoyed I was at his pardon of Nixon. :rolleyes: