The summer of 2009 was somewhat cynically and morbidly called the ‘Summer of Death’ after several legendary celebrities suddenly passed. The most memorable death dates were June 23rd- 25th, 2009 when “Tonight Show” co-host Ed McMahon died peacefully at UCLA Medical Center of bone cancer and pneumonia. Shortly after on the 25th, star of the original “Charlie’s Angels” Farrah Fawcett died after losing her battle to cancer. Within hours the legendary King of Pop, Michael Jackson died unexpectedly in his Los Angeles home due to acute medical overdose prescribed by his physician.

So do celebrities really die in three or is it just an odd coincidence? Theory goes back to the year 1959 when Buddy Holly, Richie Valens and J.P. Richerson all died within the same time frame of one another. This theory has been going on for years and the most recent celebrity three was when English rock star David Bowie, actor Alan Rickman, and the former husband of Celine Dion, Rene Angelil died from losing his battle to cancer as well.

If you think about it though, don’t celebrities die all the time and sometimes we just don’t notice it? It has to be a coincidence the media only makes a big deal when big and well known celebs die. When the “1999” singer, Prince died April 21st of 2016, the media went into  its very own meltdown sending prayers to family and sending love to Prince. Did you know that there were about fifteen others well known icons from around the world who died the same day? The media just made a bigger deal of Prince’s death because he was such a well known icon in the 80s. So there is no need to worry, celebrities don’t die in three, they die when their time on this planet comes to an end. We can all now rest in peace knowing this theory is all one big coincidence.