Yes...It DOES happen in threes...Now Dennis Weaver has died

[mum4jenn]

I might have missed a posting about this but some were just talking about Don Knotts and then Darrin McGavin dying and who would be next. I just heard this on NBC news.

 

[tevagirl]

I'll bet all the other movie stars are breathing a sigh of relief.

 

[Rock'n Robin]

Holy cow! What a weekend. Those poor guys. I remember watching both "Kolchak" and "McCloud" with my folks.
Robin M.

 

[bcvgal]

I said there's the third as soon as I saw it. Too bad also because they all were great actors

 

[tinker&belle]

Eerie. Saw this thread yesterday and got chills, but didn't think it would happen.

 

[Dan Murphy]

Another classic.

 

[Zippa D Doodah]

These three certainly were popular during my childhood. Three fine actors. RIP

 

[Lisa loves Pooh]

I"m sorry--I am clueless on who this is.

 

[TheOtherVillainess]

Me too.

Who????

TOV

 

[Susan-Storm]

what is scary is..I Saw Final destination 3. an afterwards i learned don knotts was dead..i don't know why it is scary but it is cause i was done watching a movie bout' death. and both of em' were 81

 

[bettyann29]

I"m sorry--I am clueless on who this is.

Dennis Weaver.. He played on Gunsmoke (he was very young then).. He also played in Mccloud when he was older.

RIP.. Dennis Weaver..

He played Chester Goode in Gunsmoke..

 

[TheOtherVillainess]

Never watched Gunsmoke. I was more of a Rifleman fan.

TOV

 

[KristaTX]

He was on the TV show, McCloud, he was the protagonist in the Steven Spielberg movie Duel (great movie), and also I remember him playing Poteet in Centennial.

 

[phamton]

Threes, not really. Recent deaths:
Darren McGavin
Dennis Weaver
Don Knotts
Curt Gowdy
Peter Benchley
Al Lewis
Andreas Katsulas
Betty Friedan

Last month:
Coretta Scott King
Chris Penn
Anthony Franciosa
Shelley Winters
Lou Rawls
Irving Layton

http://www3.sympatico.ca/jenoff/obit.htm

And more: http://www.mcall.com/sns-2006-deaths-pix,0,3349993.photogallery?index=1

 

[mtblujeans]

Threes, not really. Recent deaths:
Darren McGavin
Dennis Weaver
Don Knotts
Curt Gowdy
Peter Benchley
Al Lewis
Andreas Katsulas
Betty Friedan

Last month:
Coretta Scott King
Chris Penn
Anthony Franciosa
Shelley Winters
Lou Rawls
Irving Layton

http://www3.sympatico.ca/jenoff/obit.htm

And more: http://www.mcall.com/sns-2006-deaths-pix,0,3349993.photogallery?index=1

What is scary to me is that I recognize most of those names....!

 

[Freyja]

Very sad

 

[luckywife]

He was on the TV show, McCloud, he was the protagonist in the Steven Spielberg movie Duel (great movie), and also I remember him playing Poteet in Centennial.

I thought he played in Duel, that's the only thing I remember him from. Great movie...GREAT actor!

 

[mum4jenn]

I don't think we were referring to ALL deaths but ones in common. Some of the ones on your list were writers or in sports I think.Others were just "public figures". Some I don't know what their "claim to fame" was.

BUT....Don Knotts,Darrin McGavin, and Dennis Weaver were all actors and all just about the same age and died within a couple of days of each other. I think that was what we meant by "in threes".

Threes, not really. Recent deaths:
Darren McGavin
Dennis Weaver
Don Knotts
Curt Gowdy
Peter Benchley
Al Lewis
Andreas Katsulas
Betty Friedan

Last month:
Coretta Scott King
Chris Penn
Anthony Franciosa
Shelley Winters
Lou Rawls
Irving Layton

http://www3.sympatico.ca/jenoff/obit.htm

And more: http://www.mcall.com/sns-2006-deaths-pix,0,3349993.photogallery?index=1

 

[phamton]

We are programmed to look for pattterns. One death or two deaths isn't considered a pattern so we remember 3 deaths. Just a few months ago someone posted a "death in 3's" on this board and within a day or two there was a fourth death of a famous person and no one seemed to even relate that to the 3 deaths. Or do we just start counting all over again from the 4th death? Unfortunately the statistics do not support the deaths in 3's.

http://www.cockeyed.com/science/threes/threes.html
http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4155/is_200307/ai_n12514274#continue

 

[mum4jenn]

I really don't care about all that.

After Mr McGavin passed away someone posted about the 3's thing so I was just adding that to my post acknowledging what the other poster from the day before had written.

I did not expect to be analyzed by a simple statement. Good GRIEF!!!!