The celebrities! They are dropping like flies!

Farah, MJ, Ed McMahon, and now Billy Mays. If I were prone to conspiracy theories I might start to think something was afoot. Two of the four deaths—Farah and Ed—aren’t unexpected and, honestly, Michael’s isn’t a huge surprise given all the surgery he’s subjected himself to over the years. May’s death may be the result . . . → Read More: The celebrities! They are dropping like flies!

“Mr. Whipple” kicks the Charmin.

It’s a sad day for toilet paper obsessives everywhere as Dick Wilson, best known as the neurotic grocer who defended Charmin bathroom tissue from the groping clutches of lonely housewives, has passed away:

The man famous as TV’s “Mr. Whipple” died of natural causes at the Motion Picture & Television Fund Hospital in Woodland Hills, . . . → Read More: “Mr. Whipple” kicks the Charmin.

New York’s Queen of Mean has kicked the bucket.

Say, do you guys remember Leona Helmsley? Seems she just shuffled off her mortal coil:

Helmsley died of heart failure at her summer home in Greenwich, Conn., said her publicist, Howard Rubenstein.

Already experienced in real estate before her marriage, Helmsley helped her husband run a $5 billion empire that included managing the Empire State . . . → Read More: New York’s Queen of Mean has kicked the bucket.

Tammy Faye Messner succumbs to cancer.

So many things I had intended to blog about over the weekend before the power decided to take a two day vacation and this bit of news was one of them.

It took a couple of years, but Tammy Faye has lost her battle against cancer:

(CNN)—Tammy Faye Messner, the former televangelist and Christian singer . . . → Read More: Tammy Faye Messner succumbs to cancer.

Mr. Wizard has passed away.

Science lost one of its best ambassadors yesterday with the death of Don Herbert, better known to countless numbers as Mr. Wizard:

It is with deep sadness that we regret to announce the passing of Don Herbert – the one and only “Mr. Wizard”. Don lost his battle with cancer today, June 12, 2007, at . . . → Read More: Mr. Wizard has passed away.

Crikey! Steve Irwin is dead!

The man known as “The Crocodile Hunter” has kicked the bucket, but interestingly enough it wasn’t a croc that got him:

The naturalist and television star Steve Irwin has died in a diving accident in far north Queensland. He was 44.

Police say he was stung through the heart by a stingray while diving off . . . → Read More: Crikey! Steve Irwin is dead!

Chief Justice Rehnquist has passed away.

Looks like Bush will get to pick two new supreme court justices sooner than anyone thought. CNN is reporting that Chief Justice William Rehnquist is dead at the age of 80. His battle with thyroid cancer came to an end around 11PM this evening.

OK, perhaps now it’s time to be a bit worried.

. . . → Read More: Chief Justice Rehnquist has passed away.

Good night, Mr. Jennings. And thanks.

I was saddened to hear that journalist Peter Jennings has passed away. It was Jennings’s work that first got me to start watching TV news and his broadcast was usually the first I’d turn to during any of the major crisis’s that occurred over the years. His work largely speaks for itself so there’s not . . . → Read More: Good night, Mr. Jennings. And thanks.

A Moment of Silence For The Late, Great James Doohan

That’s right folks, “Scotty”, the chief engineer aboard the USS Enterprise, died Wednesday. Granted, some might say we shouldn’t morn his passing as he was only an actor but he was, in reality, much more. A WWII veteran, James Doohan joined the Canadian Army just prior to the outbreak of war and even landed at . . . → Read More: A Moment of Silence For The Late, Great James Doohan

‘Superman’ Christopher Reeve Dies at 52.

Christopher Reeve, best known for his role as Superman, passed away yesterday at the age of 52.

I’ve never been a big fan of the Superman character, but I have to admit that Reeve did a good job of bringing him to life and making him believable—at least for the first two movies before the . . . → Read More: ‘Superman’ Christopher Reeve Dies at 52.