Editing Celebrity Threes

== 1959 ==

{| cellpadding=15 style="border:2px solid #BBB" class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! scope="col" | Date
! scope="col" | Name
! scope="col" | Note(s)
|-
|February 3, 1959  
|Buddy Holly
|American singer-songwriter
|-
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February 3, 1959  
|Ritchie Valens
|American singer, songwriter, and guitarist
|-
|February 3, 1959  
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J. P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson
|American musician, singer, songwriter, and disc jockey
|}


== September 1970 - July 1971 == 


{| cellpadding=15 style="border:2px solid #BBB" class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! scope="col" | Date
! scope="col" | Name
! scope="col" | Note(s)
|-
|September 18, 1970  
|Jimi Hendrix
|American musician, singer, and songwriter
|-
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October 4, 1970  
|Janis Joplin
| American singer-songwriter
|-
|July 3, 1971  
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Jim Morrison
|American singer, songwriter, poet, and lead vocalist of the rock band the Doors
|}


== September 2003 ==


{| cellpadding=15 style="border:2px solid #BBB" class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! scope="col" | Date
! scope="col" | Name
! scope="col" | Note(s)
|-
|September 7, 2003  
|Warren Zevon
|American rock singer, songwriter, and musician
|-
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September 11, 2003 
| John Ritter 
| American actor and comedian, known for ''Three's Company'' and ''8 Simple Rules''
|-
|September 12, 2003  
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Johnny Cash 
| American singer, songwriter, musician, and actor
|}


== February 2006 ==


{| cellpadding=15 style="border:2px solid #BBB" class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! scope="col" | Date
! scope="col" | Name
! scope="col" | Note(s)
|-
|February 24, 2006  
|Don Knotts
|American actor and comedian, known for ''The Andy Griffith Show'' and ''Three's Company''
|-
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February 24, 2006  
|Dennis Weaver 
| American actor
|-
|February 25, 2006  
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Darren McGavin 
| American actor
|}

== December 2006 ==

{| cellpadding=15 style="border:2px solid #BBB" class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! scope="col" | Date
! scope="col" | Name
! scope="col" | Note(s)
|-
|December 25, 2006  
|James Brown
|American singer, songwriter, dancer, musician, record producer and bandleader, the Godfather of Soul
|-
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December 26, 2006  
|Gerald Ford 
| American politician and president of the United States from 1974 to 1977
|-
|December 30, 2006  
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Saddam Hussein 
|  Iraqi politician who served and President of Iraq from 1979 until 2003
|}


== June - August 2008 ==

{| cellpadding=15 style="border:2px solid #BBB" class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! scope="col" | Date
! scope="col" | Name
! scope="col" | Note(s)
|-
|June 22, 2008  
|George Carlin
|American stand-up comedian, actor, social critic, and author
|-
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August 9, 2008  
|Bernie Mac 
| American comedian, actor, and voice actor
|-
|August 10, 2008  
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Isaac Hayes 
| American singer, songwriter, actor, and producer
|}

== January 2008 ==

{| cellpadding=15 style="border:2px solid #BBB" class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! scope="col" | Date
! scope="col" | Name
! scope="col" | Note(s)
|-
|January 15, 2008  
|Brad Renfro
|American actor
|-
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January 19, 2008  
|Suzanne Pleshette 
| American theatre, film, television, and voice actress, known for Alfred Hitchcock's ''The Birds'' and ''The Bob Newhart Show'' 
|-
|January 22, 2008  
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Heath Ledger 
| Australian actor, photographer, and music video director, known for ''Brokeback Mountain'' and ''The Dark Knight''
|}

== June 2009 ==

{| cellpadding=15 style="border:2px solid #BBB" class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! scope="col" | Date
! scope="col" | Name
! scope="col" | Note(s)
|-
|June 23, 2009  
|Ed McMahon
|American announcer, game show host, comedian, actor, singer and combat aviator, known for ''The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson''
|-
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June 25, 2009  
|Farrah Fawcett 
| American actress, fashion model and artist
|-
|June 25, 2009  
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Michael Jackson 
|  American singer, songwriter, and dancer. the King of Pop
|-
|June 28, 2009
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William Darrell "Billy" Mays, Jr.
| American "television direct-response advertisement salesperson," known for OxiClean
|}

== December 2015 - January 2016 ==

{| cellpadding=15 style="border:2px solid #BBB" class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! scope="col" | Date
! scope="col" | Name
! scope="col" | Note(s)
|-
|December 28, 2015  
|Lemmy Kilmister
|British singer, songwriter, and musician; founder, lead singer, bassist, and primary songwriter of the British rock band Motörhead. 
|-
|style="white-space: nowrap;"|
December 31, 2015  
|Wayne Rogers 
| American actor, known from ''M*A*S*H'' 
|-
|January 10, 2016  
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David Robert Jones 
| English singer-songwriter and actor; also known as David Bowie
|}

== January 2016 ==

{| cellpadding=15 style="border:2px solid #BBB" class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! scope="col" | Date
! scope="col" | Name
! scope="col" | Note(s)
|-
|January 14, 2016  
|Alan Rickman
|English actor and director; known for ''Die Hard'' and ''Harry Potter''.
|-
|style="white-space: nowrap;"|
January 18, 2016  
|Glenn Frey 
|American singer, songwriter, actor; founding member of the rock band the Eagles
|-
|January 26, 2016  
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Abe Vigoda 
| American actor; known for ''The Godfather'', ''Barney Miller'', and not dying in 1982.
|}

== November 2016 ==


{| cellpadding=15 style="border:2px solid #BBB" class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! scope="col" | Date
! scope="col" | Name
! scope="col" | Note(s)
|-
|November 7, 2016  
|Leonard Cohen
| Canadian singer-songwriter, poet, and novelist
|-
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November 11, 2016  
|Robert Vaughn 
|  American actor
|-
|November 13, 2016  
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Leon Russell 
| American musician and songwriter
|}

== November 2016 Pt II==

{| cellpadding=15 style="border:2px solid #BBB" class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! scope="col" | Date
! scope="col" | Name
! scope="col" | Note(s)
|-
|November 24, 2016  
|Florence Henderson
| American actress and singer; known for ''The Brady Bunch''
|-
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November 25, 2016  
|Fidel Castro 
| Cuban politician who served as Prime Minister of Cuba from 1959 to 1976 and President from 1976 to 2008
|-
|November 25, 2016  
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Ron Glass 
| American actor; known for ''Barney Miller'' and Firefly''
|}

== December 2016 ==

December 25, 2016  
|George Michael
|English singer, songwriter, record producer, philanthropist and member of the music duo Wham!
|-
|style="white-space: nowrap;"|
December 27, 2016  
|Carrie Fisher 
| American actress and writer; known for ''Star Wars''
|-
|December 28, 2016  
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Debbie Reynolds 
|  American actress, singer, and businesswoman
|}

==Sources==

* [http://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2009/06/25/jackson-fawcett-mcmahon-the-celebrity-death-rule-of-three/]
* [http://thefdhlounge.blogspot.com/2007/12/celebrity-deaths-in-threes.html]
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