Patrick Swayze, Jim Carroll, and Jody Powell died recently. Jody Powell was 65. Jim Carroll was 60. Patrick Swayze was 57. That's a pretty young trio to have died.
Why do these things happen in threes? Is it just that, because these deaths get reported, it's more obvious when they happen in threes? Is it just like celebrities dying at 27 - something that happened to a couple of them, and now every time it happens, it gets noticed? After all, surely many celebrities - take the three named above - don't die at 27.
Interesting how these things become a phenomenom. Like Friday the 13th being a bad luck day. Dan Brown asserted in The Da Vinci Code that the origin of Friday the 13th as a day of bad luck because the Pope ordered the slaying of the Templar Knights on this day. Other possible origins note that 13 has long been a sign of bad luck, just as 12 is considered a good thing - 12 signs of the zodiac, 12 months of the year, etc. Hmmm....what's the truth?
All this is not to diminish the sadness of these recent deaths. I feel saddest about Patrick Swayze, who was a crush of mine years ago.
My thoughts are with those left behind. Peace.
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