Celebrities Dropping Like Flies

I guess it's getting dangerous to be famous these days.

Just in the last week we've lost four celebs now, with the news that Billy Mays has shouted his last Oxy Clean commercial at us. First Ed McMahon, then Farrah Fawcett and Michael Jackson on the same day...if I'm a 50-year-old minor celebrity, I'd be pretty worried right now. We should probably get some medical personnel to check in on Linda Kozlowski, Jools Holland, Ellen Degeneres, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Sharon Stone, Gary Oldman, Michelle Pfieffer, Annette Bening, Mark Cuban, Madeline Stowe, Colm Feore, Jeff Foxworthy, Jennifer Tilly, Tim Robbins, Viggo Mortensen, Megan Mullally, Marg Helgenberger, Jamie Lee Curtis, or anyone else born in 1958 (a list of whom can be seen on this page right here and contains a veritable who's who of the 1980's).

Seriously though, it is a shame anytime we hear about someone dying when they're only 50 years old. It should remind us all of the brevity of life and perhaps cause some degree of reflection, and at the very least help us appreciate what we do have.

And if nothing else, go do a load of laundry today in honor of Billy Mays...and power those stains away!