is that 3 yet?

okay, so deaths come in threes. so we're currently in the midst of losing hollywood legends--3, to be exact.
whether you personally believe this or not, i have found it to be reasonably true.
so, we have had:

1. johnny carson
2. ossie davis
3. ?

now it's possible i missed someone, as i am still calling myself "too young" to know some of the hollywood legends of the past. even ossie was only a vaguely familiar name. it seems a shame that i wouldn't know more about him without reading it. so my excuse of "too young" should really be "too ignorant" in certain cases.

this goes back to a conversation i had with a friend, years ago, about how we don't have heroes any more, how we forget that these people who stood up for civil rights are not just part of the past. we all know that as much as racial prejudice has been decreased (or at the very least in some cases, buried) it still exists. and we forget how much worse it used to be; ergo we forget the people who went thru that struggle for equality to begin with.

more about heroes later....i feel a bob marley posting coming on.

if i did not miss someone....well, that means we're about to have another great loss. and soon.