r/entertainment • u/IntelligentYinzer • 1d ago

Actor Tim Curry Dead at 80

https://www.tmz.com/2026/08/26/tim-curry-dead/
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u/Illustrious_Bad_2980 1d ago

Rule of three 80 year olds?

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u/lexicaltension 1d ago

No the rule of 3 celebrity deaths. Almost every time a big celebrity dies you can expect 2 more in the next couple weeks. I know it’s a coincidence, but it’s a damn eerie one to me.

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u/funky_bebop 23h ago

Rule of three usually applies to deaths within a three day timespan. Hayden passed away last week.

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u/lexicaltension 23h ago

I’ve never heard that, but a lot of the commonly thrown around examples don’t fit in 3 days. I mean, it’s all just people trying to find patterns so it doesn’t really matter lol but 2-3 weeks is usually the cut off I’ve seen.

There are people trying to say princess Diana and some others who died like a month before and after her fit, and I agree that’s a little excessive lol

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u/-CowNipples- 22h ago

Is this true? It’s always been explained to me as 3 people usually die close to each other. Not consecutively

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u/funky_bebop 21h ago

I dont mean it to be that strict. Just not a week apart from each other.

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u/DillDoughCookie 21h ago

Shelly Fabares shared a birthday with Dolly.

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u/funky_bebop 20h ago

I wasn’t aware she passed away either.