Billy Mays Off to The Big Infomercial in the Sky

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[RJWGoBulls]

This makes 4. Ed McMan, Farah, Michael, and now Mays.

Actually if you think about it this is a whole nother cycle... the first cycle started with David Caraden (Kung Fu) followed by Ed McMahn, and then the cycle was completed by Farah Facet.

The second cycle was started by Michael Jackson, followed by Billy Mays, which leaves us with one more celeb to kick the bucket.

CYCLE ONE:

(1). David Caraden

(2). Ed McMan

(3). Farah Facet

CYCLE TWO:

(1). Michael Jackson

(2). Billy Mays

(3). ??

Also in honor of a fellow Tampian (Billy Mays) I slapped on a BM Memorial Sticker to my sig 

You could say that Caraden, Jackson, and Mays are one group - sudden, shocking, bizarre. Then, Farrah, McMan, and ??? would be our natural causes group.

Either way, it's a bad time to be a celeb.

Does this complete the set?

Hollywood actor Karl Malden dies

US actor Karl Malden, best known for his roles in films such as A Streetcar Named Desire and On the Waterfront, has died at the age of 97.

He was also famous for playing Lt Mike Stone in the long-running TV series, The Streets of San Francisco.

Malden won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor in 1951, for his performance in A Streetcar Named Desire, and was nominated again in 1954.

Malden, who died at home, had been in poor health for several years.

His family said he had died of natural causes.

Early on in his career, Malden said he realised that his average looks and distinctive nose - twice broken on the sports field - were unlikely to make him a leading man.

Many of his more memorable performances came in supporting roles.

Homicide detective

His film career flourished in the 1950s and '60s, with parts in movies such as Birdman of Alcatraz, How the West Was Won, Gypsy, The Cincinnati Kid and Patton.

Karl Malden and Michael Douglas in 2004

Malden starred with Michael Douglas in The Streets of San Francisco

He avoided moving into television for many years, but succumbed to the role of the gruff homicide detective Mike Stone in The Streets of San Francisco, which ran from 1972 to 1977.

His young on-screen police partner, Insp Steve Keller, was played by Michael Douglas.

Malden was nominated four consecutive times for an Emmy for The Streets of San Francisco. He finally won one in 1984, for the mini-series "Fatal Vision".

He was married to actress Mona Graham for more than 70 years, one of the longest partnerships in Hollywood history.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/8129710.stm

[Cow Pie]

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I believe that it should complete the set... he was a fairly big actor that stared in over 50 movies and was one of the last of the old movie actors of the 1960's era left around.

Celeb's can breath a breath of relief......

...for now  :