Grim Reapers love to play the trifecta

Check The Fien Print reminded me about how Death tends to hit in threes, particularly in regards to celebrity/well-known types. With a recent spate of deaths he pointed out one of the stranger "Trinity of Death:

James "The Hardest Working Man In Show Business" Brown, Gerald "The Least Elected President In History" Ford and Saddam "Co-Star of 'The Big Lebowski'" Hussein.

It's the semi-unexpectedness of Hussein's execution (does that tamper with Death Pool rules?) that pushes this week's Deceased Trifecta ahead of the month's earlier odd menage a trois of Augusto "Where Have All The Dictators Gone?" Pinochet, Peter "Puttin' On the Ritz" Boyle, and Joseph "Ugly Animation" Barbera.

I dug a little bit and found an odd Trinity from back in September 2003, which saw John Ritter (DoD: Sept 11/03), Johnny Cash (DoD: Sept 12/03) and Leni Riefenstahl (DoD: Sept 08/03) pass away in the same week. Or in keeping with Dan's post:

John "Didn't meet a pratfall he didn't like" Ritter
Leni "Prolific documentaries make me doze off in film class" Riefenstahl
Johnny "We don't mock Johnny" Cash