Summer of Death

The "Summer of Death" is a name given to the summer of 2009 when numerous high-profile people died in a short time frame, including (but are not limited to) Billy Mays, Ted Kennedy, Walter Cronkite, Farrah Fawcett, Ed McMahon, David Carradine, Patrick Swayze, and most prominently, Michael Jackson. Though there was nothing statistically unusual about the number of celebrity deaths that particular summer, some have speculated that the sheer number of headline deaths, coupled with increasing nostalgia in the population of Western nations may have increased the outpouring of grief during the summer of 2009.

List of celebrities that died during the summer of 2009

The list of some "celebrities" and "high-profile people" that died between May and September 2009 is contained below, in order of their death:

In popular culture

The "Summer of Death" was parodied in the South Park episode "Dead Celebrities", and also mentioned in the JibJab animation Never a Year Like '09.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 The Summer of Death
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 The Summer of Celebrity Death
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 The Summer of Celebrity Deaths
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Summer of Death


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