Re: Poor dead Bob Hope, Who'll be the next two?

Traditionally to be considered part of the three they had to be within days
of each other. Therefore Bob is the second one after John Schlesinger.

In some cases it is very hard to break this list up into threes.

Sydney Omarr - Jan 2
Maurice Gibb - Jan 11
Richard Crenna - Jan 17
Al Hirschfeld - Jan 20
Bill Mauldin - Jan 22
Nell Carter - Jan 23
Robert Rockwell - Jan 25
Mongo Santamaria - Feb 1
Johnny Paycheck - Feb 19
Orville Freeman - Feb 20
Fred Rogers - Feb 27
Hank Ballard - Mar 2
Horst Buchholz - Mar 3
Adam Faith - Mar 8
Lynne Thigpen - Mar 12
Daniel Patrick Moynihan - Mar 26
Michael Jeter - Mar 31
Edwin Starr - Apr 2
Babatunde Olatunji - Apr 6
Little Eva - Apr 10
Graham Jarvis - Apr 16
Robert Atkins - Apr. 17
Nina Simone - Apr 21
Suzy Parker - May 3
Noel Redding - May 11
Robert Stack - May 14
Dame Wendy Hiller - May 14
Martha Scott - May 28
Mickie Most - May 30
June Carter Cash - May 15
Trevor Goddard - June 8
David Brinkley - June 11
Gregory Peck - June 12
Hume Cronyn - June 15
Leon Uris - June 21
Lester Maddox - June 25
Strom Thurmond - June 26
Katharine Hepburn - June 29
Buddy Hackett - June 30
Herbie Mann - July 1
Barry White - July 4
N!xau - July 5
Buddy Ebsen - July 6
Benny Carter - July 12
Celia Cruz - July 16
John Schlesinger - July 25



Jack Ak <akjack@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
news:f5pbiv42m35icfu10idh2s4j08m3d6m6il@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> So who are the other two in that group and what are the
> dates of their deaths?  How many days between the
> deaths define the commonality of the group?
>
> On Tue, 29 Jul 2003 01:07:57 GMT, "Inanimate Carbon Rod"
> <rocketdoglv@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
> >Kate was in another group of three. Bob's the beginning of another
three.
> >
> >"Jorabi" <jorabi@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
> >news:hphVa.134317$EQ5.38946@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >> "S John M-M" wrote ...
> >> >
> >> > Takers on #2 and #3? I'm going obvious this time:
> >> >
> >> > Ronald Reagan
> >> > Pope John Paul II.
> >>
> >> We already had #1 (Hepburn), so only one more.
> >>
> >>
> >
>