“There are theories that one would prefer never to see come true again”. They say celebrities leave us in threes… and this time, the count came together again.
In a matter of days, the world of entertainment said goodbye to Hayden Panettiere, Dolly Parton and Tim Curry, three beloved figures whose deaths immediately reminded many people of an old and chilling theory.
This is the so-called “rule of 3”, a popular belief that holds that celebrity deaths tend to occur in groups of three. There is no scientific evidence proving that there is a connection between them, but the theory has been circulating for decades because, time and again, the loss of well-known figures has occurred just days or weeks apart.
This time, it began with Hayden Panettiere, who died on August 16 at the age of 36. Days later, on August 25, Dolly Parton’s death at 80 was confirmed. And finally came the news of Tim Curry, legendary actor from The Rocky Horror Picture Show and It, who also died at the age of 80, completing for many that unsettling group of three.
It may not have a scientific explanation, but every time three big names say goodbye almost at the same time, the theory appears again. And this time, unfortunately, Hayden, Dolly and Tim made many feel that it had come true again.