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Sick Fuck of the Week

Tarot card for "Death" from the most popular Tarot deck: the Ryder-Waite.

(Disclaimer: My apologies to those who find the word "fuck" offensive; for me there's just no other way to say it.)

I decided two days ago that I would bestow this week's Sick Fuck of the Week award upon Death itself.

The Grim Reaper took Ed McMahon, Farrah Fawcett, Michael Jackson and Billy Mays in what seems like one sweep of its lethal scythe.

I'm freaking out a little bit here, but then again I'm not because I'm kinda used to this. I'm talking about being 100% certain after Michael's death that another celebrity would die before the end of the week (which for me means before the end of today)-not because of bad things coming in three's (we got four here...), but because I just knew it.

Something powerful and spine-tingling happens when universal forces gain momentum. It takes them a while to stop even after the brakes are applied, and there's nothing we can do about it.

I have a feeling about Elizabeth Taylor not making it to the end of the year, not just because she's been sick for so long, but because on top of that her beloved Michael is gone.

I hope this time I'll be wrong.

Congratulations to Death -- Sick Fuck of the Week

Tarot card for "Death"--the Grim Reaper--from one of the first known Tarot card decks: the Marseilles. Death is No. 13 among the Major Arcana, the first 22 cards of any Tarot deck that represent major forces in life.

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Tonight Show's McMahon dies at 86

Ed McMahon appears on the Tonight Show on Jan 24, 2005, with Jay Leno, who replaced host Johnny Carson when he left. (Paul Drinkwater/WireImage.com)

Ed McMahon, the loyal Tonight Show sidekick who nightly introduced show host Johnny Carson with a resounding "H-e-e-e-e-e-ere's Johnny!" for 30 years, died early Tuesday at 86.

He died shortly after midnight surrounded by family. His publicist didn't give a cause of death, saying only that McMahon had a "multitude of health problems the last few months." However, a source close to McMahon said he had bone cancer, among other illnesses, and had been hospitalized for several weeks.

McMahon broke his neck in a fall in March 2007, and battled a series of financial problems as his injuries preventing him from working, AP reported.

McMahon and Carson had worked together for nearly five years on the game show Who Do You Trust? when Carson took over NBC's late-night show from Jack Paar in October 1962. McMahon played second banana on "Tonight" until Carson retired in 1992.

"You can't imagine hooking up with a guy like Carson," McMahon said an interview with The Associated Press in 1993. "There's the old phrase, hook your wagon to a star. I hitched my wagon to a great star."

McMahon, who never failed to laugh at his Carson's quips, kept his supporting role in perspective.

"It's like a pitcher who has a favorite catcher," he said. "The pitcher gets a little help from the catcher, but the pitcher's got to throw the ball. Well, Johnny Carson had to throw the ball, but I could give him a little help."

Sources: The Associated Press, CNN
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