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Billy Mays is dead. First it was the death of late night TV sidekick Ed McMahon. Then it was the most popular of all Charlie's Angels, Farrah Fawcett, followed by the death of the King Of Pop, Michael Jackson.

Now, TV pitchman Billy Mays dies as well.

What in sam-hell is going on?

First: Ed McMahon, a fixture on U.S. late-night television for 30 years as the full-throated announcer and sidekick for Johnny Carson on NBC's "The Tonight Show," died on Tuesday at age 86, his spokesman said. Read more about it here. Read more about it here.

Second: Actress Farrah Fawcett, the "Charlie's Angels" television star whose big smile and feathered blond mane made her one of the reigning sex symbols of the 1970s, died on Thursday after a long battle with cancer. She was 62. Read more about it