It was bound to happen sooner or later...

Johnny Cash wasn't much of a surprise. He's 71 after all.

However, I was very surprised that John Ritter died on the same day.

Man I lost on that one.. I was thinking John Ritter was Canadian... Ha Ha Ha...

See, that's a terribly witty joke for you youngins. There was this game show on MTV once called Remote Control, and they had a category called "Dead or Canadian". Its all quite clever you see... yesssss quite.

If you read that with a "Baby Stewie" voice its much funnier. Or at least it is if you are on 36 hour no sleep bender such as I.....

A sad, sad day the day after after a very sad, sad day.

man......

ritter and cash die on the same day.......sadness galore

For those tracking the Dead Pool... that makes three in the week... Cash, Ritter, Zevon. We won't have anymore celebrity deaths for a few weeks now....

I guess the whole "dying in threes" thing holds up.

Not to mention the whole Three's Company thing.

come on knock on heaven's door....we'll be waiting for you...

that was an unbelievably witty amalgam of pop culture. thank you, smee. this post brightened my day.

I guess that one's better than my first thought of "8 Simple Rules To Burying My Father"

I'm pretty darn saddened by the death of John Ritter. That was totally out of nowhere. The fact that he collapsed on set in front of his co-stars...that would be so traumatic. And his show was doing well too, it's sad that his 'comeback' had to be so short-lived.

Johnny Cash's death is equally sad, but totally expected. The 'Hurt' video pretty much prepared America for it.

Overall, this has been the worst year for celebrity deaths. Bob Hope, Gregory Hines, Warren Zevon, Barry White, John Ritter, Johnny Cash, Catherine Hepburn, and there are probably about 10 more. It seems like someone famous is dying everyday.

Death sucks.

Man, I was just thinking of Johnny the other day. Even if it's been coming a long time, it's very sad. I love his songs.

R.I.P., Johnny Cash. I'll miss you.

I hadn't heard. That's sad that Katharine's evil twin died the same year she did.

In all serious, I'm quite bothered by the death of Mr Cash. I'm dressed in all black today in memory. If I hadn't cut all my hair off, I would style it into a pompadour.

Jeeeeeze. Thanks for not making me feel so insensitive with my Three's Company pun. You two are so going to hell.

What can I say, born together, die together...

Carl Carl Carl... I've had a one-way-no stop-first class seat on the A-Train to Hell for quite some time now. I think I got the first class upgrade around 94. This just upgrades me to "Platinum Club Member". I'll save ya seat Smee.

Let me guess-- Kurdt Cobain jokes?

love ya johnny.

i bet he is hand in hand with june, tennessee two stepping across the fields of heaven.

BLASPHEMER!!!!! Well, yeah it probably was.. that was honestly a random year I pulled outta my ass.

This sucks. I am sad.

There was a rumor at the cemtery where I usta work that Johnny Cash had bought substantial land there to build a private mausoleum. I doubt it's true, but we'll see.

It's very sad about Johnny Cash, but I'm more upset about John Ritter. It was very unexpected, and he had four children, one of which was only five years old.

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Johnny Cash and John Ritter....I loved them both....

Wesley Willis died a few weeks ago.

ritter was in a great lifetime movie. what a bummer.

johnny cash's death has touched my soul. goodnight, sweet prince.

I heard on CNN today that they're going to have a public memorial service for Cash...

He perhaps made the greatest guest appearance ever when playing an evil robot dating Buffy's mother... It's pretty weird for John Ritter to be dead now. In the past I'd never cared much for Three's Company. In fact, I regarded it as rather banal. When I was a kid I absolutely hated it, but I guess I just didn't get it. In the past few months, I've been watching Three's Company now and again and actually have been enjoying it. The same thing happened with M.A.S.H. and I decided that's probably my absolute favorite show ever. So, I'm rambling.

Definitely a sad moment for music with Cash's passing. NME has declared his death should be as mourned as Elvis'. Pretty powerful statement about the man in black's career.

I'll miss John Ritter most for his performance in Sling Blade. It'll be a while before I can watch that movie again.