When I was a child and a celebrity died, my paternal grandmother would always mention in passing, without fail, that celebrities died in threes and a macabre clock would start ticking in the back of my mind as she starting paying closer attention to daily news reports for confirmation.
Almost always, after a few days or so, two more celebrities would pass and she would look at me and say, "See, I told you," but not in a self-satisfied smug way. More in a I know what I'm talking about so you better be listening to me way.
Unfortunately we have our third this week.
Following the deaths of Christian singer Mandisa and actress Barbara O. Jones, actor Terry Carter has passed away age 95...
