Bettie Page, dead at 85.

Oh, crap. Yma Sumac, dead at 86. Studs, Yma...they say these things come in threes, and two people I admire as immensely at these two makes me scared to think just who might be next.

Last.fm has a good selection of her music. She also has her official web presence. And, of course, there's YouTube:

Nick Reynolds, dead at 75.

Paul Newman, dead at 83.

Bill Melendez, Peanuts TV specials animator, dead at 91.

Jerry Reed, dead at 71.

Don LaFontaine, movie trailer narrator, dead at 68.

'Captain' Mike Ambrose, dead at 69.

Estelle Getty, dead at 84. I must admit, if you had told me when I was in elementary school, watching The Golden Girls in it's initial network run, that the first Golden Girl would not die for another 20 years, I would have called you a liar.

Tony Snow, dead at 53.

Jesse Helms, dead at 86. Yet again, we see that only the good die young.

George Carlin, dead at 71.

Tim Russert, dead at 58. He is survived, of course, by Big Russ.

Bob Dale, San Diego broadcaster, dead at 83.

Bo Diddley, dead at 79.

Earle Hagen, Andy Griffith Show theme song composer, dead at 88. Also dead at 88, Alexander Courage, composer of the Star Trek theme.

The two composers are also joined together by this fun fact: Both are most famous for instrumental theme songs that actually do have lyrics (though the lyrics to "The Fishin' Hole" were apparently written after the fact by a separate artist, and Star Trek's lyrics were written after the fact because Gene Roddenberry was an asshole).

Harvey Korman, dead at 81.

Syndey Pollack, dead at 73. I recently saw They Shoot Horses, Don't They? for the first time; if you're looking for a good movie, and don't mind soul-crushingly depressing fare, there you go.

Thelma Keane, Family Circus matriarch, dead at 82.

Dick Martin, dead at 86.