June 23 -25, 2009 was a sad day in the Entertainment World as the world lost three entertainers that affect millions of people throughout the years. The Mehron Blog posted on June 25, 2009 concerned the three stars that faded from this earth, Entitled, Mehron Mourns Dimming Stars, it read:
Mehron Makeup mourns three iconic stars of the Entertainment industry who left this earth in the last two days. On June 23, 2009, Ed McMahon, 86 , a fixture on late night Television for over thirty years as the co-host of the Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson, died after a long battle with cancer. Mr. McMahon spent much of his career in Television Studios beginning in 1957. Ed McMahon continued to work in Television until 2008. His record of over 30 years as the co- host of the Tonight Show was surpassed by his 47 years as co-host of the Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon. Ed McMahon was a Television Star who will not soon be forgotten and will take his place in the Radio and Television Hall of Fame.
On the morning of June 25, 2009 the world learned that another Entertainment icon had succumbed to cancer at the age of 62, Miss Farrah Fawcett. Ms. Fawcett worked her way through the Entertainment industry from product spokesperson to feature film star. Along the way Farrah Fawcett turned a red one piece bathing suit into a symbol of the 1970's with a poster that sold over 12 million copies. Ms. Fawcett rose to Television Stardom in the hit Television Show, Charlie's Angels and parlayed that fame into roles in feature films. As she worked her way through a series of commercial entertainment productions, Ms. Fawcett continued to strive to be recognized as a dramatic actress. Even after attaining a height of stardom that most actresses can only dream of Farrah Fawcett took on a grueling role in the Off Broadway production of Extremities, written by William Mastrosimone, and followed that up with a critically acclaimed role in the TV Movie, The Burning Bed which earned her the first of three Emmy Award nominations.
Later in afternoon of June 25, 2009 news broke that Pop Icon Michael Jackson had died in UCLA Medical Center after suffering an apparent massive cardiac arrest. Mr. Jackson, age 50, has been thrilling audiences with his melodic singing since he was 7 years old. Throughout his illustrious entertainment career Michael Jackson achieved milestone after milestone selling hundreds of millions of copies of his recordings and is credited with creating the world of Music Videos. Michael Jackson's life as an Entertainer was tainted by his personal turmoils and idiosyncrasies but his place on the world stage of iconic entertainers can not be denied. Although his death is at a much younger age than Ed McMahon and Farrah Fawcett, the volume of work that he leaves behind stacks up against any entertainers career.
The shining light of these three entertainers may have dimmed in the last two days, but the magic gift that they were given are part of the recorded history of the Entertainment Industry. Although all three were American Entertainers each of them were recognized around the world by billions of people. Mehron joins with world in saying, good bye and thanks for the memories to these three Giants of the Professional Performance Industry.
