Actor James Ransone III, known for his roles on The Wire and in horror films, dead Friday by his own hand at 46.

Adelia "Ada" Zeidler (nee Clooney), elder sister to veteran actor-filmmaker George Clooney, dead Friday of cancer at 65.

Veteran actress Helen Siff, best known for her roles on Will & Grace and Modern Family, dead of complications from surgery for a long, painful illness at 88.

English rock & blues singer-songwriter-guitarist, film score composer, screenwriter and producer Chris Rea, not to be confused with the eponymous Scottish retired rugby union player, dead after a short illness at 74.

Call Of Duty creator Vince Zampella II, dead in a car crash at 55.

Prolific sports presenter Duncan McKenzie-McHarg, dead from a multi-story plunge at 41 (birth date unknown).

Dianne Holechek, ex-wife to martial artist and actor Chuck Norris and mother to also-actor Mike Norris, dead after a long battle with dementia at 84.

Australian rising jockey Bronte Simpson, dead in a car crash at 24 (birth date unknown).

Australian rugby union player Sam Morgan, not to be confused with any of his notable eponymites, dead Friday of streptococcal pneumonia sepsis at 29 (birth date unknown).

German retired international football defender Sebastian Hertner, dead Saturday or Sunday (conflicting sources) in a 70-meter fall from a ski lift at 34.

YouTube travel vlogger and possible former Guttermouth touring bassist D. Adam "The Woo" Williams, dead in the last few days of causes yet unknown at 51 (birth date unknown).

Norwegian biathlete and Winter Olympic hopeful Sivert Guttorm Bakken, dead suddenly at 27.

Japanese baseball player-turned-golf legend Masashi "Jumbo" Ozaki, who had the most wins of any golfer from the nation, dead after a battle with colon cancer at 78.

British founding Jethro Tull frontman and Blodwyn Pig guitarist Mick Abrahams, dead Friday or Saturday (conflicting sources) at 82.

TV actor and comedian Pat Finn, best known for his role as Bill Norwood on The Middle, dead Monday of recurrent bladder cancer at 60.

Retired Nottingham Forest & Scotland winger John "Robbo" Robertson, not to be confused with any of his notable eponymites, two who were/are also footballers, dead at 72.

The Cure guitarist & keyboardist and Love Amongst Ruin bassist Perry Bamonte, elder brother to the former band's and Depeche Mode's tour manager, Daryl Bamonte, dead Wednesday after a short illness at 65.

Event curator and Big Brother 27 10th-place finisher Mickey Lee, dead following multiple cardiac arrests at 35 (birth date unknown).

Soul legend Don Bryant, not to be confused with the eponymous also-late baseball player, dead at 83.

Stage actress Imani Dia Smith, best known for her role as Young Nala in the stage version of The Lion King, dead Tuesday of stab wounds sustained two days earlier at 26.

Canadian Annette Dionne, hitherto not only the last surviving Dionne quintuplet (see her sister's entry for details), but of the entire 14-strong Dionne brood, dead Wednesday of undisclosed causes at 91.

Legendary Hong Kong actor Benz Hui, dead October 28 following complications from cancer at 76 a week shy of his birthday.

Educator and religious leader Jeffrey R. Holland, hitherto next in line for the Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter-day Saints presidency, dead of complications associated with kidney disease at 85.

French actress and singer-turned-animal rights activist Brigitte Bardot, dead of a sudden illness following surgery at 91.

Fuel filler indicator inventor James Moylan, dead on the 11th of undisclosed causes at 80 eight days shy of his birthday.

Former child actress Melanie Watson, known for her role as Kathy Gordon on Diff'rent Strokes, dead Friday of osteogenesis imperfecta, the condition that kept her wheelchair-bound for life, at 57.

Retired England batsman Hugh Morris, MBE, not to be confused with any of his also-late notable eponymites (yup, he was the last), dead after a two-and-a-quarter-year battle with bowel cancer at 62.

Former Bangladeshi prime minister Khaleda Zia, the first woman to hold the position and widow to assassinated president Ziaur Rahman, himself not to be confused with any of his notable eponymites, dead of a prolonged illness at 80.

Italian parishioner and amateur artist Cecilia Gimenez (note the "G"), responsible for the infamous 2012 "Monkey Christ" restoration, dead at 94.

Acclaimed environmental journalist Tatiana Schlossberg, daughter of designer, artist & author Edwin Scholossberg and former U.S. ambassador Caroline Kennedy and granddaughter of assassinated U.S. president John F. Kennedy, Sr., dead of myeloid leukemia at 35.

Veteran actor Isiah Whitlock, Jr., best known for his role as Senator Clay Davis on The Wire, dead after short illness at 71.

Dennis Hamlin, father to NASCAR driver and team owner J. Denny Hamlin, dead Sunday in a house fire at 75 (birth date unknown).

British actor David Heap, best known for his role as Donal Maher on Fair city, dead of corticobasal syndrome at 76.

Eight-time Grammy-nominated gospel singer Richard Smallwood, dead of complications from kidney failure at 77.