Former Marcie And The Cookies frontwoman Marcie Jones, dead Friday or Saturday (conflicting sources) of leukemia at 79 twenty-two days to a month shy of her birthday.

Randy White, sixth husband to Grammy-nominated country singer Lorrie Morgan and not to be confused with any of his notable eponymites, dead of oral cancer at 72 (birth date unknown).

Weston Gosa, Jr., son of 16 And Pregnant star Whitney Purvis, dead Monday of causes yet unknown at 16.

First-ever Canadian astronaut-turned-cabinet minister Marc Garneau, dead of a rare form apiece of leukemia and lymphoma at 76.

Conflict frontman Colin Jerwood, dead Sunday or Monday following a short illness at 63 (birth date unknown).

Groundbreaking journalist, memoirist, essayist, playwright and novelist Edmund White III, who used these avenues to document the gay experience, dead Tuesday of undisclosed causes at 85.

Oscar-nominated songwriter Arthur Hamilton Stern, who helped revive the torch singer genre in the 1950s and son of also-late also-songwriter & comedian Jacob "Jack" Stern, dead sometime between New Year's Day and Wednesday of undisclosed causes at 98 nine and three-quarter months to four and three-fifth months shy of his birthday.

Former Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta cast member Khadiyah "KD" Lewis, dead a week ago of undisclosed causes at 44.

Lionsgate Motion Picture Group co-president and film producer Jason Constantine, dead after a battle with cancer at 55 (birth date unknown).

Finnish-born au pair Lady Hilkka, wife to English football legend Sir Trevor Brooking, OBE, MBE, dead after battling an illness for several months at an undisclosed age (birth date unknown).

ddPR founder Danny Duran, Jr., dead Wednesday after an eight-month battle with cancer at 58 (birth date unknown).

Founding Atlantic Starr singer Wayne Lewis, brother to bandmates Jonathan Lewis and the also-late David Lewis and uncle to also-bandmate Shammah Carter, dead Thursday of undisclosed causes at 68 (birth date unknown).

Retired prolific veteran actress and producer Pippa Scott, best known for her roles in The Searchers and Auntie Mame, dead May 2 of congenital heart failure at 90 six and a quarter months shy of her birthday.

Jamaican-born English trailblazing football referee Uriah Rennie, the first of his race to officiate in the Premier League, dead possibly of a rare condition that recently stripped him of his ability to walk, from which he was recovering, at 65 four and a half months shy of his birthday.

Royal Air Force pilot-turned-journalist-turned-MI6 agent-turned-prolific author Frederick Forsyth, dead after a brief illness at 86 two and a half months shy of his birthday.

Slay And The Family Stone frontman, songwriter and record producer Sly Stone, born Sylvester Stewart, dead after a prolonged battle with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease at 82.

Former longtime Wabana, Newfoundland mayor Gary Gosine, dead Saturday after a long illness at 67 (birth date unknown).

Concert promoter and Bonnaroo & Superfly Entertainment co-founder Jonathan Mayers (note the "s"), dead of causes yet unknown at 51.

Australian Walkley award-winning newspaper cartoonist John Shakespeare (note the "e" at the end), not to be confused with the eponymous also-late English businessman, politician and father to also-also-late legendary playwright William Shakespeare or British diplomat, dead of cancer at 63 (birth date unknown).

American-born Miss Canada 1989 and former MuchMusic host Juliette Powell, the first Black woman to win the former title, dead suddenly a week ago of complications from acute bacterial meningitis at 54 nineteen days shy of her birthday.

Founding Beach Boys singer-songwriter Brian Wilson, hitherto the last surviving Wilson brother, cousin to bandmate Mike Love and father to Wilson Phillips singers Carnie Wilson and Wendy Wilson, dead at 82 nine days shy of his birthday.

Personal note: I actually thought this would happen 12 years ago.

Veteran film & TV actor Chris Robinson, Sr., best known for his roles on General Hospital and The Bold And The Beautiful, father to documentary filmmaker Chris Robinson, Jr. and neither to be confused with any of their notable eponymites, dead Monday of heart failure at 86 a little under five months shy of his (also next entry's, incidentally) birthday.

Veteran character actor Harris Yulin, best known for his roles in the Scarface remake and Ghostbusters II, dead of cardiac arrest at 87 a little under five months shy of his (also previous entry's, incidentally) birthday.

Former MTV VJ & eponymous show host, model and social activist Ananda Lewis, dead after a battle with Stage 4 breast cancer at 52.

Veteran comic character actor Dan "Beans Morocco" Barrows, dead on the 29th at 90 ten days shy of his birthday (Sunday).

Nitzer Ebb frontman Douglas McCarthy, dead of undisclosed causes at 58 two and two-third months shy of his birthday.

Iranian Revolutionary Guard general Hossein Salami, killed in an Israeli airstrike at 64 or 65 (birth date unknown).

Indian polo player and Aureus Polo owner Sunjay Kapur, son of also-late Soma Comstar founder Dr. Surinder Kapur, ex-husband to Bollywood actress Karisma Kapoor (note the spelling) and a close personal friend to Prince William, dead following a heart attack triggered by swallowing a bee (yes, really) at 53 (birth date unknown).