Former South Carolina state senator Kay Patterson, not to be confused with the eponymous Australian politician, dead of undisclosed causes at 93.

Former British Colombia NDP MLA Dan Coulter, dead after a medical emergency at 49.

German filmmaker and X Filme Creative Pool co-founder Wolfgang Becker, best known for helming Good Bye, Lenin! and not to be confused with the eponymous also-late also-filmmaker, dead following a serious illness at 70.

Pearl Harbor survivor Bob Fernandez, Sr., not to be confused with the eponymous drummer or Comcast CEO, dead at 100 (birth date unknown).

Former longtime South Carolina congressman John Spratt, Jr., dead of complications from Parkinson's disease at 82.

Four-time Grammy-winning Shakti frontman-turned-tabla legend Zakir Hussain (note the second "s"), the first musician from India to win three Grammys in the same year, son of also-late also-tabla legend Alla Rakha and not to be confused with any of his notable eponymites, dead of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis at 73.

Actress and American Cancer Society spokesperson Jill Jacobson, dead on the 8th following a long illness (not cancer, she beat that) at 70.

Sun Peaks Mountain Resort Municipality, British Colombia mayor Al Raine, hitherto the town's only mayor, husband to Winter Olympic gold & silver medalist skier Nancy Greene Raine and father to also-Olympic skier Willy Raine, dead Saturday of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis with adult-onset asthma as a contributing factor at 83 (birth date unknown).

Original Phoenix Suns shooting guard and three-time All-Star-turned-executive Dick Van Arsdale, twin brother to former teammate and also-three-time All-Star Tom Van Arsdale, dead supposedly of kidney failure at 81.

Spanish legendary actress Marisa Paredes, dead of heart failure at 78.

Veteran character actress Diane Delano, best known for her role as Officer Barbara Semanski on Northern Exposure, dead Friday possibly of cancer at 67.

Convicted Washington, D.C. drug kingpin Rayful Edmond III, once known as the city's "king of cocaine", dead in prison of undisclosed causes at 60.

Nihon Falcom founder Masayuki Kato, dead at 78 (birth date unknown).

Tunisian-born Israeli pioneering rock musician & singer-songwriter Corinne Allal, dead after a long battle with cancer at 69.

British lorry firm founder Eddie Stobart, Sr., father to current owner Edward Stobart, Jr., dead on the 25th at 95.

KOLD-TV 13 News anchor Ana Orsini, dead last week after suffering a brain aneurysm at 28.

Children's author & illustrator Jean Adamson (nee Bailey), MBE, best known for the Topsy And Tim series and widow to co-author & illustrator Gareth Adamson, dead Sunday at 96 (technically 24, being a leap year baby).

Belgian sprinter-turned-cycling legend Rik "II" Van Looy, a two-time world champion in the latter, dead at 90 two days shy of his birthday.

90 Day Fiance star David Murphey (note the "e"), dead a week ago of longstanding health issues at 66 (birth date unknown).

Replacements singer-songwriter and guitarist Bob "Slim" Dunlap, dead of complications from his 2012 stroke at 73.

(Formerly West) German Olympic gold medalist javelin thrower Klaus Wolfermann, dead at 78.

NASCAR Hall Of Fame 1965 Daytona 500 champion Fred Lorenzen, Jr., the league's first racer to earn more than $100,000 in a single season, dead of undisclosed causes at 89 twelve days shy of his birthday.

Sports marketer Max Muhleman, credited with inventing the personal seat license, dead Saturday after battling some heart-related issues at 88 (birth date unknown).

Israeli spiritual rapper and eponymous project founder Eliezer Botzer, dead in a car accident at 43 (birth date unknown).

Philip Chawner, father to The X Factor contestants Emma Chawner and Samantha Chawner, dead Sunday at 69.

English retired footballer George Eastham, Jr., OBE, a member of the 1966 World Cup-winning team and son of also-late also-footballer-turned-manager George Eastham, Sr., dead at 88.

OpenAI engineer-turned-whistleblower and activist Suchir Balaji, dead on the 26th seemingly by his own hand at 26.

Hall Of Fame two-time World Series champion Rickey (note the "e") "Man Of Steal" Henderson, still baseball's all-time stolen bases leader, dead after a battle with pneumonia at 65 five days shy of his birthday.

Burt the saltwater crocodile, who made a brief, but memorable, appearance in 1986' "Crocodile" Dundee, dead at an estimated 90 (hatch date unknown).

Actor Waymond Lee, known for multiple eponymous roles, dead Wednesday following complications from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis at 72.

Canadian entrepreneur-turned-philanthropist John Buhler, dead after suffering a stroke at 91 (birth date unknown).

Women Of The Metis Nation & Esquao, The Institute For The Advancement Of Aboriginal Women founder Muriel Stanly Venne, dead at 87 (birth date unknown).

Indian legendary filmmaker, editor and screenwriter Shyam Benegal, dead after suffering from chronic kidney disease at 90.

Swiss Olympic snowboarder Sophie Hediger, killed in an avalanche at 26.

No joke, the above two shared a birthday and died the very same day.

Hitmaking record producer and Grammys Trustee Award recipient Richard Perry, dead after suffering cardiac arrest at 82.

Former Suriname dictator and convicted murderer Desi Bouterse, dead of causes yet unknown at 79.

Holocaust survivor whose Facebook post went viral Yosef Viner, grandfather to Israeli filmmaker and October 7 victim Yahav Viner, dead at 98 (birth date unknown).

Retired legendary Philadelphia Eagles linebacker Bill Bergey, father to former professional lacrosse player Jake Bergey, dead after a three-year cancer battle at 79.

Indian former prime minister Manmohan (one word) Singh, architect of economic reforms and not to be confused with the eponymous filmmaker-cinematographer, dead at 92.