Japanese actress-singer-songwriter Sayaka Kanda, best known for voicing Anna in the Japanese dub of Disney's Frozen, dead Saturday of a possible suicide by jumping at 35.

Detroit Tigers first base coach Kimera Bartee, dead at 49.

Robert Witt and Diane Witt, parents of actress and musician Alicia Witt, dead sometime in the last week or so of causes yet unknown at 87 and 75, respectively (birth dates unknown).

Actor Jack Hedley (nee Hawkins), best known for his roles in Lawrence Of Arabia and For Your Eyes Only, dead on the 11th after a short illness at 92.

Former Kawasaki head designer Shunji Tanaka, whose designs breathed new life into the company, dead at 75 (birth date unknown).

Almihan Seyiti, the oldest person to ever live and the last living person born in the 19th century (January 1, 1801 to December 31, 1900), dead Thursday at 135.

Veteran special effects supervisor Richard Conway, not to be confused with any of his notable eponymites, dead at 79.

Author and literary icon Joan Didion, credited with ushering in "new journalism" with her essays on Los Angeles life in the tumultuous 1960s, dead at 87.

Prolific lead guitarist Robin Le Mesurier (nee Halliley), son of comedy actors John Le Mesurier and Hattie Jacques, dead Wednesday of cancer at 68.

Canadian right-wing journalist Edward "Ted" Byfield, a catalyst for the rise of Western conservatism, dead at 93.

Treat Her Right and Morphine drummer Billy Conway, not to be confused with the eponymous 1980s amateur boxer, dead Sunday of cancer at 65.

Pioneering New South banjoist J. D. Crowe, dead at 84.

Masters Of The Universe toy designer T. Mark Taylor, dead Thursday of congestive heart failure at 80.

Indigenous Canadian comic and eponymous show creator and host Candy Palmater, dead of causes yet unknown at 53.

Archbishop and anti-Apartheid activist Desmond Tutu, dead at 90.

Former Greek president and longtime socialist lawmaker and minister Karolos Papoulias, dead at 92.

Cincinnati philanthropist matriarch Nancy Keating, widow to former Ohio congressman-turned-newspaper executive William J. Keating, Sr., dead Friday at 94 (birth date unknown).

Painter Wayne Thiebaud, known for his luscious paintings of cakes and San Francisco cityscapes, dead at 101.

Racing family matriarch Martha Earnhardt, widow to NASCAR legend Ralph Earnhardt, dead at 91 (birth date unknown).

Texas lawyer Sarah Weddington, who successfully argued Roe v. Wade in the early 1970s (January 1, 1970 to April 30, 1973), dead of causes yet unknown at 76.

British-born historian, longtime Yale professor and sinologist Jonathan D. Spence, best known for his 1990 bestseller, The Search For Modern China, dead of complications from Parkinson's disease at 85.

Former Marvelettes singer Wanda Young, dead on the 15th of complications from COPD at 78.

Canadian Emmy-winning, Oscar-nominated filmmaker, editor, screenwriter and producer Jean-Marc Vallee, best known for helming Dallas Buyers Club, dead suddenly at 58.

Pioneering Harvard biologist Edward O. Wilson, known as "the ant man" (not that one), who advanced the provocative theory that human behavior, such as war and altruism, has a genetic basis and warned against the decline of ecosystems, dead at 92.

Acclaimed Broadway performer Harvey Evans (nee Hohnecker), dead Friday at 80 (birth date unknown).

Biologist and ecologist Thomas E. Lovejoy, known as "the Godfather of Biodiversity", dead Saturday at 80.

Argentine former soccer player and coach Hugo "El Turco" Maradona, brother to late legend Diego Maradona, dead of undisclosed causes at 52.

DarknessDeku wrote:

John Madden, famous football coach and broadcaster, has unexpectedly died at age 85.

The causes are undisclosed.

Former Senate majority leader and longest-serving Nevada congressman Harry Reid, dead of pancreatic cancer at 82.

Angela Kukawski, business manager to such clients as the Kardashians and Nicki Minaj, dead a week ago in a suspected homicide at 55 (birth date unknown).

Preservation Hall co-founder Sandra Jaffe, widow to fellow co-founder Allan Jaffe, dead Monday of undisclosed causes at 83 (birth date unknown).

ESPN Chicago Bears reporter Jeff Dickerson, dead of complications from colon cancer at 44 (birth date unknown).

Texas oil billionaire William "Tex" Moncrief, Jr., dead at 101.

Third-generation Wilmington Journal editor and publisher Mary Alice Jervay Thatch, dead of undisclosed causes at 78 (birth date unknown).