Prolific Canadian actor Kenneth Welsh, father of Majical Cloudz frontman Devon Welsh, dead at 80.

Multiple award-winning country star, occasional actor and Gilley's founder Mickey Gilley, cousin to rock 'n roll pioneer Jerry Lee Lewis and who served as the inspiration for 1980's Urban Cowboy, dead at 86.

Hardcore gangsta rapper-turned-gospel singer-songwriter Jewell Caples, once dubbed "The First Lady Of Death Row Records", dead of undisclosed causes at 53 a little over a month shy of her birthday.

Legendary multiple award-winning comic book artist George Perez, not to be confused with the eponymous retired pitcher or actor, dead Friday of pancreatic cancer at 67 a little over a month shy of his birthday.

Veteran Korean actress Kang Soo-yeon, known as Korea's "first world star", dead of a heart attack and cerebral hemorrhage at 55 three and two-fifth months shy of her birthday.

British TV actor Dennis Waterman, dead of undisclosed causes at 74.

Former model and actor Jethro Lazenby, son of Bad Seeds frontman Nick Cave and also-former model Beau Lazenby, dead of undisclosed causes at 30 an unknown amount of time shy of his birthday.

Former Michigan State basketball standout and prolific NBA player Adreian Payne, shot dead at 31.

Actor Jack Kehler, best known for his role as The Dude's landlord in The Big Lebowski, dead of complications from leukemia at 75 an unknown amount of time shy of his birthday.

First independent Ukrainian president Leonid Kravchuk, dead of undisclosed causes at 88.

Retired actor James Olson, not to be confused with the eponymous author, dead on the 17th or 28th (conflicting sources) at 91 five and two-third or a third months shy of his birthday.

NBA legend Bob Lanier, dead after a short illness at 73 exactly four months shy of his birthday.

Veteran Palestinian Al Jazeera reporter Shireen Abu Akleh, shot dead by Israeli Defense Forces at 51.

Japanese author Katsumoto Saotome, who gathered the accounts of survivors of the U.S. firebombing of Tokyo in World War II to raise awareness of the massive civilian deaths and the importance of peace, dead of organ failure related to old age at 90.

Retired longtime CBS News correspondent Richard Wagner, not to be confused with any of his notable eponymites, dead of undisclosed causes at 85 (birth date unknown).

Veteran prolific stage & screen actor and Naked Angels co-founder Bruce MacVittie, dead Saturday of causes yet unknown at 65 five and a quarter months shy of his birthday.

Frances "Gogo" Noah, paternal grandmother to comedian Trevor Noah, dead in the last week at 95.

Original Boston Patriots member and 1964 AFL MVP Gino Cappelletti, who scored the first regular-season points in the league's history, dead of undisclosed causes at 89.

Character actor Fred Ward, known for the certain retro quality to his persona, dead Sunday at 79 seven and three-quarter months shy of his birthday.

Longtime, long-ailing United Arab Emirates president Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, son of the country's founder, Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan, and half-brother to Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Zayed, dead at 73 a little under four months shy of his birthday.

Oslo Accords central peace negotiator Uri Savir, father to author Mia Savir, dead at 69.

Rapper Lil Keed, born Rahqid Render, younger brother to also-rapper & singer-songwriter Lil Gotit, born Semaja Render, dead of undisclosed causes at 24.

Rhode Island State Police K-9 Ruby, subject of Netflix' Rescued By Ruby, euthanized Friday following a sudden, acute and untreatable illness at 11 (birth date unknown).

Canadian World War II fighter ace James "Stocky" Edwards, dead at 100 three weeks and a day shy of his birthday.

Canadian justice advocate David Milgaard, who spent 23 years in prison on a wrongful rape-murder conviction, dead after a short illness at 69 one and three-quarter months shy of his birthday.

Former Australian cricketer Andrew Symonds, dead in a car crash at 46 a little under a month shy of his birthday.

Veteran singer-actress Maggie Ann Peterson Mancuso, best known for her role as Charlene Darling on The Andy Griffith Show, dead at 81.

Ricky Gardiner, guitarist for David Bowie* and Iggy Pop, dead Friday at 73 three and two-fifth months shy of his birthday.

*He made the third-best video of 1980.

Rosmarie Von Trapp, firstborn of the Von Trapp Family Singers, who inspired The Sound Of Music, dead Friday at 93.

Soap opera actress Marnie Schulenburg, dead following a long battle with stage 4 metastatic breast cancer at 37 four days shy of her birthday.

Influential New York City folk artist Bob Neuwirth, dead of heart failure at 82 a little over a month shy of his birthday.