Egyptian-born former Harrods owner Mohamed Al-Fayed, father of Princess Di co-casualty Dodi Al-Fayed, dead Wednesday at 94.

Pioneering Canadian stage actor & director Marti Maraden, dead at 78.

Country Music Award-winning Calypso folk-pop singer Jimmy Buffett, who turned beach bum life into an empire, dead of complications from merkel cell carcinoma at 76 three and three-quarter months shy of his birthday.

British singer-songwriter Faye Fantarrow, mentee to Dave Stewart of Eurythmics*, dead a week ago of glioma at 21.

*They made the fourth-best video of 1984 and the second-best video of 1987.

Former New Mexico Congressman & governor and U.S U.N. ambassador Bill Richardson III, dead in his sleep of undisclosed causes at 75 two and a half months shy of his birthday.

Canadian architect Raymond Moriyama, who designed some of the country's most iconic buildings, dead at 93 one and a third months shy of his birthday.

Valdronius wrote:

The world has rolled Steve Harwell for the final time. RIP Smash Mouth singer.

It was of acute liver failure and he was 56.

Longtime Minnesota North Stars denfeseman Brad Maxwell, dead after a battle with lung cancer at 66.

Child actor-turned-1976 two-hit wonder Gary Wright, dead possibly of Lewy body dementia and/or Parkinson's disease at 80.

Panamanian footballer Gilberto Hernandez, shot dead at 26.

Emmy-winning NY1 anchor Ruschell Boone (nee West), dead Sunday of complications from pancreatic cancer at 48.

Award-winning playwright and TV writer & producer Nathan Louis Jackson, dead on the 22nd of undisclosed causes at 44 (birth date unknown).

Canadian country singer-songwriter and longtime Runrig frontman Bruce Guthro, dead following a battle with cancer at 62.

Austrian-born Canadian journalist and author Peter C. Newman, born Peta K. Neuman, dead of complications from a stroke suffered last year at 94.

Bloom, Hergott LLP co-founder Jake Bloom, who represented many of Hollywood's elite, dead of natural causes at 81 (birth date unknown).

Country singer-songwriter Charlie Robison, ex-husband to Emily Strayer of The (Dixie) Chicks, dead of complications from a medical procedure at 59.

Prolific jazz double-bassist Richard Davis, not to be confused with any of his notable eponymites, who played with such artists as Van Morrison, Miles Davis (no relation), Bruce Springsteen and Paul Simon, dead Wednesday at 93.

Former Boston Celtics and Orlando Magic power forward Brandon Hunter, dead of undisclosed causes at 42 two and two-fifth months shy of his birthday.

Former Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Buffalo Bills wide receiver Mike Williams, not to be confused with any of his notable eponymites, dead of bacterial sepsis traced to a dental infection and retained tooth roots with cardiovascular disease as a contributing factor following injuries sustained in a construction accident at 36.

English actress Jean Boht (nee Dance), best known for her role as Nellie Boswell on Bread and widow to the aforementioned Carl Davis, dead at 91.

Former Bureau Of Indian Affairs Alaska director and Bethel Vice Mayor Eugene "Buzzy" Peltola, Jr., husband to congresswoman Mary Peltola (nee Sattler, nee Akalleq, nee Nelson), dead in a plane crash at an undisclosed age (birth date unknown).

Prolific former NBA guard and forward Stanley "Whitey" Von Nieda, hitherto the league's oldest living alumnus and the first such centenarian, dead on the 6th at 101.

Three-time Daytime Emmy-winning soap opera actor Billy Miller, not to be confused with any of his notable eponymites, dead Friday by his own hand at 43 two days shy of his birthday (today).

Kenyan-born British folk legend Roger Whittaker, dead Wednesday at 87.

Heldentenor Stephen Gould, dead possibly of bile duct cancer at 61.

702 member Irish Grinstead, identical twin sister to bandmate LeMisha Grinstead, dead Saturday of an undisclosed illness at 43.

Prolific British TV producer Dean Jones, not to be confused with any of his notable eponymites (only one of whom is still alive AFAIK), dead at 56 (birth date unknown).

Veteran Grammy-winning country singer-songwriter Mike Henderson, who won said award for his collaboration with Chris Stapleton on "Broken Halos" and not to be confused with the eponymous Missouri representative, dead of undisclosed causes at 70.