Irish Dunnes Stores heir and eponymous gym founder Ben Dunne, who was kidnapped and subsequently released by the IRA in 1981, dead of a heart attack at 74.

Prolific actor Peter Spellos, best known for voicing Sky-Byte on Transformers: Robots In Disguise, dead of pancreatic cancer at 69.

Former First Lady and eponymous Center co-founder E. Rosalynn Carter (nee Smith), wife to former U.S. president and fellow co-founder James Carter II, dead at 96.

British two-time BAFTA-nominated stage and screen actor S. E. Jocelyn "Joss" Ackland, best known for his roles in Lethal Weapon 2 and White Mischief, dead at 95.

Portuguese singer-songwriter Sara Tavares, whose 1994 Festival Da Cancau victory led to her participation in Eurovision that year, dead after a 14-year battle with brain cancer at 45.

Former South African Rugby Union lock Johannes "Hannes" Strydom, who was part of the 1995 World Cup-winning team, dead in a car accident at 58.

Oceanographer Captain Don Walsh, the first person to explore the Mariana Trench and not to be confused with any of his notable eponymites, dead on the 12th at 92.

Former Waitresses and Psychedelic Furs saxophonist Mars Williams, dead of ampullary cancer at 68.

Golf legend Eddie "The Li'l Pro" Merrins, dead after a long illness at 91.

Dutch-born All-Star former Calgary Stampeders & Denver Broncos defensive lineman Harald Hasselbach, who helped his teams win a Grey Cup and Super Bowl, respectively, dead of mucinous adenocarcinoma at 56.

BBC star and restaurateur Russell (note the second "l") Norman, dead at 57 (birth date unknown).

Longtime New York Mets catcher Ron Hodges, not to be confused with the eponymous also-late entomologist and lepidopterist, dead at 74.

Irish-born Emmy-winning filmmaker and cinematographer Ross McDonnell, best known for the latter on The Trade, dead suddenly on the 5th at 44 (birth date unknown).

Prolific record executive Phil "Q" Quartararo, dead Wednesday of pancreatic cancer at 67.

American-born McDonald's Canada & Ronald McDonald Children's Charities founder George Cohon, who helped bring the chain to the Soviet Union, dead at 86.

Canadian-American prolific children's show co-creator and co-producer Marty Krofft (nee Yolas), younger brother to fellow Sid Krofft (same) and known as the King Of Saturday Mornings, dead of kidney failure at 86.

Veteran Hollywood publicist and communications strategist Rita Hollingsworth, dead on the 16th of an intracerebral brain hemorrhage at 61.

Grammy-nominated soul R&B singer Jean Knight, best known for 1971's "Mr. Big Stuff", dead Wednesday of natural causes at 80.

TV-turned-film director Elliot Silverstein, who was the guiding force behind the establishment of the Director's Cut, dead Friday at 96.

Photographer Larry Fink, brother to late civil rights lawyer Elizabeth Fink, ex-husband to artist Joan Snyder and not to be confused with the eponymous BlackRock CEO, dead Saturday of undisclosed causes at 82.

Reporter-turned-novelist Tim Dorsey, known for his Serge A. Storms series of murder comedies, dead Sunday of undisclosed causes at 62.

Berkshire Hathaway vice chairman Charlie Munger, dead at 99.

German-born TV & film producer and Eden Rock Media founder Thomas Augsberger, dead suddenly at 60 (birth date unknown).

Veteran two-time Tony-winning character actress Frances Sternhagen, widow to actor Thomas A. Carlin, dead Monday of natural causes at 93.

German-born Nobel Peace Prize-co-winning former Secretary of State Dr. Henry (nee Heinz) Kissinger, the first Jew to hold the position, dead at 100.

Engineer and retired NASA astronaut Dr. Mary L. Cleave, the first woman to fly a space shuttle mission following the Challenger disaster, dead Monday of undisclosed causes at 76.

English-born founding Pogues frontman Shane MacGowan, dead after contracting pneumonia following a lengthy battle with viral encephalitis at 65 twenty-five days shy of his birthday.

Former Scottish chancellor Baron Alistair Darling Of Roulanish, dead at 70.

1940 Tournament Of Roses Queen and retired kindergarten teacher Margaret Huntley Main, hitherto the oldest living such titleholder, dead a week ago of undisclosed causes at 102.

Influential Detroit pastor emeritus The Reverend Charles Gilchrist Adams, dead Wednesday following a bout with pneumonia at 86 two weeks shy of his birthday.

First-ever female Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, dead of complications relating to advanced dementia and a respiratory illness at 93.

Scottish playwright and Tutti Frutti creator John Byrne, not to be confused with the eponymous British comics writer, dead at 83.

Founding Guess Who and Bachman-Turner Overdrive multi-instrumentalist Chad Allan, born Allan Kowbel, dead on the 21st at 80.

Longtime Industrial Light And Magic VFX artist and Robot Wars creator Marc Thorpe, dead of complications related to Parkinson's disease at 77.

Former Minister Of State For Europe Baroness Glenys Kinnock (nee Parry) Of Holyhead, wife to former Labour Party leader Lord Neil Kinnock, dead at 79.