Hawaiian-born former yokozuna Akebono Taro, born Chadwick Haheo Rowan, the first foreign-born sumo to attain the rank, dead at 54 a little under a month shy of his birthday.

Former football player, actor & golfer, acquitted murderer and convicted armed robber O.J. Simpson, dead following a battle with prostate cancer at 76 three months less a day shy of his birthday.

Canadian-born TV journalist Robert MacNeil, hitherto the surviving co-creator and original anchor of NewsHour, dead of natural causes at 93.

Italian renowned fashion designer Roberto Cavalli, husband to model Sandra Nilsson, dead at 83 a little over seven months shy of his birthday.

Emmy-winning documentary filmmaker Eleanor Coppola (nee Neil), wife to filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola and mother to actors Gian-Carlo Coppola (deceased), Roman Coppola and Sofia Coppola (also a writer-director), dead of undisclosed causes at 87 a little under a month shy of her birthday.

Lori Schappell and George Schappell, hitherto the world's oldest living conjoined twins, dead Sunday of undisclosed causes at 62 five and a third months shy of their birthday.

Pioneering quilt artist and author Faith Ringgold (nee Jones), dead at 93 a little under six months shy of her birthday.

Healthcare executive-turned-horse breeder and owner Martin J. Wygod, dead Thursday in his sleep at 84.

Rock singer-turned-veteran character actor Ron Thompson, not to be confused with any of his notable eponymites, dead Saturday of undisclosed causes at 83.

Scottish boxing champion Willie Limond, father to also-boxer Jake Limond, dead following a seizure at 45.

England cricket great Derek Underwood, the most prolific spin bowler in the national team's test history, dead of undisclosed causes at 78 one and three-quarter months shy of his birthday.

Palestinian-born Israeli Prize-winning founding Ha Tarnegolim (The Roosters) frontwoman-turned-musical theater director Naomi Polani, dead at 96 three and two-third months shy of her birthday.

Alabama quarterback-turned-coach & administrator Steve Sloan, Sr., dead Sunday at 79 a little over four months shy of his birthday.

Scottish actor Vincent Friell, best known for his roles in Trainspotting and on Still Game, dead Sunday at 64.

German former footballer Bernd Holzenbein, who won a crucial penalty for the West's victory over the Netherlands at the 1974 World Cup final, dead of undisclosed causes at 78.

Major League Baseball player-turned-St. Louis Cardinals manager Dorrel "Whitey" Herzog, who guided the team to three pennants and a World Series championship in the 1980s, dead at 92 six and four-fifth months shy of his birthday.

Former Brooklyn (now Los Angeles) Dodgers pitcher Carl Erskine, hitherto one of two surviving "Boys Of Summer", dead at 97 a little under eight months shy of his birthday.

Renowned Walt Disney Imagineering & movie poster artist Dan Goozee, dead on the 7th after a two-year battle with an age-related condition at 80 (birth date unknown).

Dungeon Family co-founder, Organized Noize member and Outkast producer Rico Wade, dead Saturday of undisclosed causes at 52.

Former Florida governor D. Bob Graham, dead at 87 six and three-quarter months shy of his birthday.

The Gazette bassist Reita (real name unknown), dead suddenly Monday at 42 one and two-fifth months shy of his birthday.

Former University of Albany defensive back Amitral "AJ" Simon, dead of a heart attack at 25 (birth date unknown).

Founding Allman Brothers Band singer-songwriter and guitarist F. Dickey Betts, dead of cancer and chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder at 80 seven and four-fifth months shy of his birthday.

Grammy-winning American Idol season 5 ninth-place-finishing gospel singer Mandisa Hundley, the show's first alumnus to be thusly honored, dead of causes yet unknown at 47 five and a half months shy of her birthday.

Former Writers Guild Of America West senior executive Jane Nefeldt, dead Tuesday of undisclosed causes at 71 five and a quarter months shy of her birthday.

British cricketer-turned-administrator Raman Subba Row, dead Wednesday at 92.

Former Major League Baseball first baseman & outfielder Dave McCarty, dead after a cardiac event at 54 a little over seven months shy of his birthday.

Longtime associated press journalist and newspaper publisher John Brewer, drowned at 76 a little over six months shy of his birthday.

Legendary former Los Angeles Rams starting quarterback Roman Gabriel, Jr., the first Filipino-American to play the position, dead at 83 three and a half months shy of his birthday.

Prolific British conductor Sir Andrew Davis, not to be confused with the eponymous filmmaker or also-British businessman, dead of leukemia at 80.

Associated Press journalist Terry Anderson, not to be confused with any of his notable eponymites, who was kidnapped by Hezbollah in 1985 and held for nearly seven years, making him America's longest-held hostage, dead of causes yet unknown at 76 six and a fifth months shy of his birthday.

Music journalist and pastor Brian Quincy Newcomb, who was a tastemaker for the Christian alternative rock scene of the 1980s & '90s, dead Wednesday of recurrent cancer at 67 (birth date unknown).

New York City TikTok influencer and Club Rat creator & star Eva Evans, sister to artist Lila Joy, dead sometime in the last three days of causes yet unknown at 29 (birth date unknown).

Longtime civil rights activist and scholar William Strickland, a friend to Malcolm X (nee Little) and not to be confused with any of his many, many notable eponymites, dead on the 10th at 87 (birth date unknown).