Award-winning Native Hawaiian singer Teresa Bright, dead Sunday at 64 three weeks shy of her birthday.

Major League Baseball third baseman & outfielder-turned-college baseball coach Wayne Graham, who led Rice to seven such World Series and not to be confused with the eponymous South African former field hockey player or New Zealand rugby union player, dead of undisclosed causes at 88.

Civil rights activist Sybil Haydel Morial, respective widow and mother to former New Orleans mayors Ernest "Dutch" Morial and Marc Morial, the former having been the first Black man to hold the position, dead recently of undisclosed causes at 91 (birth date unknown).

Canadian cardiologist and University Of Ottawa Heart Institute co-founder Dr. Donald Beanlands, dead sometime last month at 91 (birth date unknown).

Essayist, pundit, filmmaker and socialite Noel E. Parmentel, Jr., dead Saturday at 98 (birth date unknown).

Chilean tennis legend Luis Ayala Salinas, dead of undisclosed causes at 91 two weeks shy of his birthday.

Ugandan marathon runner and Olympian Rebecca Cheptegei, dead of injuries sustained in her immolation allegedly by her boyfriend at 33.

British prolific veteran producer, production manager and screewriter Norman Spencer, a frequent collaborator with filmmaker David Lean and not to be confused with any of his also-late notable eponymites, dead on the 16th at 110.

Prolific TV writer and producer Eric Gilliland, dead Sunday of colon cancer at 62.

Rapper Dequantes "Rich Homie Quan" Lamar, dead of an accidental multiple drug overdose at 34 a month less a day shy of his birthday.

Brazilian legendary Grammy-winning, Oscar-nominated jazz bandleader and pianist Sergio Mendes, dead of long COVID at 83.

Pop art trailblazer Derek Boshier, who designed two of David Bowie*'s album covers, dead at 87.

*He made the third-best video of 1980.

Don Richardson, father to NFL quarterback D. Deshaun Watson, dead of undisclosed causes at an undisclosed age (birth date unknown).

Assembly Of Manitoba Chiefs grand chief Cathy Merrick, the first woman to attain the position, dead suddenly at 62 (birth date unknown).

Longtime Sha Na Na pianist and songwriter Screamin' Scott Simon, dead after a long battle with sinus cancer at 75 a little over three months shy of his birthday.

Makeup artist Frank Griffin, Jr., who worked on Steve Martin for 20 movies, dead Wednesday of cancer at 95.

North Carolina State Representative Kelly Alexander, Jr., son of also-late NAACP chair Kelly Alexander, Sr. and nephew to also-also-late civil rights activist Frederick Alexander, dead of undisclosed causes at 75 one and a third months shy of his birthday.

Lady Helen Wogan, widow to British renowned television broadcaster Sir Terry Wogan, dead at 88.

Two-time Oscar-winning lyricist Will Jennings, dead of undisclosed causes at 80.

Slovenian-born Marineland owner Marie Holer (birth name unknown), widow to also-Slovenian-born founder John Holer, born Ivan Holerjem, dead at an undisclosed age (birth date unknown).

Former Liverpool captain Ron Yeats (note the spelling), dead possibly of Alzheimer's disease at 86 two and a third months shy of his birthday.

Experimental physicist and former Lawrence Livermore & Los Alamos national laboratories director Charles F. McMillan, dead of injuries sustained in a car crash at 69 (birth date unknown).

Prolific footballer Diondre Overton, shot dead at 26.

Bass guitar legend Brian Keith "Herbie" Flowers, dead Thursday at 86.

Waffle House CEO Walt Ehmer, dead of undisclosed causes at 58.

Australian former Supreme Court Justice Malcolm Blue KC, dead Saturday in a freak tractor accident at 70.

The X Factor season 2 runners-up G4 member Ben Thapa, dead suddenly at 42.

Former CIA officer Edward B. Johnson (note the "B."), the second in Iran for the Argo rescue mission, dead in his sleep after suffering pneumonia on the 27th at 81.

Former NFL linebacker and long snapper Allen Aldridge, Jr., who helped the Denver Broncos win Super Bowl XXXII and son of also-late prolific defensive end Allen Aldridge, Sr., dead of undisclosed causes at 52.

Methid Man wrote:

James Earl Jones, American actor known for his iconic voice acting roles and for his work in theater, dead at 93... I'll miss that guy...

It was of causes yet unknown, he won multiple awards and he was the son of boxer-turned-actor Robert Earl Jones and widower to actress Cecelia Hart.

New York Mets legend Ed Kranepool III, dead following a cardiac arrest at 79 exactly two months shy of his birthday.

Longtime Houston Rockets general manager and assistant coach Carroll Dawson, dead at 86.

Japanese veteran voice actress Emi Shinohara, born Emiko Watanabe, dead Sunday of an undisclosed condition at 61.

Minor League infielder-turned-prolific baseball agent Tony Attanasio, dead on the 30th at 84 one and four-fifth months shy of his birthday.

Veteran voice actor Peter Renaday, best known for playing Master Splinter on the original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles cartoon, dead of undisclosed causes at 89.

Founding Maze frontman Frankie (born Howard) Beverly, dead at 77 a little under three months shy of his birthday.

Former Tennessee senator and ambassador to China Jim Sasser, the last Democrat to hold the former position, dead of a heart attack at 87 twenty days shy of his birthday.

Former Peruvian president and convicted human rights abuser Alberto Fujimori, dead at 86.

Retired prolific running back Kevin Long, not to be confused with any of his notable eponymites, dead of undisclosed causes at 69.