Disabled rights activist Judy Heumann, dead at 75 nine and a half months shy of her birthday.

Former Chicago White Sox broadcaster Dave Wills, not to be confused with the eponymous also-late Louisville Colonels first baseman, dead at 58 eight days shy of his birthday.

Prolific multi-instrumentalist David Lindley, dead Friday of undisclosed causes at 78 eighteen days shy of his birthday.

SST Records producer and engineer Glenn "Spot" Lockett, dead from a combination of unfortunate factors at 71 a little under four months shy of his birthday.

Lynyrd Skynyrd slide guitarist Gary Rossington, hitherto the band's last surviving original member, dead at 71 nine months less a day shy of his birthday.

Former New Zealand Labour MP Georgina Beyer, the world's first openly transgender member of parliament and tireless advocate for LGBTQ rights, dead of undisclosed causes at 65 a little under eight months to eight and four-fifth months shy of her birthday.

Russian virologist Alexey Botikov, who helped develop the country's Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine, strangled to death with a belt Thursday at 47 (birth date unknown).

Racing d'Abidjan defender Moustapha Sylla, dead following an illness at 21 (birth date unknown).

Bodybuilder, actor, screenwriter and songwriter Ed Fury, born Rupert Edmund Holovchik, best known for playing the titular role in the Ursus trilogy, dead on the 24th at 94 three and a third months shy of his birthday.

Olivia series author and illustrator Ian Falconer, dead of natural causes at 63 five and three-fifth months shy of his birthday.

Filmmaker Bert I. Gordon, known for his low-budget sci-fi cult classics, dead of complications from a fall at 100 six and a half months shy of his birthday.

Israeli Oscar- and Tony-nominated actor, singer and illustrator Chaim Topol, dead following a lengthy battle with Alzheimer's disease at 87 exactly six months shy of his birthday.

First Navajo Nation President Peterson Zah, dead Tuesday at 85 a little under nine months shy of his birthday.

Emmy-winning actor Robert Blake, born Michael James Gubitosi, who was acquitted in the 2001 shooting death of his wife, Bonny Lee Bakley, dead of heart disease at 89 six and a third months shy of his birthday.

Legendary Kansas City Chiefs Hall Of Fame wide receiver Otis Taylor, not to be confused with the eponymous bluesman, dead sometime in the last nine days after a long battle with Parkinson's disease at 80 five and a third months to five months less a day shy of his birthday.

Reality star Denise Russo, best known for her appearance on The X-Life, dead Sunday of toxic effects of fentanyl and methamphetamine at 44 (birth date unknown).

Longtime Family Feud co-executive producer Kristin Bjorklund, dead Sunday of complications from kidney transplant surgery at 67 a little over four months shy of her birthday.

Kiska, hitherto Marineland's only captive Orca and Canada's last such specimen, dead suddenly supposedly at 47 (birth date unknown).

Broadway actor and singer-turned-longtime William Morris agent Peter Kelley, born John Peter Smith, dead on the 28th of natural causes at 97 nine and three-fifth months shy of his birthday.

Four-time Olympic diving champion and second female James Sullivan Award winner Pat McCormick, born Patricia Joan Keller, the first such athlete to sweep the 3-meter and 10-meter events at consecutive Olympics and mother to Olympic silver and bronze medalist diver Kelly Robertson, dead Tuesday of natural causes at 92 a little over two months shy of her birthday.

Legendary Minnesota Lakers & Vikings head coach Harry "Bud" Grant, Jr., dead at 95 two and a third months shy of his birthday.

Dominican-born two-time World Series-winning former San Francisco Giants outfielder Jesús Alou, youngest brother to also-outfielders-(unlike him)-turned-managers Felipe Alou and the late Matty Alou, dead at 80 two weeks shy of his birthday.

Former MTV 120 Minutes VJ and KROQ music director Lewis Largent, dead on the 20th after a long illness at 58 (birth date unknown).

Former Saturday Night Live writer Erin Mahoney Fraser, dead suddenly of a brain hemorrhage on the 3rd at 53 (birth date unknown).

Entomologist and eponymous index creator Justin Schmidt, not to be confused with the also-eponymous soccer player, dead on the 18th of Parkinson's disease at 75 a little over a month shy of his birthday.

Singaporean-born filmmaker Pearry Reginald Teo, brother to producer Chaya Supannarat, dead Thursday of causes yet unknown at 44 four and a half months shy of his birthday.

South African rapper, singer, songwriter and dancer Costa Titch, born Costantinos Tsobanoglou, dead of causes yet unknown at 28 six months less a day shy of his birthday.

Basketball legend Felton Spencer, dead of causes yet unknown at 55.

Manchester United Fans' Advisory Board co-founder Ian Stirling, not to be confused with the eponymous Canadian zoologist & marine biologist or late British actor & television presenter, dead Saturday (at the latest) after a short illness at 57 (birth date unknown).

Lebanon Valley College defensive tackle-turned-XFL athletic trainer Ben Siegfried, dead Thursday of undisclosed causes at 22 (birth date unknown).

Emergency room nurse-turned-longtime Maryland representative Marilyn R. Goldwater (nee Rubin), dead January 7 of complications from Parkinson's disease at 95 twenty-two days shy of her birthday.

Former Alabama Crimson Tide running back Ahmaad Galloway, dead January 9 of an accidental fentanyl, ethanol & xylazine overdose at 42 two months and a day shy of his birthday*.

Olympic gold medalist high jumper Dick Fosbury, who won said medal with his eponymous Flop in 1968, dead after a recurrence with lymphoma at 76.

*Three days ago.

Former prolific Major League All-Star first baseman and outfielder Joe Pepitone, dead at 82 a little under seven months shy of his birthday.

Prolific 1998 Frank Capra Achievement Award-winning behind-the-scenes worker Tom Joyner, not to be confused with the eponymous radio host or comics writer, dead on the 22nd after a long battle with cancer and heart disease at 79 (birth date unknown).

Chinese military physician and political dissident Jiang Yanyong, who blew the whistle on the SARS outbreak in April of 2003*, dead of pneumonia at 91 six and three-quarter months shy of his birthday.

*The very last month of the early 2000s.

Hall Of Fame former Montreal Alouettes defensive tackle Glen Weir, first cousin, once removed to Canadian singer-songwriter Donovan Woods, dead Monday at 71 four and a third months shy of his birthday.

Singer, songwriter and musician Bobby Caldwell, not to be confused with the eponymous prolific drummer, best known for 1978's What You Won't Do For Love, dead of declining health from side effects of fluoroquinolone at 71 five months and a day shy of his birthday.