Actor Thomas Jefferson Byrd, a frequent Spike Lee collaborator since 1995, shot dead at 70.

Former two-term Louisiana governor Murphy James "Mike" Foster, who served from 1996 to 2004, dead at 90.

Actor, director and producer Clark Middleton, known for his roles in The Blacklist, Twin Peaks and Kill Bill: Vol. 2, dead Sunday of West Nile Virus at 63.

Afghan international cricket batsman Najeeb Tarakai, dead from injuries sustained in a traffic accident at 29.

It was in the throat.

They made the third-best videos of 1984 and 1992.

Singer-songwriter, actor and producer Johnny Nash, best known for "I Can See Clearly Now", dead of natural causes at 80.

Persian music master and Iranian protest backer Mohammad Reza Shajarian, dead of cancer at 80.

Lyon Gardiner Tyler, Jr., grandson of 10th United States president John Tyler, Jr., dead on the 26th of complications from Alzheimer's at 95.

1995 Nobel Prize in chemistry winner Mario Molina, whose discovery of chlorofluorocarbons as being the cause of the thinning ozone layer led to him being the only Mexican scientist to be thusly awarded, dead Wednesday of undisclosed causes at 77.

Legendary New York Yankees pitcher Edward Charles "Whitey" Ford, dead at 91 thirteen days shy of his birthday.

Ex-Major League Baseball executive Jimmie Lee Solomon, who established youth academies and helped launch the annual Futures Game of top prospects, dead of causes yet unknown at 64.

Desiree S. Anzalone, eldest great-granddaughter of Desi Arnaz, Sr. and Lucille Ball, dead on the 27th of stage 4 breast cancer at 31 (birth date unknown).

Barbara, rescue dog to Kristen Bell and Dax Shepard, dead last weekend of an infection caused by worms at an uncertain age.

TV host Tom Kennedy, born Jim Narz (later Sr.), best known for hosting You Don't Say! and Name That Tune, dead Wednesday at 93.

This should more than make up for that:

Roberta Wright McCain, mother of late U.S. Senator John McCain, dead of undisclosed causes at 108.

Legendary Hall Of Fame Cincinatti Reds second baseman Joe Morgan, dead at 77.

Prolific character actress Conchata Ferrell, best known for her role as Berta on Two And A Half Men, dead of complications from a cardiac arrest at 77.

Egyptian actor and pillar of the country's film industry during the second half of the 20th century Mahmoud Yassin, dead of age-related health problems at 79.

Saskatchewan farmer Percy Schmeiser, whose late '90s legal battle against Monsanto was recently immortalized in the movie, Percy, dead of Parkinson's at 89.

Lawyer Bernard S. Cohen, who won a landmark case that led to anti-mixed marriage laws being struck down, dead Monday of complications from Parkinson's at 86.

Founding Kopperhead Kings member Steven "Saint Dog" Thronson, dead Tuesday of causes yet unknown at 44 eight days shy of his birthday.

Pro Football Hall Of Fame San Francisco '49ers pass rusher Fred Dean, not to be confused with any of his notable eponymites, who helped start the team's dynasty, dead of the coronavirus at 68.