Legendary kathak dancer P. Birju Maharaj"-ji", born Brij Mohan Nath Mishra, dead of a heart attack possibly induced by a kidney ailment at 83 eighteen days shy of his birthday.

Dixie Cups singer Rosa Lee Hawkins, dead Tuesday of complications during surgery at 76 nine and a third months shy of her birthday.

Acclaimed photojournalist, documentarian and promotional still photgrapher Steve Schapiro, dead Saturday of pancreatic cancer at 87 an unknown amount of time shy of his birthday.

Cecile Klein, hitherto Canada's oldest living person, dead Thursday at 114 a little over five months shy of her birthday.

Senegalese-born Juno-winning Quebec singer-songwriter Karim Ouellet, dead of severe complications from diabetes at 37 twenty-three days shy of his birthday.

NOTE: He actually died in November, so this should go into last year's thread.

Retired actress and writer Yvette Mimieux, best known for her role in 1960's The Time Machine, dead in her sleep of natural causes at 80.

Retired shoemaker Saturnino De La Fuente Garcia, hitherto the world's oldest man, dead at 112 three weeks or twenty-four days (conflicting sources) shy of his birthday.

Women's basketball pioneer Lusia Harris, subject of 2021's The Queen Of Basketball, dead suddenly at 66 twenty-three days shy of her birthday.

Legendary fashion journalist Andre Leon Talley, dead of undisclosed causes at 73 a little under nine months shy of his birthday.

Madrid soccer great Francisco "Paco" Gento, the only player ever to win six European Cups, dead of undisclosed causes at 88 a little over nine months shy of his birthday.

Cesar-winning French actor Gaspard Ulliel, who recently finished filming his role as Midnight Man for Moon Knight, dead of injuries suffered in a skiing accident at 37 a little over ten months shy of his birthday.

Longtime Asonance vocalist Hana Horka, dead Sunday of complications from intentionally-contracted COVID-19 at 57 (birth date unknown).

Former East German defensive all-rounder Hans-Jurgen "Dixie" Dorner, known as the "Beckenbauer of the East", dead after a long illness at 70 six days shy of his birthday.

Canadian singer-songwriter R. Dean Taylor, one of Motown Records' most successful white artists, who penned some of their biggest hits, dead on the 7th of COVID-19 at 82 a little over four months shy of his birthday.

Longtime central Nebraska sportscaster Ed Littler, dead Tuesday of COVID-19 at 70 (birth date unknown).

German actor Hardy Kruger, born Franz Eberhard August Krueger, dead suddenly at 93 two and three-quarter months shy of his birthday.

Actress, singer and former Montreal west end city councillor Sonya Biddle, daughter of late jazz singer Charlie Biddle, Sr. and sister to jazz musician Stephanie Biddle and singer-songwriter and actor Charles Biddle, Jr., dead of cancer at 64.

Former TF1 & Canal+ executive Gilles Meunier, dead on the 7th after a short illness at 70 (birth date unknown).

Thelma Sutcliffe, hitherto the oldest living person in America, dead Monday at 115 nine and a third months shy of her birthday.

Golf legend Bob Goalby, dead Wednesday at 92 a little under two months shy of his birthday (see below).

Actress-singer Carol Speed, who made a name for herself in 1970s blaxploitation films, dead Wednesday at 76 a little under two months shy of her birthday (see above).

Rock legend and actor Meat Loaf*, born Marvin Lee Aday, known for his Bat Out Of Hell album trilogy and appearnces in The Rocky Horror Picture Show and Fight Club, dead of undisclosed causes at 74 a little over eight months shy of his birthday.

*He made the fourth-worst video of 1993.

Emmy-winning actor-comedian, Life With Louie creator/star and former Family Feud host Louie Anderson*, dead of complications from cancer at 68 a little over two months shy of his birthday.

Thoroughbred horse Popcorn Deelites, best known for playing the titular role in 2003's Seabiscuit, dead of complications from colic at 23 a little under three months shy of his birthday.

*My family thought he died in 2000 until my mother and I happened to see him on TV three and a half years ago.

Actor, writer and Groundlings performer R. Breck Denny, Jr., dead Monday of a rare spontaneous splenic artery rupture at 34 (birth date unknown).

Producer and one-time songwriter Morris "Mace" Neufeld, best known for backing the films featuring Jack Ryan, dead at 93 six months less a week shy of his birthday.

Zen Buddhist monk, poet and peace activist Thich Nhat Hanh, born Nguyen Xuan Bao, who rose to prominence in the 1960s as an opponent of the Vietnam War, dead at 95 nine and a third months shy of his birthday.

Hockey Hall Of Fame forward Clark Gillies, dead of undisclosed causes at 67 two and a half months shy of his birthday.

Deejay Ian Alexander, Jr., son of award-winning actress-director Regina King and record producer Ian Alexander, Sr., dead by his own hand at 26.

French adventurer Jean-Jacques Savin, dead while attempting a solo row across the Atlantic Ocean at 75 (birth date unknown).

Founding Ventures rhythm guitarist Don Wilson, not to be confused with any of his notable eponymites, dead of natural causes at 88 nineteen days shy of his birthday.

Former winning Indy car team owner Vince Granatelli, Sr., son of STP promoter Andy Granatelli, dead at an undisclosed age (birth date unknown).

French fashion legend M. Thierry Mugler, dead of undisclosed causes at 73 a little under eleven months shy of his birthday.

Hungarian six-time Olympic gymnastic medalist and two-time Sportsman Of The Year winner Szilveszter Csollany, dead of COVID-19 at 51 two and three-quarter months shy of his birthday.

Convicted former New York Assembly speaker Sheldon Silver, dead in federal prison of causes yet unknown at 77 twenty days shy of his birthday.

Turkish film actress and former Sisli mayor Fatma Girik, dead of multiple organ failure at 79 ten and two-third months shy of her birthday.