Longtime North Carolina redistricting and election law attorney Thomas Farr, dead following a series of heart problems at 69 five and three-quarter months shy of his birthday.

French vocalist and actor Jean-Paul Vignon, dead on the 22nd of liver cancer at 89.

Dawson Jenner, son of Columbus Blue Jackets captain Boone Jenner, stillborn Sunday.

Venezuelan retired farmer and construction worker Juan Vicente Perez Mora, hitherto the world's oldest man, dead at 114 one and four-fifth months shy of his birthday.

Tony-winning and Pulitzer Prize finalist playwright Christopher Durang, dead of complications from logopenic primary progressive aphasia at 75.

Italian prolific jockey Stefano Cherchi, who rode more than 100 winners in the UK, dead of complications from a head injury at 23 (birth date unknown).

Saskatchewan Roughriders offensive lineman-turned-president & CEO Jim Hopson, who helped his team win two of their four Grey Cup victories from the boardroom, dead Tuesday of Stage 4 colon cancer at 73.

Alabama Sports Hall Of Fame former Miami Dolphins linebacker Mike "Captain Crunch" Kolen, part of the team's undefeated 1972 roster, dead at 76.

British actor Adrian Schiller, dead suddenly of causes yet unknown at 60.

South African footballer and Olympian Luke Fleurs, shot dead in a hijacking at 24.

Detroit Catholic bishop Thomas Gumbleton, who advocated against war & racism and for honor & social justice, dead of undisclosed causes at 94.

J. M. Barrie award-winning British children's author Lynne Reid Banks, best known for the Indian In The Cupboard series, dead of cancer at 94 a little under four months shy of her birthday.

Founding School Of Fish and The Wallflowers guitarist Michael Ward, not to be confused with any of his notable eponymites, dead at 57.

Former British Colombia Lieutenant Governor Iona Campagnolo (nee Hardy), the first woman to hold the position, dead at 91 six and a half months shy of her birthday.

Native American actor Cole Brings Plenty, nephew to Yellowstone co-star Moses J. Brings Plenty, dead of undisclosed causes following a string of legal troubles at 27 (birth date unknown).

Veteran Major League Baseball pitcher-turned-Minor League Baseball coach Pat Zachry, part of the 1976 World Series champion Cincinnati Reds team, dead Thursday following a lengthy illness at 71 twenty days shy of his birthday.

Former Maine governor and US congressman Joseph E. Brennan (note the "E."), dead at 89 a little under seven months shy of his birthday.

Influential Los Angeles civil rights leader The Rev. Dr. Cecil L. "Chip" Murray, dead at 94 (birth date unknown).

Former British Labour MP Lord E. Doug Hoyle, Baron Hoyle JP, father to Commons Leader Sir Lindsay Hoyle, dead at 98.

Irish footballer-turned-manager Joe Kinnear, not to be confused with the eponymous Australian footballer, dead after a long struggle with dementia at 77 eight and two-third months shy of his birthday.

Prolific TV director, race car driver, boat designer and yacht captain Bruce Kessler, brother to author and columnist Stephen Kessler, dead Thursday after a brief illness at 88.

Former Major League Baseball catcher Jerry Grote, who facilitated the New York Mets' 1969 turnaround, dead of respiratory failure following a heart procedure at 81 six months less a day shy of his birthday.

Australian music promoter Garry Van Egmond (note the second "r"), dead of complications following surgery at 82 (birth date unknown).

British television producer and director Nicky Illis, dead of cancer at 53 (birth date unknown).

R & B singer Clarence "Frogman" Henry, best known for his 1956 hit, "Ain't Got No Home", dead of undisclosed causes at 87.

Dutch-born multiple award-winning editor and ultramarathon cyclist Edgar Burcksen, dead Sunday of complications from a heart attack at 76 one and a fifth months shy of his birthday.

2013 Nobel Prize-winning British physicist Peter Higgs, said prize for proposing the existence of his eponymous boson, or "God", particle, dead following a short illness at 94 one and three-quarter months shy of his birthday.

British longtime TV executive Sir Paul Fox, CBE, not to be confused with any of his notable eponymites, dead of complications from a stroke at 98 five and three-fifth months shy of his birthday.

Korean War veteran and Medal Of Honor recipient Ralph Puckett, Jr., dead Monday at 97 exactly eight months shy of his birthday.

Canadian jazz legend Phil Nimmons, father to Canadian Music Centre CEO Holly Nimmons, dead Friday in his sleep at 100 a little under two months shy of his birthday.

German-born Canadian prolific punk rock drummer Jon Card, dead Monday at 63 a little over eight months shy of his birthday.

New York DJ and hip hop producer Mister Cee, born Calvin LeBrun, credited with discovering The Notorious B.I.G., dead of causes yet unknown at 57 four and a quarter months shy of his birthday.