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 Note the following in regards to a notable person recently added to Wikipedia’s Deaths in 2026 site: 

Rhoda Roberts (8 July 1959 – 21 March 2026) 66, Aboriginal arts                     (*rots)

That her surname is an addition to the “First and Last 2 Letters in Name Makes a Word” pattern cluster, providing us with “rots” (again), is our first twin heads upp, and then her birthday is our second, given the following other recent addition:  

Tom Georgeson (8 August 1937 – 18 March 2026) 88, actor (Between the Lines, A Fish Called Wanda, Notes on a Scandal).

We have a “__, July 8, August 8, __/ 8th Day, Month Sequence” pattern cluster.   As well, August 8th is my ex-husbands birthday, Allison, … and so this new addition to Wikipedia’s Deaths in 2026 site is also an addition to the “Timely” pattern cluster.  I vaguely recollect an 8th day cluster that cropped up at some point this month so I investigated the list of deaths and arrived at the following others in the first 6 days of March: 

• Antonio Puddu (8 May 1944 – 6 March 2026)
• Corey Parker (July 8, 1965 – March 5, 2026) 
• Albert Jack Zuckerman (September 8, 1931 – March 5, 2026) 
• Philip Stewart Low (August 8, 1947 – March 4, 2026) 
• José Luis Álvarez Núñez (8 December 1960 – 2 March 2026) 
• Slavcho Angelov Krumov (8 October 1975 – 1 March 2026)****
• Josep Perarnau i Espelt (8 July 1928 – 1 March 2026)****
• Jonathan Tyler (8 June 1940 – 1 March 2026)****
• Alexander Tzonis (8 November 1937 – 1 March 2026)****

In the first 6 days of March we had a “May 8, June 8, July 8(x2), August 8, September 8, October 8, November 8, December 8/8th Day, Month Sequence” pattern cluster. , that covers the last “8” months of the year.  Should I have spent time with this,… at the time, I would have investigated July 8th— given the inner twin propensity for generating clusters in groups of 3 or more, this would have been a prompt…, so never too late.  On the July 8th wiki page, I begin using the formula, … butt something caught my eye just below… and outside the box: 

2002 – Ward Kimball (March 4, 1914 – July 8, 2002) animator, trombonist            (*ward, kill)

It was is first and surname Ward Kimball, that stood out, given that when applying the “First and Last 2 Letters in Name Makes a Word” pattern cluster, we then get “ward” and  “kill”,… so a real eye opener!!  As for his birthday, March 4th, since we’re in the month of March, I checked the list above to see which person(s) who recently passed away on March 4th, … there was only one: 

Philip Low (August 8, 1947 — March 4, 2026) 78, chemist

I then went down the July 8th day notable deaths list and came to the next person whose surname falls under the “First and Last 2 Letters in Name Makes a Word” pattern cluster ,… and so making “sods”: 

2007 – Jack B. Sowards (March 18, 1929 - July 8, 2007) screenwriter, producer

Again, like Kimball, he was born in March, so venturing to the above notables who died this month, I looked for one who died on March 18, and once again there is one: 

Tom Georgeson (8 August 1937 – 18 March 2026) 88, actor (Between the Lines, A Fish Called Wanda, Notes on a Scandal).

 So what are the chances of THAT— he was also born on August 8th!! I checked out others found on the July 8 notable deaths list and found two who were also born on the 8th day: 

• 2011 – Betty Ford(née Bloomer; formerly Warren; April 8, 1918 – July 8, 2011) 38th First Lady of the United States                                                                                                (*ford)

Betty’s surname is also an addition to the “First and Last 2 Letters in Name Makes a Word” pattern cluster, and so making “ford”, AND, her birthday adds to the cluster: “April 8, May 8, June 8, July 8(x2), August 8, September 8, October 8, November 8, December 8/8th Day, Month Sequence” pattern cluster

I continued along the list of notables who died July 8th and then came to the next whose first name is an addition to the “First and Last 2 Letters in Name Makes a Word” pattern cluster, making “lace”: 

• ^{2022 – Lawrence Storch (January 8, 1923 - July 8, 2022)} actor, comedian           (*lace)

Note his birthday… January 8th is also the birthday of my stepson, Gillman. His birthday adds to the cluster: “ January 8, …, __, April 8, May 8, June 8, July 8(x2), August 8, September 8, October 8, November 8, December 8/8th Day, Month Sequence” pattern cluster

For the record, the following others who passed this month (in the latter part), also were born on the 8th day:  

• James Taylor Fleeting (8 April 1955 – 15 March 2026) 
• Lyudmila Mikhailovna Arinina (8 November 1926 – 14 March 2026)
• Trevor George McMahon (8 November 1929 – 12 March 2026)
• Michael Hague (September 8, 1948 – March 10, 2026) 
• Moon Yong-joo (8 February 1933 – 10 March 2026)

So the cluster expands: 

“ January 8, February 8, __, April 8(x2), May 8, June 8, July 8(x2), August 8, September 8(x2), October 8, November 8(x3), December 8/8th Day, Month Sequence” pattern cluster

Strangely enough, we have one gap… and it’s March 8th.   So … fill your boots … and maybe you’ll find another ass!!