Saturday, October 19, 2013

Terry Rhodes RIIP: 7th Heaven In-Roads

The Deaths in 2013 site lists under October:
Terry Rhoads, 61, American actor (Liar LiarHitchcockThe Day After Tomorrow), amyloidosis
I found his surname curious so I decided to check out the etymology re http://surnames.behindthename.com/name/rhodes:
Either a topographical name derived from Old English rod meaning "a clearing in woodland", or a locational name from any of the locations named with this word.
 his wiki page.  From the list of films/tv series that he acted in, one stood out: 7th Heaven, because cropped up in my recent October 1st posts: 
Note the following from the 7th heaven wiki page:
The series premiered on August 26, 1996 
August 26th is an addition to the recent and very prominent "Off By One" pattern-cluster... as in one off from my grand daughters birthday, August 25th.  All three dates re August 24, 25 and 26 have cropped up so frequently that I've decided to give them their on category-- the "Aug 24, 25, 26" pattern-cluster.

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