Octo, Octo, Octo....

So far, here are the list of notable persons who have died in 2014 from December 1-9, who were also born in October (on different days):

• Sacvan Bercovitch (October 4, 1933 – December 9, 2014)
• Norman Mair (7 October 1928 – 7 December 2014)
• Ion Butmalai (9 October 1964 – 9 December 2014) 
• Nedunuri Krishnamurthy (10 October 1927 – 8 December 2014) 
• Jože Toporišič (October 11, 1926 – December 9, 2014)  
• Peter Furneaux (12 October 1935 – 2 December 2014) 
• Aleksandar "Aco" Petrović (October 14, 1959 – December 1, 2014) 
• Rocky Wood (19 October 1959 – 1 December 2014)
• Vincent Lee McKusick (born October 21, 1921- December 4, 2014 
• Emma Lou Warner Thayne (22 October 1924 – 6 December 2014)
• Deven Varma (23 October 1937 – 2 December 2014) 
• Arthur Leipzig (October 25, 1918 – December 5, 2014)
• Sjefke Janssen (October 28, 1919–December 3, 2014)
• Mario Abramovich (31 October 1926 – 1 December 2014 

This is truly astounding... butt the question now needing to be asked, is WHY... WHAT'S this all about?!