Esma Redžepova & Thomas Oden RIIIIP: Gypsy Queens

The Deaths in 2016 site lists under December 11 and 8 respectively:

• Esma Redžepova, 73, Macedonian Romani singer 
• Thomas C. Oden, 85, American theologian 

The two deaths are linked and to explain I'll begin with Esma.  

• Esma Redžepova (born 8 August 1943 – 11 December 2016) 

I decided to investigate her further due to the fact that her birthday, August 8th is the same as my
ex husband's, so an addition to the "Targeting Family Birthdays" pattern cluster... and a heads up. As well there the "8th" day has cropped up a number of times as of late.  So the next leg of my investigation brought me to the following information regarding notable persons mentioned on her wiki page:

• Šaban Bajramović (16 April 1936 – 8 June 2008)
• Stevo Teodosievski (April 16, 1924 – April 9, 1997)
• Gjorge Ivanov (May 2, 1960), 
• Muharem Serbezovski  (May 2, 1950)
• Josip Broz Tito (7 May 1892 – 4 May 1980)
• Vasil Tupurkovski (8 April 1951)
• Indira Priyadarshini Gandhi  (19 November 1917 – 31 October 1984) 
• Usnija Redžepova (4 February 1946 – 1 October 2015)
• Mohammad Reza Pahlavi (26 October 1919 – 27 July 1980)
• Muammar Mohammed Abu Minyar Gaddafi^[b] (1942 – 20 October 2011)
• Vlatko Lozanoski - Lozano (born June 27, 1985) 
• Velimir "Bata" Živojinović (5 June 1933 – 22 May 2016) 
• Louis Mouchet (March 25, 1957)

There are many clusters that need further investigation, with the "May 2(x2), __, 4" pattern-cluster standing out above the rest.  For one there are 5 May's of which one is a twin "22"-- an addition to the "Identical Number Sequence" and "Off By One" pattern-cluster due to May 22 being one off from the day of the year where 222 days remain.  There are two "2 May" which is a cryptic "Toumai", the name of my blog previous to this one, a name that I had chose on the direction of my inner twin due to it's meaning: an African word meaning "hope for life", and because it's a combination of my name "May" and my inner twin's name "Tou".

And the other cluster standing out in the above list is the 4 October dates.  The inner twin world influenced this for a reason, and then I recollected having recently thought the same thing regarding Thomas Oden who was also recently added to the Deaths in 2016 site.  His name "Thomas", like 22 is another particular signature because it means "twin" in origin-- another design influence of the inner twin world.  Note from his wiki page :

• Thomas Clark Oden (October 21, 1931 – December 8, 2016) 

At the time there was nothing else that stood out, and so I put it aside... until now.  Note his date of birth that now connects with two of the Octobers listed above, generating an "October 1, __, 21, 31/Increments of 10 Date Sequence" pattern-cluster.  This "gapped cluster" is typical of the inner twin world and serves as a means of prompting us to investigate and bridge the gap which in this case is December 11.  We then venture to the December 11 wiki page and continue investigating using the formula provided: limit our search by investigating only the notable persons  who died on this day during a year having 3 identical numbers at the end, which brings us to one who stands out:

• Leo Lionni (May 5, 1910 – October 11, 1999)

Via the name, we have an addition to the recent "Big Cat Theme" pattern cluster, AND note her birthday that together with the above cluster, and taking into consideration Tito's birthday (see above list), we now have a "May 2(x2), __, 4, 5, __, 7/ Date Sequence" pattern-cluster  .  We are definitely on the "wright" track.   So now bridging the May 6 gap, we arrive at:

Gordon Lee (Bill) McClymont (8 May 1920 – 6 May 2000)

And note his birthday!!  And so the cluster expands again :  "May 2(x2), __, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8/ Date Sequence" pattern-cluster .   As for bridging the May 3 gap, on using the formula there were 5 to choose,   AND one of that takes into consideration the "Off By One" pattern cluster... who as it turns out is the one intended by the inner twin world:

• 1998 – Gene Raymond, American actor (August 13, 1908 – May 3, 1998)

His year of death is 'one off' from 1999.   His birthday doesn't mean much now, butt just wait!! And now we turn to the "April 16(x2) pattern-cluster as per the above. Since the inner twin world tend to generate clusters in groups of 3, we are now looking for a third April 16, again using the formula and taking into consideration the "One Off" curve ball, we arrive at:

• Fred Davis (14 August 1913 – 16 April 1998)

As you can see, his birthday is one off from Gene Raymond's, hence generating an "August 13, 14, __/ Date Sequence" pattern-cluster ... and so using the formula and usual investigative format we arrive at:

•  Sir Hugh Maxwell Casson (23 May 1910 – 15 August 1999) 

He was born on the day of the year where 222 days remain.


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Others listed on May 3:

• 1999 – Joe Adcock, American baseball player and manager (October 30, 1927 – May 3, 1999)
• 1999 – Steve Chiasson, Canadian-American ice hockey player  (April 14, 1967 – May 3, 1999)
• 1999 – Godfrey Evans, English cricketer (18 August 1920 – 3 May 1999) 
• 2000 – Júlia Báthory, Hungarian glass designer (January 1, 1901 - May 3, 2000) 
• 2000 – John Joseph O'Connor, American cardinal  (January 15, 1920 – May 3, 2000)

April 16:

• 1998 – Alberto Calderón, Argentinian-American mathematician... (b. 1920)
• 1998 – Fred Davis, English snooker player (b. 1913)
• 1998 – Marie-Louise Meilleur, Canadian super-centenarian (b. 1880)
• 1999 – Skip Spence, Canadian-American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1946)
• 2001 – Michael Ritchie, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1938)
• 2001 – Alec Stock, English footballer and manager (b. 1917)

April 10 or 7

• 1998 – Seraphim of Athens, Greek archbishop (b. 1913)
• 1999 – Heinz Fraenkel-Conrat, German-American biochemist and physician (b. 1910)
• 1999 – Jean Vander Pyl, American actress and voice artist (b. 1919)
• 2000 – Peter Jones, English actor and screenwriter (b. 1920)
• 2000 – Larry Linville, American actor (b. 1939)
• 2000 – Kirsten Rolffes, Danish actress (b. 1928)
• 2003 – Little Eva, American singer (b. 1943)

7th

• 1998 – Alex Schomburg, Puerto Rican-American painter and illustrator (b. 1905)
• 1999 – Heinz Lehmann, German-Canadian psychiatrist and academic (b. 1911)
• 2001 – David Graf, American actor (b. 1950)
• 2001 – Beatrice Straight, American actress (b. 1914)

Re the "Off By One" dates, two stand out given the cluster they generate :