Helm

My previous post, Colo, left off with:

•  "August 22, September 22, _, _, December 22(x2), January 22/ 22nd Day, Month Sequence " pattern cluster. 

So first of all we need a third December 22nd, and so we begin by venturing to the days wiki page and from there using the formula... and taking into consideration the "one off" curve ball (as indicated by January 22, which is "one off" from my daughters birthday of January 21 hence an addition to the "Off By One" pattern-cluster.  The one off clusters are generally designed as a means of directing us... in this case on investigating the cluster in more depth we need to stretch -- diverge from the usual formula, and so arriving at:

• Giovanni Francesco Barbieri (February 8, 1591 – December 22, 1666)
• Walter Newton "Bud" Read (February 8, 1918 – December 22, 2001) 
• Chuck Cherundolo, Jr. (August 8, 1916 – December 22, 2012)
• Ryan Paul Freel (March 8, 1976 – December 22, 2012) 
• Tun Dr. Lim Keng Yaik (8 April 1939 – 22 December 2012) 

Two of the surnames generate a cryptic phrase : feel free read.  And that's quite a lineup of 8's.  Keep in mind that August 8th is my ex husbands birthday and January 8 is the birthday of my stepson.  So in all, we have a "January 8, February 8(x2), March 8, April 8, _, _, _, August 8 (x2)/ 8th Day, Month Sequence" pattern cluster.   So February 8th and Augus 8th are called into play-- given that only one is needed to make a perfect hand of three.

As for November 22:

Stuart Errol "Stu" Ungar (September 8, 1953 – November 22, 1998) 

And so the cluster expands:

• January 8, February 8(x2), March 8, April 8, _, _, _, August 8 (x2), September 8, 8th Day, Month Sequence" pattern cluster. 

As for October 22:

• Helmut Krackowizer (April 29, 1922 – October 22, 2001) 
•  Richard Helms (March 30, 1913 – October 23, 2002)

I don't normally stretch out beyond the "one off"-- 2001 being one off from the formula re 2000, butt we have another indicator for us to stretch just one more-- the "Helm" pattern-cluster in their names.  They're listed one after the other.  Note the etymology:

• helm (n.2) *helmaz "protective covering" ... from PIE *kel- "to cover" (see cell).
• helm (n.1) position of guidance, control... PIE *kelp- "to hold, grasp" (see helve).

There is the matter of investigating February 8, July 8 and August 8, and that I'll leave with you.