Grave Music: The Day The Music Died

The Deaths in 2017 site lists under May 11:

• Mark Colvin (13 March 1952 – 11 May 2017) 

Note from the wiki page of one of his family members:

• Sir Sidney Colvin (18 June 1845 – 11 May 1927)

And he has a common birthday with another family member, Mark's Father:

• John Horace Ragnar Colvin (18 June 1922 – 4 October 2003) 

Note the following excerpts from my earlier post today, Day Won :

•   "January 18, __, March 18, __, May 18, June 18, July 18,  August 18, September 18, October 18/ 18th Day, Month Sequence" pattern-cluster.
• Marguerite "Maggie" McNamara (June 18, 1928 – February 18, 1978)
• Edward "Wahoo" McDaniel (June 19, 1938 – April 18, 2002) 

Two other of Mark Colvin's  family stand out: 

• Stanley Melbourne Bruce (15 April 1883 – 25 August 1967) 
• Sir Ragnar Musgrave Colvin (7 May 1882 – 22 February 1954) 

Their deaths are additions to the "Targeting Family birthdays" pattern-cluster: August 25 is the birthday of my granddaughter and February 22 is the birthday of my grandson.   The middle name Musgrave is interesting... a cryptic "music grave", and indeed, the song American Pie is grave: the day the music died.  Keep in mind as well, that when my grandson turns 8 in five years time, the date will be 2/22/22.  Sequences of 2's are a particular inner twin trade mark signature.    

Mark's date of birth and date of death generates a "March 13, __, May 11/Date Sequence" pattern cluster.   Bridging the April 12 gap, using the formula as per usual we arrive at:

• 1998 – Robert Ford  (January 8, 1915 – April 12, 1998) poet, diplomat 
• 1999 – Boxcar Willie  (September 1, 1931 – April 12, 1999)singer-songwriter
• 2001 – Harvey Ball  (July 10, 1921 – April 12, 2001) illustrator, created the smiley

 Each of their birthdays stand out.  January 8th is also the birthday of my stepson, so an addition to the "Targeting Family Birthdays" pattern cluster.  As for the birthdays of Boxcar Willie and Harvey Ball, note the following from my previous post:

• Allen Stuart Drury (September 2, 1918 – September 2, 1998)  
• Elvera Sanchez (September 1, 1905 – September 2, 2000)
• "July 10(x3), 11, _, 13/ Date Sequence" pattern-cluster. 

For the record, other members of Colvins family: ;

• Sir Walter Mytton Colvin (13 September 1847 – 16 December 1908,
• Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson (13 November 1850 – 3 December 1894)
• John Russell Colvin (29 May 1807 – 9 September 1857) 
• Admiral Sir Anthony Monckton Synnot (5 January 1922 – 4 July 2001)

A number of the dates stand out, butt one generates a gapped cluster: John Colvin's death together with the significant date of 9/11, generates a "September 9, _, 11/ Date Sequence" pattern cluster.  

Bridging the September 10 gap... and cutting to the chase we arrive at:

• Zaib-un-Nissa Hamidullah (25 December 1921 – 10 September 2000)

Note her birthday and then note this next excerpt from my earlier post today, Drove My Chevy...:

• Louis-Joseph "Louis" Chevrolet (December 25, 1878 –June 6, 1941)  

Louis stands out given that he was born on Christmas Day, and so an addition to the "Notable Day" pattern-cluster.  Keep in mind that December 25 is important where I live here in Canada for another reason: our present day Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau ... and his younger brother, was born on December 25.