Snooty

The Deaths in 2017 lists under July 23:

• Snooty, 69, American manatee.
• Snooty (July 21, 1948 – July 23, 2017) 

From Florida no less!!  Snooty died on the anniversary of my mothers death.   And his birthday and date of death generates a "July 21, __, 23/ Date Sequence" pattern-cluster.   There are two ways we can bridge the gap according to the rules, the first involves venturing back to the Deaths in 2017 list under July 22 in search of anyone there who stands out, note from the wiki pages of 3:

• Artem or Artyom Mikhaylovich Tarasov (July 4, 1950 — July 22, 2017) 
• James Howard "Jim" Vance III (January 10, 1942 – July 22, 2017)
• František Ševčík (January 11, 1942 – July 22, 2017) 

July 4th is relevant -- an addition to the "Notable Day" pattern-cluster (see header of this blog), and then we also have a "January _, 10, 11/ Date Sequence" pattern-cluster.  And the second way to handle bridging the July 22nd gap is by using the formula  we arrive at:

• Claude Sautet (23 February 1924 – 22 July 2000) was a French author and film director.
• Robert James "Rob" Collins (23 February 1963 – 22 July 1996) 

And bridging the January 9 gap... cutting to the chase we arrive at:

• Nigel Tranter  (23 November 1909 – 9 January 2000) 

My mothers birthday is November 23!!  And now seeking a 3rd February 23, note the following:

•  Robert King Merton (born Meyer Robert Schkolnick; 4 July 1910 – 23 February 2003)

Another July 4th!!   And do note the two Roberts!!