Fielding Hay8

Note from the Deaths in 2017 site the following info on 5 Notable persons added to the list within 4 days:

• Girija Devi (8 May 1929 – 24 October 2017)
• Gordon Bryant Ogilvie (8 May 1934 – 23 October 2017) 
• Piergiuseppe D'Andreamatteo (8 January 1944 – 22 October 2017) 
• Juan de Dios Mataflorida Pueblos (8 March 1943 – 21 October 2017)
• Michael Patrick Driscoll (August 8, 1939 – October 23, 2017) 

And note from my earlier posts today:

• Louise Lynn Hay (October 8, 1926 – August 30, 2017)
• Lynn Redgrave  (8 March 1943 – 2 May 2010as Susan
• Henry Fielding (22 April 1707 – 8 October 1754) 
• Michael John Boland (October 29, 1954 – October 8, 2017)

And so we now have a "January 8(x2), __, March 8, __, May 8(x2), __, __, August 8(x2), __, October 8(x3), __, December__/ Date Sequence" pattern-cluster.  I included another January 8 and August 8 due to the fact that they are also the birthdays of my stepson and ex husband.  

The 8th definition of "field":

8.  an expanse of anything: a field of ice

Audd... that Ice should crop up given yesterdays post.  And the definition of "fielding", ie

25.  fielding a difficult question.