April, april

The Deaths in 2018 site lists under April 3:  

• Lill-Babs, 80, Swedish singer ("En tuff brud i lyxförpackning", "Är du kär i mej ännu Klas-Göran?") and actress, cancer and heart failure 

• Barbro Margareta Svensson (9 March 1938 – 3 April 2018) 

I probably wouldn’t have gone any further except that this next excerpt caught my eye:

• She represented Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 1961 in Cannes with the song "April, april".  

Ok... she has a famous song — April, april, ... and she then dies in April!!  This is a prompt ... warranting further investigation. This next excerpt from her wiki page contains the first two notable persons mentioned:

• Brehm gave Svensson her stage name "Lill-Babs", a play on words as a connection to the older and at that time much more known singer Alice Babs.   

And now note from their wiki pages:

• Simon Brehm (31 December 1921 – 11February 1967) 
• Alice Babs (born Hildur Alice Nilson; 26 January 1924 – 11 February 2014)

Not only did they both die on February 11th, butt the dates are additions to the cluster found in my previous post, expanding it into:

• "November 11(x2), December 11, January 11, February 11(x4), __, __, __, __, July 11, August 11(x2), September 11, October 11(x2)/ 11th Day, Month Sequence" pattern-cluster.

Note the following info from Lill-Babs wiki page:

• She was married to the singer Lars Berghagen 1965–1968.^[23] She was then married to Norwegian footballer Kjell Kaspersen 1969–1973.^[24] She had three daughters: Monica Svensson (born 1955), Malin Berghagen (born 1966), and Kristin Kaspersen (born 1969) 

Note from the wiki pages of the family members mentioned:

• Lars "Lasse" Nils Berghagen (born 13 May 1945^[1])  
• Kjell Kaspersen (born 7 April 1939)  
• Malin Birgitta Berghagen (married to Tommy Nilsson,^[1] born 11 May 1966^[2]) Erik Tommy Nilsson (born 11 March 1960 
• Kristin Kaspersen (born 30 September 1969) 

It’s interesting that her first daughter and second daughters, Monica and Malin, are 11 years apart!! And so the cluster expands again:

• "November 11(x2), December 11, January 11, February 11(x4), March 11, __, May 11, __, July 11, August 11(x2), September 11, October 11(x2)/ 11th Day, Month Sequence" pattern-cluster. 

And May 13 stands out given my birthday of June 13... and my first name being May... and then there was my car crash of 2000 that occurred on December 13.  Hence generating a “December 13, ..., May 13, June 13/ 13 Day, Month Sequence” pattern-cluster.

Note the following information concerning the other notable persons on Lill-Babs wiki page:

•  Stikkan Erik Leopold Anderson (25 January 1931 – 12 September 1997) 
• Annie Oakley (August 13, 1860 – November 3, 1926) 
• Marie-Louise "Malou" von Sivers, (born 15 January 1953) 

The dates highlighted stand out.   Oakley’s birthday adds to the cluster: “December 13, ..., May 13, June 13, __, August 13/ 13th Day, Month Sequence” pattern-cluster .  And now note  from yesterdays post, Ram Water... The Other Water:

• "September 9(x3), __, 11, 12(x3)/ Date Sequence" pattern-cluster. 

• Charles Isaac Mungo Dibdin (27 October 1768 – 15 January 1833)

 January 15 is the birthday of both my son and life partner who are 22 years apart.

The cluster expands:

•  "September 9(x3), __, 11, 12(x4)/ Date Sequence" pattern-cluster 

And a second January 15 cropping up... a date that has personal significance to me as indicated in the above.  I should mention at this time that most of my immediate family are born in January... and I’ve often made a joke of it saying that even our dog is born in January (January 5th to be exact), butt there is another thing, and that is that all are born on uneven days... except my step son who was born on January 8.  And hence why Anderson’s birthday of January 25 stands out... hence generating a “January 5, ..., 11, __,  15(x2), __, 19, 21, 23, 25/Uneven Day, Date Sequence” pattern-cluster.

 Finally, there’s one other thing to consider— that Lill-Babs died one day before April 4... aka 4/4, and so an addition to the “Off By One” pattern-cluster... and then her song “April, april” is suggestive of April 2, so I decided to go back through the April 2 list on the Deaths in 2018 site to see if anyone stands out:

• Ahmed Janka Nabay, 54, Sierra Leonean musician

For one, Nabay is from  Sierra Leon ... and you may notice that I highlighted in gold another name above— Leopold.  They are both additions to the recent “Leo/Lion Theme” pattern-cluster.  As well, Nabay is a musician... the only one passing away on April 2nd... and so an addition to the recent “Musician/Singer Theme” pattern-cluster.  Now note from Nabay’s wiki page:

• Ahmed Janka Nabay (January 5, 1964 – April 2, 2018)

And so the cluster expands:

• “January 5(x2), ... 11, __, 15(x2), __, 19, 21, 23, 25/Uneven Day, Date Sequence” pattern-cluster

So why would the inner twin world include “Lion” and “Music/Song” ... and “Clown/Comic” in this series of posts?  What comes to mind is that Lion’s have a reddish mane... like the bushy hair of Clowns.  And I only know of one lion that sings— the Lion King (film).  So the song that comes to mind is “Circle of Life”.  On the songs wiki page I choose one name that stands out the most:

• Chris Thomas (Producer)

His surname means “twin” in origin and so a particular inner twin trademark signature.  And his first name Chris is the same as my son (born January 15), and now note  from his wiki page: 

• Christopher P. Thomas (born 13 January 1947)

His birthday is an addition to two clusters above,  expanding them into:

•  “January 5(x2), __, __,  11, 13, 15(x2), __, 19, 21, 23, 25/Uneven Day, Date Sequence” pattern-cluster.
•  “ January 13, __, __, __, May 13, June 13, __, August 13, __, __, __,December 13,  / 13th Day, Month Sequence” pattern-cluster 

The “single” gaps highlighted in the clusters are open game according to the rules: prompts for us to investigate further by using the formula  provided and taking into consideration the “one off” curve ball.  Since one of the gaps is April 11th, I decided to concentrate my efforts here, and so arriving at:

• 1997 – Wang Xiaobo (May 13, 1952 – April 11, 1997)  novelist   
• 1999 – William H. Armstrong (September 14, 1911 – April 11, 1999) author
• 2000 – Diana Darvey (21 April 1945 – 11 April 2000) actress, singer, dancer 
• 2001 – Harry  Donald Secombe (8 September 1921 – 11 April 2001) actor 

The birhtdays of Armstrong and Secombe are additions to one of the clusters above, and then Xiaobo’s birthdays adds to another, expanding them  now into a:

•  "September 8,  9(x3), __, 11, 12(x4), __, 14/ Date Sequence" pattern-cluster 
•  “ January 13, __, __, __, May 13(x2), June 13, __, August 13, __, __, __,December 13,  / 13th Day, Month Sequence” pattern-cluster

 As for Diana Darvey, she was born on the 111th day of the year.  So there’s much work to do in bridging the single gaps... and don’t forget the cryptic communication found in the names and dates.