All The Presidents Men Of Gold (Part 69)

Continuing on,

Bridging the February 23 gap using the formula and considering as well, the “one off” curve ball:

• 1998 – Philip Abbott (March 20, 1924 – Feb23, 1998) actor, director 
• 1999 – The Renegade (October 16, 1965 – February 23, 1999) wrestler 
• 2000 – Ofra Haza (19 November 1957 – 23 Feb 2000) singer-songwriter/actress 
• 2000 – Stanley Matthews (1 February 1915 – 23 Feb 2000)  footballer, manager
• 2003 – Howie Epstein (July 21, 1955 – Feb 23, 2003) bass player, songwriter...
• 2003 – Robert King Merton (born Meyer Robert Schkolnick; 4 July 1910 – 23 Feb 2003) sociologist 
• 2011 – Nirmala Srivastava (21 March 1923 – 23 Feb 2011) founded Sahaja Yoga 

Robert Merton stands out given that three US Presidents died on his birthday!!  Note the following information regarding notable persons mentioned on his wiki page:

• Andrew Carnegie (November 25, 1835 – August 11, 1919) 
• Jean-Eugène Robert-Houdin (December 7, 1805 – June 13, 1871) 
• Pitirim Sorokin (2 February [O.S. 21 January] 1889 – 10 February 1968)
• Maximilian Karl Emil Weber (21 April 1864 – 14 June 1920)  
• John Davison Rockefeller Sr. (July 8, 1839 – May 23, 1937)
• Russell Sage (April 4, 1816 – July 22, 1906)  
• John Simon Guggenheim (December 30, 1867 – November 2, 1941) 
• John Donald MacArthur (March 6, 1897 – January 6, 1978)  
• Catherine MacArthur (née Hyland; November 23, 1908 – Dec 15, 1981)
•  Robert Cox Merton (born July 31, 1944)
• Harriet Zuckerman (born July 19, 1937) 
• Talcott Parsons (December 13, 1902 – May 8, 1979) 
• David Émile Durkheim (15 April 1858 – 15 November 1917)  
• Karl Marx (5 May 1818 – 14 March 1883) 
•  Stephen Mack Stigler (born August 10, 1941) via the “Mathew Effect”
• Matilda Joslyn Gage (March 24, 1826 – March 18, 1898) suffragist 
• Laurence Sterne (24 November 1713 – 18 March 1768) 
• Paul Felix Lazarsfeld (February 13, 1901 – August 30, 1976) 
• Lawrence Henderson (June 3, 1878 – February 10, 1942)
• Edwin Francis Gay (October 27, 1867 – February 8, 1946)  
• George Alfred Leon Sarton (31 August 1884 – 22 March 1956) 
• Georg Simmel (1 March 1858 – 28 September 1918)  

The clusters that emerge:

• “March 1, ..., 6, ..., 14, ..., 18(x2), __, 20, 21, 22,__, 24/ Date Sequence” pattern-cluster
• “February 1, 2, ..., 8, __, 10(x2), ..., 13,..., 22, 23/ Date Sequence” pattern-cluster
• “August 10, 11 ..., 20, ..., __, 30, 31(x2)/ Date Sequence” pattern-cluster
• “June 3,..., 7, ..., __, 12, 13(x2)14/ Date Sequence” pattern-cluster
• “July 8, August 8,__,  ..., __, January 8, February 8/ 8th Day, Month Sequence” pattern-cluster
•  “January 23,..., May 23, __, July 23,..., November 23(x2), __,/ 23rd Day, Month Sequence” pattern-cluster
•  “December 21, January 21(x2), __, March 21, April 21, ..., July 21/ Date Sequence” pattern-cluster
•  “July 4,..., 8, ..., 19, __, 21, 22, 23,  ..., 31/ Date Sequence” pattern-cluster
•  “November 2, ..., 15, ..., 19,  23, 24, 25/Date Sequence” pattern-cluster.  

I included other relevant dates: the birthdays of my 2 grandsons  — February 22 and January 23; Megan MacGregor’s birthday — August 31; My mothers birthday and day of death — November 23 and July 23; My daughters birthday — January 21; the birthdays of my step son and exhusband— January 8 and August 8; my fathers birthday — August 20; and finally, President Trump’s and  my birthday— June 14 and  13.

Two of the clusters above stand out ... of course the one involving Trumps and my birthdays is #1.  Although, it’s #2 that I’ll concern myself with : the  7th cluster immediately above ... given that today is the 21 of December, and so leaving us with a single gap (February 21) that’s open game.  Using the formula, and taking into consideration the “one off” curve ball we arrive at:

1996 – Morton Gould (December 10, 1913 – February 21, 1996) pianist, composer...
1999 – Gertrude B. Elion (January 23, 1918 – February 21, 1999) Nobel Prize laureate 
1999 – Ilmari Juutilainen (21 February 1914 – 21 February 1999) Finnish soldier, pilot 
1999 – Wilmer Mizell  (August 13, 1930 – February 21, 1999) baseball player, politician 
2002 – John Thaw (3 January 1942 – 21 February 2002)actor, producer

And there is more ... when you stretch just a wee bit outside the “John” box ... as prompted:  

2004 – John Charles, Welsh footballer and manager (b. 1931)
2005 – Guillermo Cabrera Infante, Cuban author, screenwriter, and critic (b. 1929)
2005 – Zdzisław Beksiński, Polish painter, photographer, and sculptor (b. 1929)
2008 – Ben Chapman, American actor (b. 1928)
2008 – Neil Chotem, Canadian conductor and composer (b. 1920)
2011 – Dwayne McDuffie, American author and screenwriter, co-founded Milestone Media (b. 1962)
2011 – Bernard Nathanson, American physician and activist (b. 1926)
2012 – H. M. Darmstandler, American general (b. 1922)

Just investigate their birthdays... and don’t forget to decipher the cryptic communication.