Jams Ice Buck Rank

Wikipedia’s Deaths in 2024 site under the May 25, and 24 include: 

• Johnny Ngan Kwok Leung  (17 May 1953 – 25 May 2024)75, Hong Kong actor (The Seasons, A Kindred Spirit, File of Justice), squamous cell carcinoma.
• Ayo Banjo  (2 May 1934 – 24 May 2024)  90, Nigerian academic administrator, vice-chancellor of the University of Ibadan

Note the “lung” in Leung— an addition to the recent and prolific “Remove a Letter from Name Makes a Word” pattern cluster!!  That they were also born in May is significant— a prompt to go back through Wikipedia’s Deaths in 2024 site under the May 17 and May 2 lists for those who stands out:

On May 17 the following notable person stands out: 

• Pat Buckley (2 May 1952 – 17 May 2024) , 72, Irish independent Catholic bishop  

AND you can see why— he was born on May 2!!  A definite prompt to go back to May 2 notable Deaths list.  I found two who stood out: 

• Susan Buckner (January 28, 1952 – May 2, 2024)  71, American actress (Grease, Deadly Blessing, The Brady Bunch Hour).

• Sjoukje Dijkstra (28 January 1942 – 2 May 2024)  82, Dutch figure skater, Olympic champion (1964)

Two things stand out — the “January 28 (x2)” pattern cluster, and the “Surname Beginning with Buck” pattern cluster.  

Until today, the only surname I know of that begins with “Buck” is “Buckley”, and only because of Buckley’s cough syrup … hmmm that jives with “lung”!!  On the surname’s wiki page, one stands out: 

• Jimmy Buckley (c. 1905–1943), Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm pilotand prisoner of war

He had stood out enough to warrant investigating— Knowing that his name is “James” and so making “jams”.  Note from his wiki page: 

James Rice Buckley (28 January 1849 – 8 September 1924)

His birthday adds to the cluster re “January 28 (x3)” pattern cluster , and note his name contains a cryptic “jams ice buck”!!  We definitely need to investigate the January 28 wiki page,… using the formula and taking into consideration the “One Off” pattern cluster we arrive at: 

• 1998 – Shotaro Ishinomori (25 January 1938 – 28 January 1998) author, illustrator
• 1999 – Valery Gavrilin (17 August 1939 – 28 January 1999) Russian composer
• 2001 – Ranko Marinković(22 February 1913 – 28 January 2001) author, playwright 

We get “rank” from Ranko. On the Buckley cough syrup wiki page we arrive at: 

• Francis "Frank" C. Buckley (April 8, 1921 – February 1, 2016)

Since Bucky is a common nickname, lets investigate: 

• William Bucky Baxter (1955 – May 25, 2020) American multi-instrumentalist from New Jersey
• Arlen Bucky Bockhorn (born July 8, 1933) retired American basketball player
• Morris Bucky Buckwalter (born November 22, 1933) Basketball Association coach, executive
• Temuchin Bucky Hodges (born August 8, 1995) American football tight end for the New York Jets
• Stanley Bucky Harris (November 8, 1896 – November 8, 1977)Baseball player, manager, executive
• William Bucky Covington III (born November 8, 1977) born 1977), American country music singer