Skirt Court

The following notable person recently added to Wikipedia’s Deaths in 2026 site stands out:

• Thanasis Skourtopoulos (23 May 1965 – 5 February 2026)  60, Greek basketball player (AEK Athens) and coach (national team), heart attack

Not only did he die on the day of the year where 222 days remain, note from yesterdays post, MOM:

 “January 23, …, __, April 23, May 23(7), __, July 23, __, … November 23(x2)/ 23 Day” pattern cluster

And so with Skourtopoulos’s death, the cluster expands now into a  “January 23, …, __, April 23, May 23(8), __, July 23, __, … November 23(x2)/ 23 Day” pattern 

So 6 of the 8 notable persons who were born on May 23, had passed away within 11 days!!  

As to information as to the above 8 notable person who passed recently away within 11 days, and who were born May 23, note  from my February 3 post, Horst Gallert … Horse Gallery :

• Ken Peplowski (23 May 1959 – 3 February 2026) 66, jazz clarinetist, tenor saxophonist.(death announced on this date)

First of all, Diaz and Gallert are additions to the “Targeting Family Birthdays and/or Death” pattern cluster… given that the middle of my 3 grandson’s was born on January 23, and my mother passed away on July 23.  We also have a “23rd Day” cluster in the works.  I had picked up on the cluster as it occurred with the first three who passed away February 2nd, butt failed to post.  AND then BOOM,… Peplowski came along!!  His birthday being May 23rd is notable due to it being the day of the year where 222 days remain… and given that sequences of 2’s are a particular inner twin signature.  I had considered bringing  forward other relate info… such as the following notable Deaths last month, … especially after Marzouq was added 4 days ago on January 31st: 

• Domenico Graziani (23 May 1944 – 7 January 2026) 
• Johannes Fried (23 May 1942 – 17 January 2026) 
• Richard Alan Beirach (23 May 1947 – 26 January 2026) 
• Dominick Salvatore (23 May 1940 – 28 January 2026)
• Joan Pujal Areny (23 May 1937 - 27 January 2026) 
• Fathi Kameel Matar Marzouq (23 May 1955 – 31 January 2026) 

We then turn to the cryptic communication in his name re Thanasis Skourtopoulos: 

So, “than thank sis assist a skirt court our top poul (chicken) loss”.  

I will take this as a prompt to investigate the May 23 wikipedia page.  Using the formula as per usual, we arrive at: 

• 1888 – Adriaan Roland Holst (23 May 1888 – 5 August 1976)  Dutch writer 
• 1888 – Zackariah Davis Wheat (May 23, 1888 – March 11, 1972), nicknamed "Buck" American baseball player and police officer 

Note the “Western/cowboy-girl theme” pattern cluster —re the surname Holst being a cryptic “holster” … and then “wheat”— a grass that horses eat … and then the “horse” in my Feb 3 post re: Horst Gallert … Horse Gallery.  Note the following info: 

• Horst Gallert(23 July 1937 – 2 February 2026)88, German politician