Gertrude Himmelfarb
Craig Fildes via FlickrHimmelfarb, Irving Kristol’s wife, was an intellectual giant in her own right. Throughout her career, she fought the left’s near-monopoly on academia with thought-provoking historical analyses that challenged liberal groupthink. President Bush presented her with a National Humanities Medal in 2004. Himmelfarb was 97.
Walter E. Williams is missing from this list.
As I recall, Herman Cain had several health issues, which were the underlying (if not primary) contribution to his death. The “plannedemic” was a new arrival.