Coincidence?

in scanning some quick web references to Drummond and his early musical background (particularly with Eric Deans' band) I was struck by the following:
Tommy McCook, Drummond's illustrious bandmate with the immortal Skatalites, (and almost certainly with Deans, if only for a short period) is listed as having died on May 5, 1998. Drummond died, we are told, May 6, 1969.
What endless fascination this story makes.