THIS WEEK’S BIRTHDAYS
TODAY
Carla Bruni, Italian-born exmodel and pop singer, wife of former French president Nicolas Sarkozy, is 45. Eddie Vedder, singer of rock band Pearl Jam, is 48. Harry Shearer, Spinal Tap writer/actor and voice of Mr Burns, Smithers, Flanders, Skinner, etc on The Simpsons, is 69. Tara PalmerTomkinson, socialite, is 41.
MONDAY
Noel Davern, former FF TD for Tipperary South, is 67. Lemmy, Motorhead singer/ bassist, is 67. Ricky Martin, Latin pop star, is 41. Jeremy Hindley, racing trainer, is 67. Chris Morris, former Ireland and Celtic player, is 49. Stan Bowles, Seventies’ football legend, is 64. Carol Vorderman, TV presenter, former cohost of Countdown, is 52.
CHRISTMAS DAY
Shane MacGowan, singer with The Pogues, is 55. Princess Alexandra of Kent is 76. Annie Lennox, of the Eurythmics, is 58. Sissy Spacek, actress, is 63. Jairzinho, of Brazil's 1970 World Cupwinning side, is 68. Jimmy Buffet, singer, is 66. Dido, English singer-songwriter, is 41. Yohan Blake, Jamaican sprinter, is 23. Noel Hogan, Cranberries guitarist, is 41.
WEDNESDAY
Phil Spector, legendary record producer imprisoned for murder in 2009, is 73. Lars Ulrich, drummer with Metallica, is 49. John Lynch, actor, is 51. Jared Leto, actor and lead singer of US rock band 30 Seconds to Mars, is 41. THURSDAY Janet Street-Porter, TV personality, is 66. Gerard Depardieu, French actor, is 64. Joe Kinnear, former Tottenham and Ireland defender, is 66. David Knopfler, former Dire Straits guitarist, brother of Mark, is 60. Scotty Moore, Elvis’s first guitarist, is 81.
FRIDAY
Roy Hattersley, former deputy leader of the British Labour Party, is 80. Nigel Kennedy, violinist, is 56. Denzel Washington, actor, is 58. Chas Hodges, half of Eighties pop duo Chas & Dave, is 69. Maggie Smith, Oscar-winning actress, is 78. Sienna Miller, actress, is 31. Stan Lee, Marvel comics legend, is 90. Max Hastings, journalist and author, is 67.
SATURDAY
Jon Voight, actor who starred in Deliverance and Midnight Cowboy, is 74. Marianne Faithfull, pop singer of the Sixties turned actress, is 66. Mary Tyler Moore, Oscarwinning actress, is 76. Comdt Gerry Mullins, showjumper, is 59. Keith Crossan, former Irish rugby player, is 53. Andy Wachowski, director of The Matrix, is 45. Jude Law, actor, is 40. Ted Danson, actor who starred in Cheers, is 65.