THIS WEEK’S BIRTHDAYS
TODAY
John McCarthy, journalist held hostage for five years in Lebanon, is 60. Kathryn Bigelow, Oscar winning director of The Hurt Locker, is 65. Caroline Kennedy, daughter of John F Kennedy and Jackie Onassis, is 59. Mike Skinner, The Streets rapper, is 38. John Alderton, actor, is 76. Barry Devlin, Horslips singer/bass guitarist, is 70.
MONDAY
Sonia O’Sullivan, former champion long-distance runner, is 47. Stephen Roche, Irish cycling hero and Tour de France winner, is 57. Randy Newman, American singer/ songwriter, is 73. Ed Harris, actor/director, is 66. Berry Gordy, founder of Motown Records, is 87. Martin Clunes, TV actor and presenter, is 55. Mick Channon, ex-soccer player turned racehorse trainer, is 68. Jon Stewart, satirist and actor, is 54.
TUESDAY
Eamonn Campbell of The Dubliners is 70. Jacques Chirac, former French president, is 84. Joel Coen, Oscar-winning director, is 62. Don Cheadle, actor who starred in The Guard, is 52. John Mayall, bluesman, is 83. Ryan Giggs, ex-Manchester Utd footballer, is 43. Jackie Stallone, reality TV star and mother of Sylvester, is 95. Diane Ladd, actress, is 81.
WEDNESDAY
Ridley Scott, film director, is 79. David Mamet, playwright, is 69. Ben Stiller, actor, is 51. Billy Idol, rocker, is 61. Lorraine Kelly, TV presenter, is 57. Roger Glover, bassist with Deep Purple, is 71. Gary Lineker, ex-footballer turned TV presenter, is 56. Phil Babb, former Irish footballer, is 46.
THURSDAY
Gilbert O’Sullivan, Waterford-born singer, is 70. Bette
Midler, actress and singer, is 71. Woody Allen, filmmaker, is 81. Emily Mortimer, actress, is 45. John Densmore, drummer of The Doors, is 72. Lee
Trevino, former champion golfer, is 77. Sarah Silverman, actress and comedian, is 46.
Toto Schillaci, former Italian footballer, is 52. Pat Spillane, former Kerry footballing great and RTE pundit, is 61.
FRIDAY
Joachim Kelly, former Offaly hurler, is 61. Lucy Liu, actress, is 48. Britney Spears, pop singer, is 35. Nelly Furtado, singer, is 38. Monica Seles, former world No 1 tennis player, is 43. Rick Savage, Def Leppard bassist, is 56.
SATURDAY
Brendan Fraser, actor, is 48. Julianne Moore, actress, is 56. Daryl Hannah, actress, is 56. Eamonn Holmes, TV presenter, is 57. Jean-Luc Godard, French film director, is 86. Ozzy Osbourne, rocker, is 68. Andrew Stanton, Oscar-winning writer/director of Toy Story and Finding Nemo, is 51. Sean Parker, Napster, Facebook and Spotify mogul, is 37. Mike Gibson, former Ireland and Lions rugby player, is 74.