THIS WEEK’S BIRTHDAYS
Graeme McDowell, golfer, is 38. Arnold Schwarzenegger, actor and former governor of California, is 70. Lisa Kudrow, Friends actress, is 54. Kate Bush, singer, is 59. Hilary Swank, Oscar-winning actress, is 43. Paul Anka, singer-songwriter, is 76. Daley Thompson, Olympic decathlon gold medallist, is 59. Jurgen Klinsmann, football manager, is 53. Laurence Fishburne, actor, is 56. Buddy Guy, blues guitarist, is 81. Christopher Nolan, film director, is 47.
MONDAY, JULY 31
Peter Murphy, son of Bishop Eamon Casey and Annie Murphy, is 43. JK Rowling, author of the Harry Potter books, is 52. Jim Corr, of The Corrs, is 53. Jonathan Dimbleby, TV presenter, is 73. Wesley Snipes, actor, is 55. Will Champion, drummer with Coldplay, is 39. Norman Cook, aka Fatboy Slim, is 54.
TUESDAY, AUGUST 1
Frances Fitzgerald, Tanaiste, is 67. Paddy Moloney, band leader of The Chieftains, is 79. Ramblin’ Jack Elliott, folk singer, is 86. Chuck D, rapper and founder of Public Enemy, is 57. Sam Mendes, director of Spectre and American Beauty, is 52. Joe Elliott, singer of Def Leppard, is 58. Coolio, rapper, is 54. Micheal Martin, Fianna Fail leader, is 57. Adrian Dunbar, actor and director, is 59.
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 2
Davy Fitzgerald, Wexford hurling manager, is 46. Edward Furlong, star of Terminator 2 and American History X, is 40. Sammy McIlroy, former Northern Ireland footballer, is 63. Alain Giresse, French former footballer, is 65. Stephen Ferris, retired Ulster and Ireland rugby player, is 32. Mojo Nixon, singer, is 60.
THURSDAY, AUGUST 3
Eamon Dunphy, sports broadcaster and journalist, is 72. Tony Bennett, veteran crooner, is 91. Martin Sheen, actor who starred in Apocalypse
Now, is 77. GV Wright, former Fianna Fail TD for Dublin North, is 70. Ossie Ardiles, Argentinian former footballer, is 65. James Hetfield, singer/ guitarist of Metallica, is 54.
Ryan Lochte, American Olympic swimmer, is 33. Beverly
Lee, singer with The Shirelles is 76. Martha Stewart, lifestyle guru, is 76.
FRIDAY, AUGUST 4
Barack Obama, former US president, is 56. Moya Brennan, singer with Clannad, is 65. Simon Preston, British organist, is 79. Billy Bob Thornton, actor, is 62. John Gormley, former Green Party leader, is 58. Gay Byrne, legendary TV presenter, is 83. John Whitaker, international show jumper, is 62. Ray Clemence, former Liverpool and England goalkeeper, is 69. Louis Walsh, Mayo-born pop music guru and judge on The X Factor, is 65. Felix Jones, retired Munster and Ireland rugby player, is 30. Loni Anderson, actress best known from WKRP in Cincinnati, is 72.