THIS WEEK’S BIRTHDAYS
TODAY
Brendan Fraser, actor, is 49. Julianne Moore, actress, is 57. Daryl Hannah, actress, is 57. Eamonn Holmes, TV presenter, is 58. Jean-Luc Godard, French film director, is 87. Ozzy Osbourne, rocker, is 69. Andrew Stanton, Oscar-winning writer/director of Toy Story and Finding Nemo, is 52. Sean Parker, Napster, Facebook and Spotify mogul, is 38. Mike Gibson, former Ireland and Lions rugby player, is 75.
MONDAY, DEC 4
Paul McGrath, one of Ireland’s greatest-ever footballers, is 58. Tyra Banks, TV presenter and model, is 44. JayZ (real name Shawn Carter), rapper, is 48. Marisa Tomei, Oscar-winning actress, is 53. Jeff Bridges, actor, is 68. Terry Woods, musician and member of The Pogues, is 70. Chris Hillman, singer-bassist with The Byrds and the Flying Burrito Brothers, is 73.
TUESDAY, DEC 5
Little Richard, real name Richard Wayne Penniman, one of the original lights of rock ’n’ roll, is 85. Ronnie O’Sullivan, snooker player, is 42. Frankie Muniz, actor who starred in Malcolm in the Middle, is 32. Jose Carreras, Spanish-born tenor, is 71.
WEDNESDAY, DEC 6
Rick Buckler, The Jam drummer, is 62. Peter Buck, REM guitarist, is 61. Judd Apatow, film director, is 50. Gerry Francis, former England football captain, is 66. Steve Mahon, former Galway hurler, is 60. Maurice Hope, British former boxer, is 66. Alberto Contador, Spanish cyclist and 2007 Tour de France winner, is 35. Andrew Flintoff, former England cricket captain, is 40. David Lovering, drummer with The Pixies, is 56.
THURSDAY, DEC 7
Damien Rice, singer-songwriter, is 44. Ellen Burstyn, actress, is 85. Nicole Appleton, former singer with All Saints, is 43. Noam Chomsky, professor of linguistics, is 89. Mike Nolan, Dublin-born Bucks Fizz singer, is 63. John Terry, English footballer, is 37. Tom Waits, American singer/songwriter, is 68.
FRIDAY, DEC 8
Sinead O’Connor, singer, is 51. James Galway, Belfast-born flute virtuoso, is 78. Kim Basinger, actress, is 64. Toots Hibbert, singer with Toots and the Maytals, is 75. Bill Bryson, writer, is 66. Nicki Minaj, Trinidad-born rapper, is 35. Geoff Hurst, England footballer who scored a hat-trick in the 1966 World Cup final, is 76. John Banville, Irish Booker-winning novelist, is 72. Gregg Allman, singer-keyboardist with the Allman Brothers, is 70.
SATURDAY, DEC 9
Kirk Douglas, Oscar-winning actor, is 101. Donny Osmond, singer, is 60. John Malkovich, American actor, is 64. Judi Dench, English actress, is 83. Tre Cool, drummer of Green Day, is 45. Jakob Dylan, singer with The Wallflowers and son of Bob, is 48. Simon Helberg, actor who plays Howard in The Big Bang Theory, is 37.