THIS WEEK’S BIRTHDAYS
TODAY, JUNE 3
Colm ‘Gooch’ Cooper, Kerry footballing great, is 35. Suzi Quatro, singer/bassist, is 68. Penelope Wilton, actress who starred in Downton Abbey, is 72. Ian Hunter, Mott the Hoople singer, is 79. Raul Castro, Cuban leader, is 87. Kelly Jones, Stereophonics singer, is 44. Rafael Nadal, tennis player, is 32. Donal Skehan, celebrity chef, is 32.
MONDAY, JUNE 4
John Treacy, 1984 Olympics silver-medallist, is 61. Russell Brand, comedian, is 43. Alan Stanford, actor/director, is 69. Mollie King, singer with The Saturdays, is 31. Angelina Jolie, actress, is 43. Michelle Phillips, singer, is 74. Dr Ruth Westheimer, sex therapist, is 90. Zac Farro, drummer with Paramore, is 28.
TUESDAY, JUNE 5
Colm Wilkinson, singer, is 74. Mark Wahlberg, actor/singer, is 47. Kenny G, saxophonist, is 62. Laurie Anderson, singer, is 71. Pete Wentz, bassist of Fall Out Boy, is 39. Ken Follett, author, is 69. Susan Lynch, actress, is 47. Moira Anderson, singer, is 80. Ronnie Dawson, former Ireland & Lions rugby player, is 86.
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 6
Willie John McBride, former Ireland and Lions rugby player, is 78. Bjorn Borg, tennis superstar, is 62. Sandra Bernhard, comedy actress, is 63. Mike Gatting, former cricketer, is 61. Paul Giamatti, actor in Sideways, is 51. Anthony Pilkington, Cardiff City and Ireland winger, is 30.
THURSDAY, JUNE 7
Marty Whelan, TV personality, is 62. Liam Neeson, actor, is 66. John Joe Nevin, boxer, is 30. Bear Grylls, TV survivalist, is 44. Tom Jones, singer, is 78. Anna Kournikova, former tennis player, is 37. James Ivory, film director, is 90. Paddy McAloon, singer with Prefab Sprout, is 61. Gordon Gano, singer-guitarist with Violent Femmes, is 55. Mike Pence, US vice-president, is 59.
FRIDAY, JUNE 8
Sharon Shannon, accordion player, is 50. Kanye West, rapper, is 41. Nancy Sinatra, singer, is 78. Colin Baker, actor and the sixth Doctor Who, is 75. Mick Hucknall, Simply Red singer, is 58. Bonnie Tyler, singer, is 67. Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the world wide web, is 63. Shilpa Shetty, Bollywood actress, is 43. Helen McEntee, Minister of State for European Affairs, is 32.
SATURDAY, JUNE 9
Mick O’Dwyer, Kerry football legend, is 82. Chloe Agnew, singer and former member of Celtic Women, is 29. Natalie Portman, actress, is 37. Michael J Fox, actor, is 57. Johnny Depp, actor, is 55. Charles Saatchi, co-founder of famed advertising agency, is 75. Patricia Cornwell, author, is 62. Matthew Bellamy, lead singer of Muse, is 40. Ed Simons, of electronic duo The Chemical Brothers, is 48. Terry Uttley, frontman with rock band Smokie, is 67.