THIS WEEK’S BIRTHDAYS
TODAY, FEB 17
Brenda Fricker, Oscar-winning actress for My Left Foot, is 74. Paris Hilton, celebrity heiress, is 38. Michael Jordan, basketball legend, is 56. Barry Humphries, comedian known as Dame Edna Everage, is 85. Ed Sheeran, singer-songwriter, is 28. Billie Joe Armstrong, singer with Green Day, is 47. Rene Russo, actress, is 65. Bill Cullen, businessman, is 77.
MONDAY, FEB 18
Sinead Cusack, actress, is 71. Yoko Ono, widow of John Lennon, is 86. Cybill Shepherd, actress, is 69. Matt Dillon, actor, is 55. John Travolta, actor, is 65. Gary Neville, former Man Utd defender, is 44. Toni Morrison, Nobel Prize-winning novelist, is 88. Michael Buerk, ex-newsreader, is 73. Thomas Bjorn, 2018 Ryder Cup captain, is 48. Dr Dre, businessman & rap producer, is 54. Fintan O’Toole, author and columnist, is 61.
TUESDAY, FEB 19
Phil Coulter, musician and composer, is 77. Smokey Robinson, singer, is 79. Prince Andrew, Britain’s Duke of York, is 59. Benicio del Toro, Oscar-winning actor, is 52. Seal, R&B singer, is 56. Dave Wakeling, singer with The Beat, is 63. Ray Winstone, actor, is 62. Jeff Daniels, comic actor, is 64. Paddy Crerand, Man Utd veteran, is 80
WEDNESDAY, FEB 20
Rihanna, singer, is 31. Ian Brown, Stone Roses singer, is 56. Ivana Trump, ex-wife of Donald, is 70. Jimmy Greaves, former England footballer, is 79. Sidney Poitier, actor, is 92. Buffy Sainte-Marie, singer-songwriter, is 78. Patty Hearst, heiress and kidnap victim, is 65. Cindy Crawford, supermodel, is 53. Gordon Brown, former British PM, is 68. Jean Kennedy Smith, retired US diplomat, is 91. COMPILED BY PAUL KENNEDY
THURSDAY, FEB 21
Kelsey Grammer, comedian, is 64. Jennifer Love Hewitt, actress, is 40. Charlotte Church, singer, is 33. Jilly Cooper, writer, is 82. William Baldwin, actor, is 56. Robert Mugabe, former president of Zimbabwe, is 95. Carl Frampton, former boxing champ, is 32. Mary Chapin Carpenter, C&W singer, is 61. Michael
McIntyre, comedian, is 43.
FRIDAY, FEB 22
Gerald Fleming, retired RTE weatherman, is 69. Tommy Bowe, Ulster and Ireland rugby player, is 35. Kieren Fallon, retired champion jockey, is 54. Katharine, Duchess of Kent, is 86. Julie Walters, actress, is 69. Drew Barrymore, actress, is 44. Kyle MacLachlan, actor, is 60. James Blunt, singer, is 45.
SATURDAY, FEB 23
Peter Fonda, actor, is 79. Dakota Fanning, actress, is 25. Kelly Macdonald, actress, is 43. John Sandford, crime writer, is 75. Perez Hilton, celebrity blogger, is 41. Michael Dell, PC maker, is 54. Emily Blunt, actress, is 36. Linda Nolan, of The Nolans, is 60. Howard Jones, 1980s pop star, is 64.