THIS WEEK’S BIRTHDAYS
TODAY, APRIL 19
Paul O’Donovan, Olympic sculls silver-medallist, 26. Geordan Murphy, ex-Ireland rugby full-back, 42. PJ Gallagher, comedian, 45. Kate Hudson, actress, 41. Ruby Wax, TV personality, 67. Maria Sharapova, former tennis champ, 33. James Franco, actor, 42. Hugh O’Conor, actor, 45. Sue Barker, tennis commentator, 64. Tim Curry, actor, 74. Denis O’Brien, businessman, 62. Ashley Judd, actress, 52.
TOMORROW, APRIL 20
Shay Given, TV pundit, 44. Alan Dukes, former Fine Gael leader, 75. Jessica Lange, actress, 71. Carmen Electra, actress, 48. Peter Snow, Dublin-born TV presenter, 82. Ryan O’Neal, actor, 79. Steve Carson, TV executive and husband of Miriam O’Callaghan, 52. Nicholas Lyndhurst, actor, 59. Conor Murray, Munster and Ireland rugby scrum-half, 31. Leslie Phillips, veteran actor, 96.
TUESDAY, APRIL 21
Queen Elizabeth II, 94. Iggy Pop, rock god, 73. Andie MacDowell, actress, 62. Lucy Kennedy, RTE presenter, 44. James McAvoy, actor, 41.
Tony Danza, actor from Taxi, 69. Robert Smith of The Cure, 61. Glen Hansard, Oscar-winning folkie, 50.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22
Tim Pat Coogan, author, 85. Jack Nicholson, actor, 83. Donald Tusk, former European Council president, 63. Peter Frampton, guitarist, 70. Lloyd Honeyghan, ex-boxer, 60. James McClean, footballer, 31. Pol Brennan of Clannad, 64. Amber Heard, actress, 34. Jordi Murphy, Irish rugby star, 29.
THURSDAY, APRIL 23
Chuck Feeney, businessman and philanthropist, 89. Michael Moore, film-maker, 66. Lee Majors, actor, 81. Callum
O’Dowda, Bristol City and Ireland winger, 25. Bernadette McAliskey, former Northern Ireland activist, 73. Gigi Hadid, model, 25. Eoghan Murphy, Housing
Minister, 38.
FRIDAY, APRIL 24
Enda Kenny, former Taoiseach, 69. Aidan Gillen, actor, 52. Johnny McEvoy, folk singer, 75. Eamon Gilmore, ex-Tanaiste, 65. Tommy Docherty, former Man United boss, 92. Barbra Streisand, singer, 78. Shirley MacLaine, actress, 86. Gabby Logan, sports presenter, 47. Jean Paul Gaultier, fashion designer, 68. Kelly Clarkson, singer, 38.
SATURDAY, APRIL 25
Roisin Shortall, TD, 65. Al Pacino, actor, 80. Len Goodman, retired Strictly Come Dancing, judge, 76. Renee Zellweger, actress, 51. Hank Azaria, voice actor in The Simpsons, 56. Bjorn Ulvaeus, member of ABBA, 75. William Roache, aka Ken Barlow in Coronation Street, 88. Tony Christie, 1970s pop singer, 77. Michael van Gerwen, world’s top ranked darts player, 31. Fiona Bruce, BBC presenter, 56.