2017’S BIG DAYS
January 8: Singer-songwriter Peter Sarstedt. January 11: Scottish Episcopal priest Canon Kenyon Wright. January 12: Former England football manager Graham Taylor. January 13: Photographer and filmmaker Lord Snowdon ex-husband of Princess Margaret. January 23: Allo Allo star Gordon Kaye. January 25: Dick Van Dyke show star Mary Tyler Moore. January 25: Actor Sir John Hurt. January 26: Ex-West Lothian MP Tam Dalyell. January 27: Rangers forward Billy Simpson. January 28: Black Sabbath keyboard player Geoff Nicholls.
February 3: Motor neurone disease campaigner Gordon Aikman. February 8: Former I’m A Celebrity star Tara Palmer-Tomkinson. February 27: Ex-Hearts, Everton and Scotland footballer Alex Young.
March 2: Celtic and Scotland legend Tommy Gemmell. March 18: Chuck Berry, rock’n’roll pioneer. March 21: Martin McGuinness, deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland.
April 7: Actor Tim Pigott-Smith. April 10: Arnold Clark, car dealer and the UK’s first billionaire car salesman. April 17: Veteran Scottish actor Sean Scanlan. April 21: Former England and Rangers centre back Ugo Ehiogu. April 22: Star of Happy Days Erin Moran.
May 9: Dance music DJ Robert Miles.May 12: Highland Games hero Hamish Davidson. May 18: Chris Cornell, one of the founders of the grunge movement and founder member of Soundgarden in the 80s. May 23: Former James Bond actor Sir Roger Moore. May 28: Blue Peter presenter John Noakes.
June 1: Roy Barraclough, Coronation Street star. June 2: Actor Peter Sallis, known as Cleggy in Last of the Summer Wine. June 6: Conservative MP Bill Walker.June 9: Batman star Adam West. June 19: Former Play School presenter Brian Cant. June 25: Ex-SNP leader and MP for Dundee East Gordon Wilson. June 30: Film critic Barry Norman.
July 4: Carol Lee Scott, most famously known as Grotbags on children’s TV. July 20: Linkin Park frontman Chester Bennington.
August 3: Robert Hardy, star of All Creatures Great and Small and Harry Potter. August 8: Country music legend Glen Campbell. August 18: British TV stalwart and all-round entertainer Bruce Forsyth. August 20: Renowned king of comedy Jerry Lewis.September 18: Footballer Paul Wilson, who became the first Asian player to represent any of the home nations at senior level. He played for Celtic in the 70s. September 19: Ring king Jake LaMotta, also known as the “raging bull”. September 20: Sir Teddy Taylor, Conservative MP for Glasgow Cathcart from 1964-1979. September 21: TV presenter and 15 to One host William G Stewart. September 25: Coronation Street favourite Liz Dawn, who played Vera Duckworth. September 25: Former Corrie actor and Eddie Dawson on Benidorm, Bobby Knutt. September 27: Playboy founder Hugh Hefner; Tony Booth, star of Till Death Us Do Part and dad to daughter Cherie, who married Tony Blair.
October 2: Singersongwriter Tom Petty. October 16: Irish funnyman and star of Sean’s Show, Sean Hughes. October 24: Singer, musician and songwriter Fats Domino. October 30: Labour MP for Aberdeen South, Central and North, Frank Doran.
November 15: Keith Barron, who played George Trench in Coronation Street. November 18: Co-founder of rock band AC/DC Malcolm Young. November 19: Wimbledon champion Jana Novotna. November 21: Singer and Partridge Family star David Cassidy; Rodney Bewes, star of BBC sitcom The Likely Lads.
December 4: Scandal-hit model Christine Keeler. December 5: Pop star known as “the French Elvis”, Johnny Halliday.
December 11: Children’s game show host Keith Chegwin.