HAPPY BIRTHDAY

Steve Miller, US rock singer/songwriter, 74.

Johnson, English singer, AC/DC, 70. Irish rock musician, 63. actor, 50. British actress, 42. US heiress, 34.

Oct 6: Swedish actress, 75. Irish politician, 69. soccer player, 45.

Ioan Gruffudd, Welsh actor, 44.

Oct 7: Desmond Tutu, Nobel Peace Prize winner, 86. Thomas Keneally, novelist, 82. Clive James, author-tv personality, 78. John Mellencamp, US singer, 66. Vladimir Putin, Russian President, 65. Jayne Torvill, British skating champion, 60. Simon Cowell, British TV judge, 58. Tim Minchin, musician-comedian, 42. Trent Merrin, rugby league player, 28.

Oct 8: Neil Harvey, cricketer, 89. Fred Stolle, tennis legend, 79. Paul Hogan, comedian-actor, 77. Jesse Jackson, US civil rights leader, 76. US comedian-actor, 74. US author, 74.

Weaver, US actress, 68. US actor, 47.

Cannon, US actor, 37.

32. Joel Reddy, rugby league player, 32. Jake in TV’S Two and a Half Men, 24.

Oct 9: author, 83. US singer, 69. wife of Ozzy, 65.

Cameron, former British PM, 51. Lauren Carpenter in Neighbours, 45. singer, 42. Mark Viduka, soccer player, 42. racing driver, 38. Chris O’dowd, Irish actor, 38.

Tyrrell, rugby league player, 29. Oct 10: Bruce Devlin, Australian golfer, 80. Midge Ure, singer-musician, 64. David Lee Roth, US singer, 63. Wendy Harmer, comedian, author, 62 (pictured). Mya, singer, 38. Shaun Fensom, rugby league player, 29.

Gabriella Cilmi, Aussie singer, 26.

Oct 11: Barry Jones, Labor Party stalwart,

85. Sir Bobby Charlton, English footballer, 80. Daryl Hall, US singer-musician, 71. Paul Kelly, journalist-author,

70. Dawn French, British actress-comedian, 59. Wayne Gardner, motorcycling champ, 58. Joan Cusack, US actress, 55. Marcus Graham, actor, 54. Luke Perry, US actor, 51. Beau Brady, Home & Away actor,

36. Michelle Trachtenberg, US actress, 32.

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