HAPPY BIRTHDAY
Jun 17: Barry Manilow, US singer-pianist, 75. Greg Kinnear, US actor, 58. Jason Patric, US actor, 55. Venus Williams, US tennis player, 41. Shane Watson, cricketer, 40. Marcos Baghdatis, Cypriot tennis player, 36. Rebecca Breeds, actress, 34. Andrew Ogilvy, basketball player, 33. Stephanie Rice, swimmer, 33.
Jun 18: Paul Mccartney, of The Beatles, 79. Nick Tate, actor, 79. Isabella Rosselini, Italian model-actress, 69. Blake Shelton, US country singer, 45. Craig Mottram, middle-distance runner, 41. Jason Segel, US actor, 41. Cameron Smith, footy player, 38. Billy Slater, footy player, 38.
Jun 19: Ian Smith, Harold Bishop on Neighbours, 83.
Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar Nobel Peace Prize laureate,
76. Salman Rushdie, author, 74. Virginia Hey, actress,
69. Richard Wilkins, Tv-music personality, 65. Paula Abdul, singer, 59. Boris Johnson, British PM,
57. Justin Carney, Dubbo-born footy player, 33.
Jun 20: Brian Wilson, Beach Boys songwriter, 79. Xanana Gusmao, first President of East Timor, 75. Lionel Richie, US singer, 72. John Goodman, US actor, 69. Nicole Kidman, actress, 54.
Jun 21: Bernie Kopell, TV actor, 88.
Michael Gross and Meredith Baxter, starred as husband and wife on TV’S Family Ties, both 74. John Paul Young, pop singer, 71. Craig Lowndes, race car driver, 47. Shelley Craft, TV personality, 45. Brandon Flowers, rock musician, 40. Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, second in line to the British throne, 39. Lana Del Rey, US singer-songwriter, 36.
Jun 22: Prunella Scales, Sybil on TV’S Fawlty Towers,
89. Meryl Streep, actress, 72. Lindsay Wagner, TV’S Bionic Woman, 72. Cyndi Lauper, pop singer, 68. Bruce Mcavaney, sports broadcaster, 68. Garry Gary Beers, INXS musician, 64. George Brandis, former Attorneygeneral, 64. Erin Brockovich-ellis, activist, 61. Dan Brown, author, The Davinci Code, 57. Jessica Rowe, journalist, 51. Damien Oliver, jockey, 49. Thomas Leuluai, footy player, 36. Lara Worthington, model, 34.
Jun 23: Diana Trask, singer, 81. Bryan Brown, actor, 74. Gordon Bray, rugby commentator, 72. Selma Blair, US actress, 49. Joel Edgerton, actor, 47. Markus Zusak, author, 46. Jason Mraz, musician, 44. Nick Murphy, aka Chet Faker, singer-songwriter, 33.