THIS WEEK’S BIRTHDAYS
TODAY, MAY 3
Nadia Forde, model, 31. Frankie Valli, doo-wop singer, 86. Rob Brydon, comedian, 55. Ben Elton, comedian, 61. Christina Hendricks, actress, 45. David Ball, keyboardist with Soft Cell, 61. Mary Hopkin, Welsh folk-singer of the 1960s, 70.
TOMORROW, MAY 4
Rory McIlroy, golfer, 31. Laura Whitmore, Bray-born TV presenter, 35. Tony McCoy, retired jockey, 46. Mike Dirnt, bassist with Green Day, 48. Jackie Jackson, singer with The Jackson 5, 69. Randy Travis, country singer, 61. Pia Zadora, actress, 67. Kate Garraway, broadcaster, 53, Darryl Hunt, Pogues bassist, 70. Jay Aston, Bucks Fizz singer, 59.
TUESDAY, MAY 5
Mary Coughlan, singer, 64. Richard E Grant, actor, 63. Michael Palin, actor and author, 77. Ian McCulloch, Echo and the Bunnymen singer, 61. Adele, singer, 32. Chris Brown, R’n’B singer, 31. Craig David, singer, 39. Patrick Horgan, Cork hurler, 30.
WEDNESDAY, MAY 6
Roma Downey, Derry-born actress, 60. George Clooney, actor, 59. Bob Seger, singer, 75. Tony Blair, former British PM, 67. Graeme Souness, footballer turned TV pundit, 67. Sean Cronin, Irish rugby player, 34. Chris Shiflett, Foo Fighters guitarist, 49.
THURSDAY, MAY 7
Sabina Higgins, Ireland’s First Lady, 76. Christy Moore, Kildare-born folk singer, 75. Paul Kimmage, Sunday Independent writer, 58. Susan Denham, retired Chief Justice, 75. Anthony O’Reilly, businessman, 84. Peter Carey, novelist, 77. Lisa Kelly, Celtic Woman singer, 43. Phil Campbell, Motorhead guitarist, 59. Norman Whiteside, ex-Northern Irish footballer, 55. Richard O’Sullivan, 1970s comedy actor, 76.
FRIDAY, MAY 8
Jack Charlton, footballing great and honorary Irishman,
85. Roddy Doyle, novelist, 62.
David Attenborough, TV naturalist, 94. Melissa Gilbert, actress best known as Laura in Little House on the Prairie, 56. Enrique Iglesias, singer, 45. Dave Rowntree, Blur drummer, 56. Martha Wainwright, singer-songwriter, 44. Gary Glitter, disgraced glam-rock singer, 76. Paul Harrington, Irish Eurovision winner, 60. Chris Frantz, Talking Heads drummer, 69.
SATURDAY, MAY 9
Brendan Howlin, ex-Labour Party leader, 64. Padraig Flynn, former Fianna Fail TD, 81. Alan Bennett, author, 86. Rosario Dawson, actress, 41. Billy Joel, singer, 71. Candice Bergen, actress and author, 74. Glenda Jackson, actress, 84. James L Brooks, writer and producer of The Simpsons, 80. Paul Heaton, Housemartins and The Beautiful South singer, 58. Dave Gahan, Depeche Mode singer, 58. Paul (Guigsy) McGuigan, first Oasis bassist, 49.