This week’s birthdays

TODAY

Victoria Smurfit, actress, 50. Ewan McGregor, actor, 53. Al Gore, former US vice-president, 76. Herb Alpert, musician, 89. Angus Young, AC/DC guitarist, 69. Christopher Walken, actor, 81. Fifi Trixibelle Geldof, daughter of Bob Geldof and Paula Yates, 41. Rhea Perlman, played Carla in Cheers, 76. Richard Chamberlain, actor best known as Dr Kildare, 90.

MONDAY, APRIL 1

Chris Evans, broadcaster, 58. Kathy Durkin, country singer, 69. Rudolph Isley, singer with Isley Brothers, 85. Phillip Schofield, former ITV presenter, 62. Susan Boyle, singer, 63.

TUESDAY, APRIL 2

Shane Lowry, golfer, 37. Michael Fassbender, actor, 47. Emmylou Harris, singer, 77. Ruairí Quinn, former Labour politician, 78. Penelope Keith, actress, 84. Keren Woodward, Bananarama singer, 63. Andrew Whyment, Coronation Street actor, 43.

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 3

Mairead Ronan, presenter, 44. Eddie Murphy, comedian, 63. Alec Baldwin, actor 66. Leona Lewis, singer, 39. Richard Thompson, singer/guitarist, 75. Nigel Farage, Brexit activist, 60. Jane Goodall, chimp expert, 90. Bernard Brogan, Dublin GAA’s No 3 alltime scorer, 40. Jacob Stockdale, Irish rugby player, 28.

THURSDAY, APRIL 4

Graham Norton, chat show host, 61. Adele King, aka Twink, 73. Mary Kenny, journalist and author, 80. Aiden McGeady, ex-Ireland winger, 38. Robert Downey Jr, actor, 59. Michael ‘Mouse’ Morris, horse trainer, 73. Dave Hill, guitarist with 1970s hitmakers Slade, 78. David Blaine, celebrity magician, 51. Karren Brady, British businesswoman and TV personality, 55. Phelim McAleer, writer and filmmaker, 57.

FRIDAY, APRIL 5

Agnetha Faltskog, ABBA singer, 74. CJ Stander, ex-Irish rugby player, 34. Billy Attley, former union official, 86. Roger Corman, movie director, 98. Jane Asher, actress, 78. Pharrell Williams, pop star producer, 51. Lily James, actress, 35. Peter Greenaway, film director, 82.

SATURDAY, APRIL 6

Zach Braff ,JDin Scrubs, 49. Rory Bremner, impressionist and satirist, 63. Black Francis, The Pixies singer, 59. Paul Rudd, actor, 55. Barry Levinson, movie director, 82.