This week’s birthdays
TODAY
Elvis Costello, musician, 70. Tim Burton, movie director, 66. Claudia Schiffer, supermodel, 54. Gene Simmons, Kiss frontman, 75. Matt Aitken, songwriter of Stock, Aitken, Waterman, 68. Alexandra Burke, singer, 36. Joanne Whalley, actress, 63. Blake Lively, actress, 37. Billy Ray Cyrus, singer, 63. Frederick Forsyth, author, 86.
MONDAY, AUGUST 26
Dick Hooper, threetime winner of Dublin marathon, 68. Macaulay Culkin, Home Alone actor, 44. Melissa McCarthy, actress, 54. Chris Pine, Star Trek actor, 44. Eoghan Clifford, Paralympic cyclist, 44. Amanda Schull, One Tree Hill actress, 46.
TUESDAY, AUGUST 27
Philip Lane, ECB chief economist, 55. Bernhard Langer, golfer, 67. Tuesday Weld, actress, 81. Glen Matlock, original Sex Pistols bassist, 68. Jeff Kenna, former
Ireland right-back, 54. Dietmar Hamann, Liverpool legend and RTÉ football pundit, 51. Aaron Paul, Breaking Bad actor, 45.
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 28
Shania Twain, singer, 59. Lorcan Cranitch, actor, 65. Florence Welch, of Florence and the Machine, 38. Barry Cowen, Fianna Fáil MEP, 57. Jack Black, actor and musician, 55. Derry Clarke, chef, 67.
THURSDAY, AUGUST 29
Dick Spring, former Labour Party leader, 74. Chris Hadfield, astronaut, 65. Lenny Henry, comedian, actor and author, 66. Bob Beamon, former long-jump world record holder, 78. Rebecca De Mornay, actress, 65. Eddi Reader, singer, 65. Elliott Gould, actor, 86. Lea Michele, Glee actress, 38.
FRIDAY, AUGUST 30
Dana Rosemary Scallon, former Eurovision winner and MEP, 73. Donnacha O’Dea, poker player, 76. Cameron Diaz, actress, 52. Andy Roddick, former tennis player, 42. Warren Buffet, investor, 94. Robert Crumb, satirical cartoonist, 81.
SATURDAY, AUGUST 31
Van Morrison, singer-songwriter, 79. Mario Rosenstock, comedian, 54. Jason Boland, Kodaline bassist, 37. Colm O’Rourke, Meath GAA great, 67. Pádraig Harrington, golfer, 53. Richard Gere, actor, 75. Glenn Tilbrook, Squeeze singer, 67. Clive Lloyd, West Indian cricket great, 80. Ian Harte, ex-Leeds Utd and Ireland full-back, 47.