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Review 2005: Celebrity births, marriages and deaths

NEW PARENTS: Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner

JANUARY

10 - Composer Danny Elfman and Bridget Fonda: a son, Oliver Henry Milton.

25 - Author JK Rowling and husband Neil Murray: a daughter, Mackenzie Jean.

30 - King Abdullah II and Queen Rania Al Abdullah of Jordan: a son, Hashem.

FEBRUARY

1 - Musician Eric Clapton and his wife Melia McEnery: a daughter, Sophie.

13 - Tracy Shaw and Ashley Poundall: a son, Louis.

20 - Singer Victoria Beckham and husband David: a son, Cruz.

26 - Singer Duncan James and his ex-girlfriend Claire: a daughter, Tianie-Finn.

MARCH

12 - EastEnders actor Mohammed George and girlfriend Emma Archibald: a daughter, Olivia.

27 - Actor Christian Bale and wife Sibi: a daughter, name not released.

APRIL

1 - Actress Miranda Otto and husband Peter O'Brien: a daughter, Darcey.

10 - Singer Dolores O'Riordan and husband Don Burton: a daughter, Dakota Rain.

19 - Musician Taylor Hanson and wife Natalie: a daughter, Penelope.

MAY

24 - Tennis player Pat Rafter and wife Lara: a daughter, India.

27 - Footballer Thierry Henry and wife Claire (better known as model Nicole Merry): a daughter, Tea.

JUNE

12 - Actress Sammy Winward and Birmingham City footballer David Dunn: a daughter, Mia.

13 - Model Jordan and husband Peter Andre; a son, Junior.

22 - Actress Denise Richards and Charlie Sheen: a daughter, Lola.

26 - Six Feet Under actress Rachel Griffiths and artist husband, Andrew Taylor: a daughter, Adelaide Rose.

29 - Emmerdale actress Lucy Pargeter and fiance Rudi Coleano: a daughter, Lola Grace.

JULY

9 - Actress Anna Friel and partner David Thewlis: a daughter, Gracie.

10 - Actors Ben Stiller and Christine Taylor: a son, Quinlin Dempsey.

28 - Television sport presenter Gabby Logan and husband Kenny: twins, son Reuben McKerrow and daughter Lois Maya.

29 - Tennis player Pete Sampras and wife Bridgette Wilson-Sampras: a son, Ryan Nikolaos.

AUGUST

22 - Comedian Jerry Seinfeld and wife Jessica: a son, Shepherd Kellen.

SEPTEMBER

7 - Singer Ronan Keating and wife Yvonne: a daughter, Ali.

12 - Model Heidi Klum and husband Seal: a son, Henry Gunther Ademola Dashtu.

14 - Singer Britney Spears and husband Kevin Federline: a son, Sean Preston.

OCTOBER

3 - Actor Benjamin Bratt and wife Talisa Soto: a son, Mateo Bravery.

3 - Actor Nicholas Cage and wife Alice Kim: a son, Kal-El.

21 - Singer Jamelia and footballer Darren Byfield: a daughter, Tiani.

28 - Actor Heath Ledger and girlfriend Michelle Williams: a daughter, Matilda.

NOVEMBER

11 - Stab victim Abigail Witchalls and husband Benoit: a son, Dominic Adrian.

27 - Singer Rod Stewart and model Penny Lancaster: a boy, Alastair Wallace Stewart.

DECEMBER

2 - Actor Ben Affleck and actress wife Jennifer Garner: a girl, Violet.

NEWLY WEDS: Marilyn Manson and Dita Von Teese

JANUARY

8 - Singers Kelis and Nas, in Atlanta.

22 - Entrepreneur Donald Trump and model Melania Knauss, in Bethseda, Florida.

FEBRUARY

5 - Singer Julian Casablancas and his manager's assistant, Juliet Joslin, in New York.

26 - Coronation Street actor Angela Lonsdale and EastEnders actor Perry Fenwick.

MARCH

5 - Andrew 'Freddie' Flintoff and marketing executive Rachael Woods.

22 - TV presenter Anna Ryder Richardson and restaurateur Colin MacDougall, in Canada.

25 - Actor Willem Dafoe and director and actress Giada Colagrande.

APRIL

9 - Prince Charles and Camilla Parker-Bowles, at Windsor Guildhall.

MAY

9 - Actress Renee Zellweger and singer Kenny Chesney, in the US Virgin Islands.

10 - Model Heidi Klum and singer Seal in Mexico.

JUNE

1 - Musician Jack White and model Karen Elson in Manaus, Brazil.

11 - Actress Alicia Silverstone and musician Christopher Jarecki, on the beach at Lake Tahoe.

29 - Actors Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner, in the Turks and Caicos Islands.

JULY

9 - Actress Tiffani Thiessen and actor Brady Smith on a private estate in Montecito, California.

16 - Actress Sandra Bullock and TV presenter Jesse James on a ranch in California.

AUGUST

27 - Actor Robert Downey Jr and producer Susan Levin in Amagansett, New York.

30 - Musician and TV presenter Jools Holland and sculptor Christabel McEwan, at St James's Church, Kent.

SEPTEMBER

10 - Coronation Street star Samia Ghadie and property developer Matthew Smith, at St Phillips Church in Cheshire.

10 - Writer Tom Parker Bowles and journalist Sara Buys, at St Nicholas' Church in Oxfordshire.

10 - GMTV presenter Kate Garraway and former spin doctor Derek Draper, at St Mary's the Virgin church, Primrose Hill, London.

10 - Model Jodie Kidd and entrepreneur Aidan Butler at St Peter's Church, Twineham, West Sussex.

10 - Model Jordan, aka Katie Price, and singer Peter Andre, at Highclere Castle, Berkshire.

24 - Actors Demi Moore and Ashton Kutcher, at home in Beverly Hills.

OCTOBER

8 - Savage Garden's Daniel Jones and Kathleen De Leon, a member of the children's singing troupe Hi-5, on Queensland's Gold Coast.

NOVEMBER

15 - Princess Sayako of Japan and government official Yoshiki Kuroda, in Tokyo.

19 - Christina Aguilera and music executive Jordan Bratman, in Napa Valley, northern California.

30 - Actor Sir David Jason and Gill Hinchcliffe, at The Dorchester Hotel, London.

DECEMBER

3 - Heiress Athina Roussel Onassis and Olympic medal-winning equestrian Alvaro Afonso de Miranda, in Brazil.

3 - Shock rocker Marilyn Manson and burlesque dancer Dita von Teese, at Castle Gurteen in Ireland.

5 - Matthew Roche and Christopher Cramp, at St Barnabas Hospice, Worthing, West Sussex,

5 - John Bennetts and Roy Draper in Benissa, Spain.

DEPARTED: George Best

JANUARY

23 - TV host Johnny Carson, 79.

31 - BBC journalist Ivan Noble, 37.

FEBRUARY

10 - Playwright Arthur Miller, 89.

20 - Author Hunter S Thompson, 67.

22 - Actress Simone Simon, 94.

MARCH

6 - DJ Tommy Vance, 63.

10 - Comedian Dave Allen, 68.

14 - Lingerie designer Janet Reger, 69.

19 - Car designer John De Lorean, 80.

26 - Former Prime Minister James Callaghan, 92.

APRIL

2 - Pope John Paul II, 84.

5 - Author Saul Bellow, 89.

6 - Prince Rainier III of Monaco, 81.

9 - Feminist author Andrea Dworkin, 58.

23 - Actor Sir John Mills, 97.

MAY

25 - Film producer Ismail Merchant, 68.

JUNE

6 - Actress Anne Bancroft, 73.

26 - Television presenter Richard Whiteley, 61.

JULY

1 - Singer Luther Vandross, 54.

11 - EastEnders actress Gretchen Franklin, 94.

17 - Former Prime Minister Sir Edward Heath, 89.

19 - BNP founder John Tyndall, 71.

20 - Star Trek actor James Doohan, 85.

22 - Brazilian electrician Jean Charles de Menezes, mistaken for a suicide bomber, 27.

24 - Lung cancer pioneer Sir Richard Doll, 92.

AUGUST

1 - King Fahd of Saudi Arabia, 84.

6 - Politician Robin Cook, 59.

8 - Dallas actress Barbara Bel Geddes, 82.

19 - Politician Mo Mowlam, 55.

21 - Electronic music pioneer Robert A Moog, 71.

29 - Mary Rhys-Jones, mother of Sophie, Countess of Wessex, 71.

SEPTEMBER

3 - US Supreme Court Justice William Rehnquist, 80.

20 - Holocaust survivor and Nazi hunter Simon Wiesenthal, 96.

23 - TV producer John Knatchbull, 7th Baron Brabourne, 80.

26 - Children's author Helen Cresswell, 71.

29 - British artist Patrick Caulfield, 69.

OCTOBER

3 - Comedian Ronnie Barker, 76.

24 - Civil rights activist Rosa Parks, 92.

NOVEMBER

5 - British author John Fowles, 79.

11 - Photographer Patrick Anson, Earl of Lichfield, 66.

25 - Footballer George Best, 59.

DECEMBER

3 - Great-grandnephew of Levi Strauss, Peter E Haas Sr, 86.

10 - Comedian Richard Pryor, 65