Short takes/Celeb birthdays: Tuesday, June 24, 2008

Published: June 24, 2008

•Drummer Mick Fleetwood (Fleetwood Mac), 61.

•Actor Al Molinaro ("Happy Days”), 89.

•Comedian Jack Carter, 85.

•Actress Michele Lee, 66.

•Guitarist Jeff Beck, 64.

•Actor Peter Weller, 61.

•Bassist John Illsley (Dire Straits), 59.

•Reggae singer Derrick Simpson (Black Uhuru), 58.

•Actor Joe Penny ("Jake and the Fatman”), 52.

•Bassist Curt Smith (Tears for Fears), 47.

•Actress Danielle Spencer ("What's Happening”), 43.

•Actress Sherry Stringfield ("ER”), 41.

•Actress Mindy Kaling ("The Office”), 29.

•Singer Solange Knowles, 22.

•1969: Actress Judy Garland, 47, died of a drug overdose.

•Model avoids jail

LONDON — Temperamental model Naomi Campbell has been sentenced to 200 hours of community service after pleading guilty to assaulting two police officers after an incident at Heathrow Airport.

Also at the June 20 proceedings, she was ordered to pay 200 pounds ($400) to each police officer she attacked and 150 pounds ($300) to Miles Sutherland, the captain of the British Airways plane she disrupted, in addition to a 2,300-pound ($4,600) fine.

She could have received six months' jail time and a heavy fine for the six offenses stemming from a violent spat in April with British Airways cabin crew members and police, who removed her from a flight in handcuffs while waiting on the tarmac at Heathrow.

Campbell, traveling in first class, became abusive to the captain after he left the cockpit to personally explain to her why her bag had not been placed on the flight.

The Associated Press

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