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Professor John Albery, former Master, University College, Oxford, 63; Miss Jane Asher, actress and cake designer, 53; Mr Michael Bryant, actor, 71; Mr Andrew Buxton, chairman, Barclays Bank, 60; Mr Allan Clarke, rock singer, 57; Mr Roger Corman, film director and producer, 73; Miss Agnetha Faltskog, singer, 49; Sir Tom Finney, footballer, 77; Lord Gilbert, Minister for Defence Procurement, 72; Mr Arthur Hailey, writer, 79; Sir Nigel Hawthorne, actor, 70; Sir Douglas Henley, former Auditor-General, 80; Professor Roman Herzog, President of Germany, 65; Professor Denis Lawton, Chairman, Joint Council for the General Certificate of Education, 68; Professor Donald Lynden-Bell, astronomer, 64; Professor Peter Moore, former Principal, London Business School, 71; Lord Orme, former MP, 76; Mr Ian Pearson MP, 40; Mr Gregory Peck, actor, 83; Miss Jennifer Penney, ballerina, 53; General Colin Powell, former Chairman, American Joint Chiefs of Staff, 62; Lord Rockley, chairman, Kleinwort Benson, 65; Miss Anne Scott-James, writer and journalist, 86.
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