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Monday 17 May 1999 19:02 EDT
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Birthdays

Pope John Paul II, 79; Miss Holly Aird, actress, 30; Sir Richard Body MP, 72; Mr John Bruton, former Prime Minister of the Republic of Ireland, 52; Miss Caroline Charles, fashion designer, 57; Mr John Clement, former chairman, Unigate Group, 67; Mr Perry Como, singer, 87; Sir Patrick Cormack MP, 60; Mr Francis Cornish, ambassador to Israel, 57; Mr Graham Dilley, cricketer, 40; Professor Sir Anthony Epstein, pathologist, 78; Mr Brian Fletcher, former jockey, 52; Professor Geoffrey Hall, nuclear scientist, 71; Rear- Admiral Peter Hammersley, 71; Lord Hartwell, former chairman and Editor- in-Chief, The Daily Telegraph and The Sunday Telegraph, 88; Mr Keith Hellawell, UK Anti-Drugs Co-ordinator, 57; Mr David Jamieson MP, an Assistant Whip, 52; Mr George Kitson, former principal, Central School of Speech and Drama, 77; Sir Geoffrey Littler, former senior civil servant, 69; Professor Malcolm Longair, astronomer, 58; Miss Miriam Margolyes, actress, 58; Lord St John of Fawsley, writer, barrister and former MP, 70; M Jacques Santer, former President of the European Commission, 62; Mr Norbert "Nobby" Stiles, footballer, 57; Mr Rick Wakeman, keyboard player and composer, 50; Miss Toyah Willcox, singer and actress, 41; Mr Charles Wintour, former editor, Evening Standard, 82.

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