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Thursday 15 October 1998 18:02 EDT
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Birthdays

Mr Peter Bowles, actor, 62; Dr Stefan Buczacki, biologist, writer and broadcaster, 53; Mr Max Bygraves, entertainer, 76; Sir Michael Forsyth, former MP, 44; Mr Paul Gallagher, trade union leader, 54; Mr Paul Goggins MP, 45; Mr Gunter Grass, novelist, 71; Dr Walter Grave, Hon Fellow, Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge, 97; Lt-Gen Sir Robert Hayman-Joyce, Master General of the Ordnance, 58; Miss Angela Lansbury, actress, 73; Sir John Lindsay, High Court judge, 63; Lord MacDonald of Gwaenysgor, former chief executive, Plessey, 83; Lord MacLehose of Beoch, former Governor of Hong Kong, 81; Mr Hugh MacMillan, former Chief Constable, Northern Constabulary, 66; The Most Rev Thomas Morris, Roman Catholic Archbishop Emeritus of Cashel and Emly, 84; Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne, former MP, 57; Mr Simon Ward, actor, 58; Mr John Whittingdale MP, 39.

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