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Sunday 08 November 1998 19:02 EST
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Birthdays

The Right Rev James Adams, former Bishop Suffragan of Barking, 83; Mr Kenneth Ashton, trade union leader, 73; Mr Victor Blank, deputy chairman, Great Universal Stores, 56; Lord Brabourne, television and film producer, 74; Mr David Constant, cricket umpire, 57; Lord Davies of Oldham, former MP, 59; Miss Karen Dotrice, actress, 43; Mr George Duncan, chairman, Laporte, 65; Sir Robin Gillett, former Lord Mayor of London, 73; Mr Ronald Harwood, novelist and playwright, 64; Miss Katharine Hepburn, actress, 89; Mr Henry Hogger, diplomat, 50; Mr Anthony Holland, former President, the Law Society, 60; Mr Alistair Horne, military historian, 73; Miss Hedy Lamarr, actress, 85; Mr Hugh Leonard, playwright, 72; Mr Roger McGough, poet, 61; Dame Kathleen Raven, former Chief Nursing Officer, DHSS, 88; Mr Tony Slattery, actor and writer, 39; The Right Rev Dr Kenneth Stevenson, Bishop of Portsmouth, 49; Mr Donald Trelford, former Editor of The Observer, 61; Viscount Weir, chairman, the Weir Group, 65; Mr Tom Weiskopf, golfer, 56; Lord Wolfson of Sunningdale, chairman, Next, 63.

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