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Monday 07 December 1998 19:02 EST
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Birthdays

Miss Kim Basinger, actress, 44; Sir Ralph Carr-Ellison, Lord-Lieutenant of Tyne and Wear, 73; Sir Julian Critchley, former MP, 68; Dr Susan Danby, Principal, Royal Academy of Dancing, 54; Professor Sir Roger Elliott, physicist, 70; Mr Lucian Freud, painter, 76; Mr James Galway, flautist, 59; Sir de Villiers Graaff, former leader, South African United Party, 85; Mrs Pauline Green, MEP, 50; Mr Ian Greig, cricketer, 43; Sir Geoff Hurst, footballer, 57; Mr Stephen Jefferies, cricketer, 41; Lord Levene of Portsoken, Lord Mayor of London, 57; Miss Jenny Linden, actress, 58; Mr Terry McDermott, footballer, 47; Sir Jonathan Parker, High Court judge, 61; Lord Prys-Davies, solicitor and politician, 75; Sir Stephen Richards, High Court judge, 48; Sir Bernard Rix, High Court judge, 54; Mr Maximilian Schell, actor, 68; Mr Michael Unger, Editor, Manchester Evening News, 55; Mr David Verey, chief executive and chairman, Lazard Brothers, 48; Sir William Wood, former Second Crown Estate Commissioner, 82.

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