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Tuesday 15 December 1998 19:02 EST
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Birthdays

Mr Benny Andersson, singer with Abba, 52; Miss Anne Begg MP, 43; Mr Michael Blackburn, chief executive, Halifax Building Society, 57; Mr Norman Blamey, painter, 84; Sir Michael Carlisle, Chairman, Community Health Sheffield NHS Trust, 69; Mr Arthur C. Clarke, science fact and fiction writer, 81; Mrs Myrella Cohen QC, former circuit judge, 71; Professor Bernard Crick, Emeritus Professor of Politics, London University, and biographer, 69; The Hon Peter Dickinson, writer, 71; Miss Jacqueline Duncan, Principal, Inchbald Schools of Design and Fine Arts, 67; Mr Christopher Ellison, actor, 52; Mr Joel Garner, cricketer, 46; Mr Robert Gunn, former chairman of Boots, 73; Miss Heather Hallett QC, Chairman of the Bar Council, 49; Mr Tony Hicks, rock guitarist, 53; Sir Jasper Hollom, former Deputy Governor, Bank of England, 81; Miss Jacqui Lait MP, 51; Miss Stephanie Lawrence, singer, 45; Lord Mottistone, former Lord-Lieutenant and Governor of the Isle of Wight, 78; Mr Arthur Robinson, President of Trinidad and Tobago, 72; Lt-Gen Sir David Scott-Barrett, 76; Mr Rodion Shchedrin, composer, 66; Miss Liv Ullmann, actress, 60; Mr William Whatley, former trade union official, 76; General Sir Roger Wheeler, Chief of the General Staff, 57.

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