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Mr Craigie Aitchison, painter, 72; Air Marshal Sir John Baker-Carr, 92; Sir Brian Barratt-Boyes, heart surgeon, 74; Mr Clive Betts MP, an Assistant Whip, 48; Sir Johannes Bjelke- Petersen, former prime minister of Queensland, 87; Mr Richard Blackford, composer, 44; Mr Michael Bond, creator of Paddington Bear, 72; Dr Sydney Brenner, biologist, 71; Sir John Caines, former senior civil servant, 65; Mr Edward Crew, Chief Constable, West Midlands, 52; Mr Tim Flavin, actor, dancer and singer, 39; Mr Stephen Hendry, snooker player, 29; The Right Rev Michael Henley, Bishop of St Andrews, Dunkeld and Dunblane, 59; Lord Johnston, a Senator of the College of Justice in Scotland, 56; Sir Liam McCollum, a Lord Justice of Appeal, Northern Ireland, 65; Mr Ronan Rafferty, golfer, 34; Sir Colin Shepherd, former MP, 60; Mr Bernard Shrimsley, journalist, 67; Mr Robert Stack, actor, 79; Mr Kenneth Turpin, former Vice-Chancellor, Oxford University, 83; The Right Rev Michael Vickers, Assistant Bishop, Blackburn, 69.
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